Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:37A-133

  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
No person shall be discriminated against, because of race, religious principles, color, national origin or ancestry, by the authority or any qualified housing sponsor or any agent or employee thereof in connection with any housing project or mortgage loan. Any person who shall be found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be a disorderly person and subject to a fine of not less than $500.00 or more than $2,500.00.

L.1979, c. 275, s. 28, eff. Jan. 3, 1980.

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