2020 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance
Section 17:16C-75 - Duties of holder upon payment in full of home repair contract
17:16C-75. Duties of holder upon payment in full of home repair contract
14. With respect to contracts pursuant to which there is a lien, mortgage or encumbrance upon the goods or real property, upon payment in full by the owner of the time sales price and other amounts lawfully due under a home repair contract, the holder shall:
(a) return to the owner either the original instruments evidencing indebtedness under a home repair contract which were signed by the owner or his sureties or guarantors in connection with such contract or a copy thereof, excepting such instruments as are filed with a public official and retained in the files of such official;
(b) release all security interest in the goods or real property affected by the home repair contract; and
(c) deliver to the owner such good and sufficient assignments, releases of liens and mortgages on personal and real property and such other instruments of title as may be necessary to vest the owner with complete evidence of title.
With respect to all other contracts, the holder, upon payment in full by the retail buyer of the time sales price and other amounts lawfully due under a home repair contract, shall furnish the owner with such instruments as the commissioner may by regulation provide.
L.1960,c.41,s.14; amended 1968,c.220,s.7; 1995,c.33,s.4.
