New Jersey Statutes 17:9A-453. Transaction of business by commercial lending company
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:9A-453
- 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
b. Subsection a. of this section shall not prohibit:
(1) Any commercial lending company from carrying on the activities described in paragraph (2) of N.J.S.14A:13-3;
(2) Any commercial lending company from making in this State loans secured by liens on real or personal property located in this State or enforcing those loans in this State; or
(3) Any commercial lending company from transacting trust business in this State so long as the trust business is not conducted from any office or location in this State and that trust business is limited to trust business permitted by, and conducted pursuant to a certificate of authority issued by the commissioner in accordance with subsection B. of section 316 of P.L.1948, c.67 (C. 17:9A-316).
c. No person shall establish an office in this State for a commercial lending company unless the commercial lending company is licensed to transact business in this State. For purposes of this section, if anyone establishes an office to act on behalf of or solicit business for a commercial lending company in this State, the office shall be deemed to be the office of the commercial lending company regardless of whether the business of the commercial lending company is transacted at that office.
L.1996,c.17,s.72.