Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:11C-37

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • 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
37. No licensee authorized to engage in the consumer loan business shall directly or indirectly charge, contract for, or receive any interest, discount, or consideration greater than the licensee would be permitted by law to charge if he were not a licensee under this act upon the loan, use, or sale of credit, of the amount or value of more than $50,000. The foregoing prohibition shall also apply to any licensee who permits any person, as borrower or as endorser, guarantor, or surety for any borrower, or otherwise, to owe directly or contingently or both under one or more loan contracts to the licensee at any time the sum of more than $50,000 for principal.

L.1996, c.157, s.37; amended 2001, c.294, s.3; 2009, c.53, s.57.