Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:14F-33

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • 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
7. The provisions of this act:

a. shall apply to an appraisal management company in accordance with section 1124(a), (b) and (c) of Subtitle F of the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2010, Pub.L.111-203, amending the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act (12 U.S.C. § 3353 (a), (b), (c)); and

b. shall not apply to:

(1) an employee relocation management company in the course of employee relocation pursuant to its relocation policy; or

(2) a person or entity that exclusively employs appraisers on an employer and employee basis for the performance of appraisals for a variety of clients or intended uses of the appraisal other than mortgage lending consumer credit transactions secured by a consumer’s principal dwelling.

L.2017, c.72, s.7.