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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:9A-457

  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
76. a. (1) No commercial lending company which is licensed to establish a commercial lending office shall close its office unless the commissioner shall have first approved the closing.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not prohibit a commercial lending company which is licensed to establish a commercial lending office from closing its office in accordance with sections 79 through 85 of P.L.1996, c.17 (C. 17:9A-460 through C. 17:9A-466).

b. If the commissioner finds, with respect to an application by a commercial lending company to close a commercial lending office, that the closing of the office will not be substantially detrimental to the public convenience and advantage, the commissioner shall approve the application. If the commissioner finds otherwise, the commissioner shall deny the application.

c. Whenever an application by a commercial lending company to close a commercial lending office has been approved and all conditions precedent to that closing have been fulfilled, the commercial lending company may close its office and shall promptly thereafter surrender to the commissioner the license which authorized it to establish the office.

L.1996,c.17,s.76.