Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:9A-24.11

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • 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
In making a loan, a banking institution, as defined in section 1 of “The Banking Act of 1948,” P.L.1948, c. 67 (C. 17:9A-1), may, providing it is otherwise empowered to make such a loan, contract for and receive interest or other compensation on or for the loan at such rate or in such amount as the bank and the borrower may agree upon, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law of this State limiting the interest rate or finance charge which would otherwise be applicable to the loan.

L.1980, c. 183, s. 2, eff. Jan. 6, 1981.