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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:16C-46

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
If a retail installment contract is lawfully sold, transferred or assigned, pursuant to the provisions of this act, and a written notice of such sale, transfer or assignment setting forth the name and address of the new holder and of the person authorized to receive future payments on such contract is not given to the retail buyer, any payment or tender of payment made to and any service of notice on the last known holder by the retail buyer shall be binding upon any subsequent holder.

L.1960, c. 40, p. 159, s. 46.