New Jersey Statutes

N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-2 (2026)

The term "the corporation" defined; trusts imposed

✓ current as of May 2026 Cite as: N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-2 (2026)

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The term "the corporation," as used in this chapter, shall mean the said body corporate and politic, incorporated under the name of "the trustees of Queen's-College, in New Jersey," by royal charter dated November 10, 1766 (amended March 20, 1770), confirmed and amended by acts of the legislature of the state of New Jersey adopted June 5, 1781, and May 31, 1799, respectively, and having perpetual succession and existence; its name having been changed to "the trustees of Rutgers college in New Jersey" by act of the legislature adopted November 30, 1825 and to "Rutgers, the state university" pursuant to an act of the legislature, approved June 1, 1956; one of the departments maintained by which is and continues to be the land grant college of New Jersey; the property and educational facilities, rights and privileges of which are and shall continue to be impressed with a public trust for higher education of the people of the state of New Jersey; and which is the instrumentality of the state for the purpose of operating the state university. Nothing herein contained shall impress with such trust any property of the state.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2025 · leading case: Fitchik v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Inc.

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Fitchik v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Inc. (1989) ca3 · cites it 2× “N.J.Stat.Ann. § 18A:65-2 (West 1968). The University’s purpose, like that of so many other educational institutions in New Jersey, essentially is to provide access to higher learning.”

Krebs v. Rutgers (1992) njd “” N.J.S.A. 18A:65-2. Plaintiffs stress this provision as an expression of legislative intent that Rutgers be considered a state agency for purposes such as the Privacy Act.”

Miller v. Rutgers (1985) njd · cites it 2× “N.J.S.A. 18A:65-2; Rutgers, The State University v.”

New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection v. Gloucester Environmental Management Services, Inc. (1995) njd “While it is true, as the defendants here point out, that the right to use and adopt a corporate seal is not tantamount to having a separate corporate existence, it is also true that the state has not created the state colleges, unlike Rutgers, see Kovats, 822 F.2d at 1310 , as a…”

Erin Kelly v. William M. Tambussi (2025) njsuperctappdiv · cites it 4× “18A:64M-2; N.J.S.A. 18A:65-2. Rutgers is, however, more than an instrumentality of the State.”

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