Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:16C-2

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
No person shall hereafter engage in or continue to engage in the business of a sales finance company or in the business of a motor vehicle installment seller in this State without first obtaining a license from the commissioner as provided for in this act; provided, however, that no sales finance company shall be required to obtain a license to engage in the business of a motor vehicle installment seller for the purpose of disposing of any goods to which it has obtained title as a result of legal or contract right under any retail installment contract; and provided, further, that any banking institution authorized to do business in this State shall be authorized to transact business as a sales finance company, subject to all of the provisions of this act, except that it shall not be required to obtain a license or pay a license fee hereunder.

L.1960, c. 40, p. 145, s. 2.

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