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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:1C-34

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
2. For the purposes of this act:

“Assessment” means the assessment imposed pursuant to section 3 of this act for the special functions of the division as provided in that section.

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.

“Department” means the Department of Banking and Insurance.

“Depository institution” means any entity holding a state charter for a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union, irrespective of whether the entity accepts deposits.

“Division” means the Division of Banking in the Department of Banking and Insurance.

“Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry” means the mortgage licensing system developed and maintained by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators, or their successors, and utilized in this State pursuant to the provisions of the “New Jersey Residential Mortgage Lending Act,” sections 1 through 39 of P.L.2009, c.53 (C. 17:11C-51 et seq.).

“Other financial entity” means a person who is licensed or registered pursuant to: the “New Jersey Consumer Finance Licensing Act,” sections 1 through 49 of P.L.1996, c.157 (C. 17:11C-1 et seq.); the “New Jersey Residential Mortgage Lending Act,” sections 1 through 39 of P.L.2009, c.53 (C. 17:11C-51 et seq.), other than a financial entity with respect to the payment of required fees to the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry as set forth by that nationwide system and registry; “The Check Cashers Regulatory Act of 1993,” P.L.1993, c.383 (C. 17:15A-30 et seq.); the “New Jersey Money Transmitters Act,” P.L.1998, c.14 (C. 17:15C-1 et seq.); the “Insurance Premium Finance Company Act,” P.L.1968, c.221 (C. 17:16D-1 et seq.); the “Retail Installment Sales Act of 1960,” P.L.1960, c.40 (C. 17:16C-1 et seq.); the “Door-to-Door Retail Installment Sales Act of 1968,” P.L.1968, c.223 (C. 17:16C-61.1 et seq.); the “Home Repair Financing Act,” P.L.1960, c.41 (C. 17:16C-62 et seq.); the “Door-to-Door Home Repair Sales Act of 1968,” P.L.1968, c.224 (C. 17:16C-95 et seq.); P.L.1979, c.16 (C. 17:16G-1 et seq.); the “Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act,” P.L.2011, c.146 (C. 46:10B-53 et al.); the provisions of P.L.2019, c.200 (C. 17:16ZZ-1 et al.); or the “pawnbroking law,” R.S.45:22-1 et seq.

“Regulated entity” means a depository institution, other financial entity or person chartered, licensed or registered by the Division of Banking or who should be chartered, licensed or registered.

L.2005, c.199, s.2; amended 2009, c.53, s.63; 2011, c.146, s.17; 2019, c.65, s.21; 2019, c.200, s.17.