New Jersey Statutes Title 3B. Administration of Estates Decedents and Others 3B § 23-21

When a fiduciary states a final account and there remains in the fiduciary's control a balance, devise, distributive share, dividend, or sum of money to be paid to a person and the person, or that person's guardian, if a minor or a person who is incapacitated, fails to claim the balance, devise, distributive share, dividend, or sum of money within the period of time set forth in R.S.46:30B-37.1, then the property shall be disposed of as provided in N.J.S.3B:23-19 if it is part of an intestate estate or otherwise presumed abandoned and handled in accordance with the “Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1981),” R.S.46:30B-1 et seq.