Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:16C-52

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
52. Upon payment in full by the retail buyer of the time balance and other amounts lawfully due under a retail installment contract, the holder shall:

(a) Return to the retail buyer either the original instruments evidencing indebtedness or constituting security under a retail installment contract, which were signed by the retail buyer or his sureties or guarantors in conjunction with such contract or a copy thereof, excepting such instruments as are filed or recorded with a public official and retained in the files of such official;

(b) Release all security interest in the goods or in any collateral security to the obligation of the retail buyer under such contract;

(c) Deliver to the retail buyer such good and sufficient assignments and certificates of title as may be necessary to vest the retail buyer with complete evidence of title.

L.1960,c.40,s.52; amended 1995,c.33,s.2.