Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 46:10B-5

  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
Any holder of a mortgage loan or agent acting on behalf of the holder of a mortgage loan who shall knowingly demand and receive prepayment fees, except as provided in this act, shall be liable to the mortgagor for the return of the whole amount of the prepayment fees so received, plus interest thereon from the date of such receipt at the rate of 6% per annum.

L.1968, c. 54, s. 5, eff. June 6, 1968.