Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:16C-88

  • 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.
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • 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
(a) No holder shall sell, transfer or assign any obligation in connection with a home repair contract or any evidence of indebtedness thereunder to any person who is not authorized as a home financing agency, except that such obligation or evidence of indebtedness may be sold, transferred or assigned to a State or national bank outside of this State if the contract is retained by the holder and collection of payments thereon is made to the holder.

(b) No home financing agency shall knowingly purchase, buy, take by assignment, discount or otherwise accept any document, security, obligation or evidence of indebtedness executed in connection with a home repair contract from anyone except a home repair contractor licensed under this act or a home financing agency.

L.1960, c. 41, p. 173, s. 27. Amended by L.1968, c. 220, s. 13, eff. July 30, 1968.