N.J. Stat. § 56:3-13.1a — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.1a
Definitions relative to trademarks
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Abandoned," when used with reference to a mark, means the occurrence of either of the following: (1) When its use has been discontinued with intent not to resume that use. Intent not to resume may be inferred from circumstances. Nonuse for two consecutive years shall constitute prima facie evidence of abandonment. (2) When any course of conduct of the owner, including acts of omission as well as commission, causes the mark to lose its significance as a mark. "Act" means and refers to P.L.1966, c.263 (C.56:3-13.2 et seq.) as amended and supplemented by: P.L.1971, c.171 (C.56:3-13.7a); P.L.1987, c.454 (C.56:3-13.16 et seq.); and P.L.1995, c.171 (C.56:3-13.1a et al.). "Applicant" means the person filing an application for registration of a mark under this act, and the legal representatives, successors, or assigns of that person. "Dilution" means the lessening of the capacity of the registrant's mark to identify and distinguish goods or services, regardless of the presence or absence of competition between the parties, or the likelihood of confusion, mistake, or deception. "Mark" means any trademark or service mark entitled to registration under this act, whether registered or not. "Owner" means a person who has legal rights to a mark either as a result of registration or at common law. "Person" means a natural person, and also includes a firm, partnership, corporation, union, association, or other organization capable of suing and being sued in a court of law. "Registrant" means the person to whom the registration of a mark under this act is issued, and the legal representatives, successors, or assigns of that person. "Secretary" or "Secretary of State" means the Secretary of State of New Jersey or the designee of the secretary charged with the administration of this act. "Service mark" means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, used by a person to identify and distinguish the services of one person, including a unique service, from the services of others, and to indicate the source of the services, even if that source is unknown. Service mark includes titles, character names used by a person, and other distinctive features of radio or television programs, notwithstanding that they, or the programs, advertise the goods of the sponsor. "Trademark" means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, used by a person to identify and distinguish the goods of the person, including a unique product, from those manufactured and sold by others, and to indicate the source of the goods, even if that source is unknown. "Trade name" means any name used by a person to identify a business or vocation of the person. "Use" means the bona fide use of a mark in the ordinary course of trade in this State, and not made merely to reserve a right in a mark. A mark shall be deemed to be in use: (1) on goods when it is placed in any manner on the goods or their containers, or the displays associated with the goods or containers, or on the tags or labels affixed to the goods or containers, or if the nature of the goods makes placement impracticable, then on the documents associated with the goods or their sale, and the goods are sold or transported in commerce in this State; and (2) on services when it is used or displayed in the sale or advertising of services and the services are rendered in this State. L.1995,c.171,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:12-36 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-36
Informal dispute settlement procedure.
Status: in_force

8. a. If a manufacturer, or, in the case of an authorized emergency vehicle, a manufacturer, co-manufacturer, or post-manufacturing modifier, has established, or participates in, an informal dispute settlement procedure pursuant to section 110 of Pub.L.93-637 (15 U.S.C. s.2310) and the rules promulgated thereunder, or the requirements of this section, a consumer may submit a dispute regarding motor vehicle nonconformities, including a dispute between a manufacturer, co-manufacturer, or post-manufacturing modifier regarding the source of nonconformities and resulting liability to the consumer, to the dispute settlement body provided by that procedure, but a consumer shall not be required to first participate in the informal dispute settlement procedure before participating in the division's summary hearing procedure under this act. b. If a consumer chooses to use a manufacturer's, co-manufacturer's, or post-manufacturing modifier's informal dispute settlement procedure established pursuant to this section, the findings and decisions of the dispute settlement body shall state in writing whether the consumer is entitled to a refund under the presumptions and criteria set out in this act and the findings and decisions shall be admissible against the consumer and the manufacturer, co-manufacturer, or post-manufacturing modifier in any legal action. c. If the dispute settlement body determines that a consumer is entitled to relief under this act, the consumer shall be entitled to a refund as authorized by section 4 of this act. d. In any informal dispute settlement procedure established pursuant to this section: (1) Participating arbitrators shall be trained in arbitration and familiar with the provisions of this act. (2) Documents shall not be submitted to any dispute settlement body unless the documents have been provided to each of the parties in the dispute at least seven days prior to commencement of the dispute settlement hearing. The parties shall be given the opportunity to comment on the documents in writing or with oral presentation. (3) No party shall participate in the informal dispute settlement procedure unless all other parties are also present and given an opportunity to be heard, or unless the other parties consent to proceeding without their presence and participation. (4) A consumer shall be given an adequate opportunity to contest a manufacturer's, co-manufacturer's, or post-manufacturing modifier's assertion that a nonconformity falls within intended specifications for the vehicle by having the basis of this claim appraised by a technical expert selected and paid for by the consumer prior to the informal dispute settlement procedure. If the dispute settlement body rules in favor of the consumer, his costs and reasonable attorney's fees shall also be awarded. (5) A dispute shall not be heard if there has been a recent attempt by the manufacturer, co-manufacturer, or post-manufacturing modifier to repair a consumer's vehicle, but no response has yet been received by the dispute settlement body from the consumer as to whether the repairs were successfully completed. This provision shall not prejudice a consumer's right under this section. (6) The manufacturer, co-manufacturer, or post-manufacturing modifier shall provide, and the dispute settlement body shall consider, any relevant technical service bulletins which have been issued by the manufacturer, co-manufacturer, or post-manufacturing modifier regarding motor vehicles of the same make and model as the vehicle that is the subject of the dispute. e. Any manufacturer, co-manufacturer, or post-manufacturing modifier who establishes, or participates in, an informal dispute settlement procedure, whether it meets the requirements of this section or not, shall maintain, and forward to the director at six-month intervals, the following records: (1) The number of purchase price and lease price refunds requested, the number awarded by the dispute settlement body, the amount of each award and the number of awards satisfied in a timely manner; (2) The number of awards in which additional repairs or a warranty extension was the most prominent remedy, the amount or value of each award, and the number of awards satisfied in a timely manner; (3) The number and total dollar amount of awards in which some form of reimbursement for expenses or compensation for losses was the most prominent remedy, the amount or value of each award and the number of awards satisfied in a timely manner; and (4) The average number of days from the date of a consumer's initial request to use the manufacturer's, co-manufacturer's, or post-manufacturing modifier's informal dispute settlement procedure until the date of the decision and the average number of days from the date of the decision to the date on which performance of the award was satisfied. L.1988, c.123, s.8; amended 2009, c.324, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 56:11-37 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-37
Imposition of charge on consumer; exceptions
Status: in_force

10. a. Except as provided in subsections b., c., d. and e. of this section, a consumer reporting agency may impose a reasonable charge on a consumer for: (1) making a disclosure to the consumer pursuant to section 7 of this act if the request is the second or subsequent request in a 12-month period of time and is not made pursuant to subsection b. of this section; the charge for this disclosure shall not exceed $8 and shall be indicated to the consumer before making the disclosure; (2) furnishing to a person designated by the consumer pursuant to subsection k. of section 9 of this act a statement, codification, or summary filed or developed under subsection i. or j. of section 9 of this act, after notification of the consumer under subsection f. of section 9 of this act with respect to the reinvestigation; this charge shall not exceed the charge that the agency would impose on each designated recipient for a consumer report and shall be indicated to the consumer before furnishing this information. b. Each consumer reporting agency that maintains a file on a consumer shall make all disclosures required pursuant to section 7 of this act without charge to the consumer if, not later than 60 days after receipt by the consumer of a notification of an adverse action or notification from a debt collection agency affiliated with the consumer reporting agency stating that the consumer's credit rating may be or has been adversely affected, the consumer makes a request under section 7 of this act. c. Upon the request of the consumer, a consumer reporting agency shall make all disclosures required pursuant to section 7 of this act once during any 12-month period without charge to the consumer. d. A consumer reporting agency shall not impose any charge on a consumer for providing any notification required by this act, including but not limited to, the notification required pursuant to subsection k. of section 9 of this act following deletion of information from a consumer's file pursuant to section 9 of this act, or making any disclosure required by this act, except as authorized by subsection a. of this section. e. Upon request of the consumer, a consumer reporting agency shall make all disclosures required pursuant to section 7 of this act once during any 12-month period without charge to that consumer if the consumer certifies in writing that the consumer: (1) is unemployed and intends to apply for employment in the 60-day period beginning on the date on which certification is made; (2) is a recipient of assistance under the Work First New Jersey Program; (3) has reason to believe that the file on the consumer at the agency contains inaccurate information due to fraud; or (4) has been a victim of a violation of N.J.S.2C:21-1, section 1 of P.L.1983, c.565 (2C:21-2.1) or N.J.S.2C:21-17 and the court has ordered the deletion of those items of information that were the result of the unlawful use of the victim's personal identifying information. L.1997,c.172,s.10; amended 2003, c.184, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-108 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-108
Definitions relative to excessive price increases at certain times.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Excessive price increase" means a price that is excessive as compared to the price at which the consumer good or service was sold or offered for sale by the seller in the usual course of business immediately prior to the state of emergency. A price shall be deemed excessive if: (1) The price exceeds by more than 10 percent the price at which the good or service was sold or offered for sale by the seller in the usual course of business immediately prior to the state of emergency, unless the price charged by the seller is attributable to additional costs imposed by the seller's supplier or other costs of providing the good or service during the state of emergency; (2) In those situations where the increase in price is attributable to additional costs imposed by the seller's supplier or additional costs of providing the good or service during the state of emergency, the price represents an increase of more than 10 percent in the amount of markup from cost, compared to the markup customarily applied by the seller in the usual course of business immediately prior to the state of emergency. "State of emergency" means a natural or man-made disaster or emergency for which a state of emergency has been declared by the President of the United States or the Governor, or for which a state of emergency has been declared by a municipal emergency management coordinator. L.2001,c.297,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-2.29 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-2.29
Definitions relative to raincheck policy disclosure.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Advertised" means any attempt, other than by use of a price tag, catalogue or any offering for sale of a motor vehicle, to directly or indirectly induce the purchase or rental of merchandise at retail, appearing in any newspaper, magazine, periodical, circular, in-store or out-of-store sign or other written matter placed before the consuming public, or in any radio or television broadcast. "Merchandise" means any objects, wares, merchandise, commodities, services or anything offered directly or indirectly to the public for sale or rental at retail. "Raincheck" means a written statement issued by a retail mercantile establishment allowing the purchase of designated merchandise at a previously advertised price. "Retail mercantile establishment" means any place of business where merchandise is exposed or offered for sale at retail to members of the consuming public. L.2006,c.59,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:11-59 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-59
Collection actions, medical debt, limits.
Status: in_force

4. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the contrary, except as otherwise provided in subsection c. of this section, a medical creditor or medical debt collector shall not engage in any collection actions until 120 days after the first bill for a medical debt has been sent and the creditor or debt collector has offered the patient who owes the medical debt a reasonable payment plan. b. At least 30 days before taking any collection actions, a medical creditor or medical debt collector shall provide to the patient at least one additional bill and a notice containing the following: (1) identifying the collection actions that will be initiated in order to obtain payment; and (2) providing a deadline after which such collection actions will be initiated, which date is no earlier than 30 days after the date of the notice. c. Any communication made by a medical creditor or medical debt collector to a patient in the course of trying to collect a medical debt shall include a statement, in at least 14-point boldface font, that the medical creditor or medical debt collector has not reported the debt to a consumer reporting agency and that if the debt, or any part of it, has been reported to a consumer reporting agency, the portion reported is void. d. A medical creditor shall not sell a patient's debt to another party unless, prior to the sale, the medical creditor has entered into a legally binding written agreement with the medical debt buyer of the debt pursuant to which the medical debt buyer or collector is prohibited from engaging in any actions in paragraphs (2) and (3) of the definition of "collection action" in section 2 of P.L.2024, c.48 (C.56:11-57) and from otherwise seeking to obtain payment for the health care service. e. (1) A medical creditor or medical debt collector shall not engage in any collection actions against a patient who accepts and complies with the terms of a reasonable payment plan offered by the medical creditor or medical debt collector pursuant to this section. A medical creditor or medical debt collector shall not charge an interest rate of more than three percent per annum on late payments to a medical debt subject to a reasonable payment plan and shall provide a grace period of at least 60 days for late payments. (2) Acceptance of a reasonable payment plan pursuant to this section by a patient shall not constitute an admission that the debt is valid. A patient who accepts a reasonable payment plan shall retain any legal defenses that would otherwise be available in a collection action. L.2024, c.48, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 56:9-18 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-18
Uniform construction
Status: in_force

This act shall be construed in harmony with ruling judicial interpretations of comparable Federal antitrust statutes and to effectuate, insofar as practicable, a uniformity in the laws of those states which enact it. L.1970, c. 73, s. 18, eff. May 21, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 56:10-13.2 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-13.2
Repurchase of certain vehicles and equipment on termination, cancellation or nonrenewal.
Status: in_force

3. Within 90 days of the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal of a motor vehicle franchise as provided for in section 5 of P.L.1971, c.356 (C.56:10-5), or the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal of a motor vehicle franchise by the motor vehicle franchisee or by mutual agreement of the motor vehicle franchisee and motor vehicle franchisor, the motor vehicle franchisor shall repurchase from the motor vehicle franchisee: a. any unused, undamaged and unsold vehicles from current and all prior year inventories with 500 miles or less registered on the odometer, or recreational vehicles that were acquired from the motor vehicle franchisor within 12 months before the effective date of the termination, and any unused, undamaged and unsold parts, supplies and accessories, listed in the franchisor's current price catalog and acquired from the franchisor or a source approved or recommended by the franchisor at the franchisee's net acquisition cost therefor, including transportation, delivery and similar charges paid by the franchisee, plus the franchisee's cost of handling, packing, loading and transporting the vehicle inventory, parts, supplies and accessories for return to the franchisor. For the purposes of this subsection, vehicle inventory, parts, supplies and accessories used by the franchisee or its employees for display, demonstration or other marketing purposes shall be deemed to be unused or unsold. b. any special tools and signs which were required by the franchisor, at: (1) the franchisee's net acquisition cost if the item was acquired in the 12 months immediately preceding the effective date of the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal; (2) the greater of the fair market value or 75% of the franchisee's net acquisition cost if the item was acquired more than 12 but less than 24 months immediately preceding the effective date of the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal; (3) the greater of the fair market value or 50% of the franchisee's net acquisition cost if the item was acquired more than 24 but less than 36 months immediately preceding the effective date of the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal; (4) the greater of the fair market value or 25% of the franchisee's net acquisition cost if the item was acquired more than 36 but less than 60 months immediately preceding the effective date of the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal; or (5) the fair market value if the item was acquired more than 60 months immediately preceding the effective date of the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal; plus the franchisee's cost of handling, packing, loading and transporting the item for return to the franchisor. Payment shall be made by the motor vehicle franchisor within 30 days after the date on which the motor vehicle franchisee notifies the motor vehicle franchisor in writing that the property is available for repurchase. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the franchise from containing provisions in addition to, but not inconsistent with, those required by this section. L.1991, c.459, s.3; amended 1999, c.45, s.2; 2011, c.66, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:4A-8 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-8
Notification to customer by molder before sale.
Status: in_force

3. a. Before a molder may sell the die, mold, form or pattern, the molder shall notify the customer and, if the owner is different from the customer, the owner by certified mail, return receipt requested. The notice shall include the following information: (1) the molder's intention to sell the die, mold, form or pattern 30 days after the notice was mailed; (2) a description of the die, mold, form or pattern to be sold; (3) the time and place of the sale; and (4) an itemized statement for the amount due. b. If the die, mold, form or pattern is sold for an amount which is greater than the amount of the lien plus all reasonable expenses of the sale, any excess amount shall be paid to any prior lienholder known to the molder at the time of the sale and any remainder to the customer, or if the owner is different from the customer, to the owner. If there is no prior lienholder and the customer or, if the owner is different from the customer, the owner has not responded to the notices required to be sent pursuant to this act, any excess shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the General Fund. c. A lien under this act shall not take priority over an existing perfected security interest. d. A customer or, if the owner is different from the customer, the owner shall seek repossession of a mold, die, form or pattern subject to a lien under this act only by posting a bond in the amount of the charges outstanding. L.1999,c.235,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:2-8 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-8
§ 56:2-8
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall keep a properly indexed record of the registration authorized by this chapter, which shall also show any altered or canceled registration.
N.J. Stat. § 56:16-6 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-6
Violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

8. A person who violates any of the provisions of section 6 of P.L.2013, c.224 (C.56:16-4) shall be subject to a civil penalty of $1,000 for a first violation, $2,000 for a second violation, and $5,000 for a third or subsequent violation. Each day upon which the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. The penalty prescribed in this section shall be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for the enforcement of the penalty provided by this section. Process shall be in the nature of a summons or warrant which shall issue upon the complaint of the Attorney General or any other person. L.2013, c.224, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 56:11-28 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-28
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Fair Credit Reporting Act." L.1997,c.172,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:11-16 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-16
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: "Consumer" means a natural person. "Credit card" means any instrument or device, whether known as a credit card, credit plate, or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the credit card holder in obtaining money, goods, services or anything else of value on credit. "Credit card holder" means a consumer named on the face of a credit card to whom or for whose benefit the credit card is issued by an issuer. "Consumer transaction" means the sale of goods, services or anything of value to a consumer, primarily for personal, family or household purposes. "Issuer" means the person which issues a credit card or its duly authorized agent. L.1990,c.72,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:3-40 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-40
Deposit for safe-keeping or return of articles not sale thereof
Status: in_force

The requiring, taking or acceptance of any sum of money by the owner of towels, coats, aprons, toilet cabinets, toilet devices, or any other articles or supplies used for the purpose of cleanliness and sanitation as a deposit for security for the safe-keeping and return of such article or articles shall not constitute a sale of such property, either optional or otherwise.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-232 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-232
Unlawful practices for treatment provider, recovery residence, penalties, damages.
Status: in_force

3. a. It shall be an unlawful practice, pursuant to P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.), for a treatment provider or a recovery residence, as applicable, to: (1) make a false or misleading statement about the treatment provider’s or recovery residence’s status as an in-network or out-of-network provider; (2) provide, or direct any other person or entity to provide, false or misleading information about the identity of, or contact information for, any treatment provider or recovery residence; (3) include false or misleading information about the Internet address of any treatment provider’s or recovery residence’s website, or to surreptitiously direct or redirect a person to another website; (4) suggest or imply that an affiliation with another treatment provider or recovery residence exists, unless the other treatment provider or recovery residence has provided express, written consent to indicate that affiliation; (5) make a false or misleading statement about the substance use disorder treatment services the treatment provider or recovery residence provides; or (6) make a false or misleading statement about the geographic location of the treatment provider or recovery residence, or the geographic location in which the treatment provider or recovery residence provides substance use disorder treatment services. b. Any treatment provider or recovery residence which violates the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall be liable to a civil penalty of not more than $20,000 for each violation. The civil penalty shall be collected pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.), in a summary proceeding before the municipal court having jurisdiction. c. A person who suffers any injury or damages, including, but not limited to, paying for services that were performed in violation of this act, as a result of the use or employment by a treatment provider or recovery residence of any method, act, or practice declared unlawful under this act may bring an action or assert a counterclaim therefor in any court of competent jurisdiction. In any action under this subsection, the court shall, in addition to any appropriate legal or equitable relief, award threefold the damages sustained by any person in interest. In all actions under this section, the court shall also award reasonable attorney's fees, filing fees, and reasonable costs of suit. d. (1) The Office of Licensing in the Department of Health may investigate treatment providers for alleged violations of this act. Upon finding a violation, the Department of Health may suspend or revoke the treatment provider’s license or certification, if applicable, or may impose a civil penalty against the treatment provider. If the Department of Health imposes a civil penalty, the civil penalty shall be not more than $20,000 for each violation. (2) The Department of Community Affairs may investigate recovery residences for alleged violations of this act. Upon finding a violation, the Department of Community Affairs may suspend or revoke the recovery residence owner’s license or certification, if applicable, or may impose a civil penalty against the recovery residence owner. If the Department of Community Affairs imposes a civil penalty, the civil penalty shall be not more than $20,000 for each violation. L.2025, c.122, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:13-1 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-1
Definitions relative to operators engaged in repair or removal of inoperable, illegally parked vehicles.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Charge card" means a credit card on an account for which no periodic rate is used to compute a finance charge. "Credit card" means any card, plate, coupon book, or other single credit device that may be used from time to time to obtain credit. "Operator" means a person who engages in the business of transporting motor vehicles that are inoperable or parked illegally or otherwise without authorization from public or private property to a site where repairs may be made or the vehicle may be stored and who may also perform motor vehicle repairs. L.2002, c.67, s.1; amended 2007, c.193, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-19.2 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-19.2
Seller, real property, disclose, property location, FEMA Special, Moderate Risk Flood Hazard Area, purchaser.
Status: in_force

2. a. A seller of real property located in this State shall disclose, on the property condition disclosure statement, whether the property is located in the FEMA Special or Moderate Risk Flood Hazard Area and any actual knowledge of the seller concerning flood risks of the property, as required pursuant to this section, to the purchaser before the purchaser becomes obligated under any contract for the purchase of the property. b. The Division of Consumer Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Community Affairs and New Jersey Real Estate Commission, in addition to any other question as the director deems necessary, shall add the following specific questions and information to the property condition disclosure statement concerning certain flood risks to a property being sold. The division shall revise the regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection c. of section 1 of P.L.1999, c.76 (C.56:8-19.1) with which the form of the property condition disclosure statement must comply to incorporate the requirements of this subsection, but in advance of such rulemaking the division shall make the revised form which includes the specific questions and information required by this subsection and subsection c. of this section, if applicable, available for use by publishing the revised form on the division's website. A seller of real property shall be required to use the revised form beginning on the 90th day following its publication on the division's website. The additions to the property condition disclosure statement shall contain the heading "Flood Risk" and contain questions, and space for sellers to answer yes, no, or unknown. If a seller answers yes to any question, the disclosure statement shall require the seller to explain the answer. The disclosure statement shall contain the following questions and explanatory language: (1) Is any or all of the property located wholly or partially in the Special Flood Hazard Area ("100-year floodplain") according to FEMA's current flood insurance rate maps for your area? (2) Is any or all of the property located wholly or partially in a Moderate Risk Flood Hazard Area ("500-year floodplain") according to FEMA's current flood insurance rate maps for your area? (3) Is the property subject to any requirement under federal law to obtain and maintain flood insurance on the property? Properties in the special flood hazard area, also known as high-risk flood zones, on FEMA's flood insurance rate maps with mortgages from federally regulated or insured lenders are required to obtain and maintain flood insurance. Even when not required, FEMA encourages property owners in high-risk, moderate-risk, and low-risk flood zones to purchase flood insurance that covers the structure and the personal property within the structure. Also note that properties in coastal and riverine areas may be subject to increased risk of flooding over time due to projected sea level rise and increased extreme storms caused by climate change which may not be reflected in current flood insurance rate maps. (4) Have you ever received assistance, or are you aware of any previous owners receiving assistance, from FEMA, the U.S. Small Business Administration, or any other federal disaster flood assistance for flood damage to the property? For properties that have received federal disaster assistance, the requirement to obtain flood insurance passes down to all future owners. Failure to obtain and maintain flood insurance can result in an individual being ineligible for future assistance. (5) Is there flood insurance on the property? A standard homeowner's insurance policy typically does not cover flood damage. You are encouraged to examine your policy to determine whether you are covered. (6) Is there a FEMA elevation certificate available for the property? If so, the elevation certificate must be shared with the buyer. An elevation certificate is a FEMA form, completed by a licensed surveyor or engineer. The form provides critical information about the flood risk of the property and is used by flood insurance providers under the National Flood Insurance Program to help determine the appropriate flood insurance rating for the property. A buyer may be able to use the elevation certificate from a previous owner for their flood insurance policy. (7) Have you ever filed a claim for flood damage to the property with any insurance provider, including the National Flood Insurance Program? If the claim was approved, what was the amount received? (8) Has the property experienced any flood damage, water seepage, or pooled water due to a natural flood event, such as heavy rainfall, costal storm surge, tidal inundation, or river overflow? If so, how many times? c. The Division of Consumer Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall include in the disclosure requirements and form to be distributed to purchasers of real property before the purchaser becomes obligated under any contract for the purchase of the property, that Statewide flood risks are increasing and that the purchaser may review these risks by going to the website that the Department of Environmental Protection shall create and ensure is managed with current and scientifically supported information, and linked to and published on the website of the Department of Community Affairs. The Department of Environmental Protection's website shall at a minimum include information that helps property owners provide the disclosures enumerated in this statute. The website shall include access to a user-friendly look-up tool searchable by mailing address that identifies if a property is in the FEMA Special or Moderate Risk Flood Hazard Area. The requirement to disclose if the property is in the FEMA Special or Moderate Risk Flood Hazard Area, beyond actual knowledge, shall take effect after the website look-up tool is in place. L.2023, c.93, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-96 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-96
Certification from veterinarian, recourse.
Status: in_force

5. a. Any consumer who purchases from a pet shop an animal that becomes sick or dies after the date of purchase may take the sick or dead animal to a veterinarian within the period of time required pursuant to the notification form provided upon the date of purchase, receive certification from the veterinarian of the health and condition of the animal, and pursue the recourse provided for under the circumstances indicated by the veterinarian certification, as required and provided for pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1999, c.336 (C.56:8-95). b. Upon receipt of the certification from the veterinarian, the consumer may report the sickness or death of the animal and the pet shop where the animal was purchased to the local health authority with jurisdiction over the municipality in which the pet shop where the animal was purchased is located, and to the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety. The consumer shall provide a copy of the veterinarian certificate with any report. The director shall forward to the appropriate local health authority a copy of any report the division receives. The local health authority shall record and retain the records of any report and documentation submitted by a consumer. c. By the May 1 immediately following the effective date of this act, and annually thereafter, the local health authority with jurisdiction over pet shops shall review any files it has concerning reports filed pursuant to subsection b. of this section and shall recommend to the municipality in which the pet shop is located the revocation of the license of any pet shop with reports filed as follows: (1) 15% of the total number of animals sold in a year by the pet shop were certified by a veterinarian to be unfit for purchase due to congenital or hereditary cause or condition, or a sickness brought on by a congenital or hereditary cause or condition; (2) 25% of the total number of animals sold in a year by the pet shop were certified by a veterinarian to be unfit for purchase due to a non-congenital cause or condition; (3) 10% of the total number of animals sold in a year by the pet shop died and were certified by a veterinarian to have died from a non-congenital cause or condition; or (4) 5% of the total number of animals sold in a year by the pet shop died and were certified by a veterinarian to have died from a congenital or hereditary cause or condition, or a sickness brought on by a congenital or hereditary cause or condition. d. By the May 1 immediately following the effective date of this act, and annually thereafter, the local health authority with jurisdiction over pet shops shall review any files it has concerning reports filed pursuant to subsection b. of this section and shall recommend to the municipality in which the pet shop is located a 90-day suspension of the license of any pet shop with reports filed as follows: (1) 10% of the total number of animals sold in a year by the pet shop were certified by a veterinarian to be unfit for purchase due to congenital or hereditary cause or condition, or a sickness brought on by a congenital or hereditary cause or condition; (2) 15% of the total number of animals sold in a year by the pet shop were certified by a veterinarian to be unfit for purchase due to a non-congenital cause or condition; (3) 5% of the total number of animals sold in a year by the pet shop died and were certified by a veterinarian to have died from a non-congenital cause or condition; or (4) 3% of the total number of animals sold in a year by the pet shop died and were certified by a veterinarian to have died from a congenital or hereditary cause or condition, or a sickness brought on by a congenital or hereditary cause or condition. e. Pursuant to the authority and requirements provided in section 8 of P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.8), the owner of the pet shop shall be afforded a hearing and, upon the recommendation by the local health authority pursuant to subsection c. or d. of this section, the local health authority, in consultation with the Department of Health, shall set a date for the hearing to be held by the local health authority or the State Department of Health and shall notify the pet shop involved. The municipality may suspend or revoke the license, or part thereof, that authorizes the pet shop to sell cats or dogs after the hearing has been held and as provided in section 8 of P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.8). At the hearing, the local health authority or the Department of Health, whichever entity is holding the hearing, shall receive testimony from the pet shop and shall determine if the pet shop: (1) failed to maintain proper hygiene and exercise reasonable care in safeguarding the health of animals in its custody, or (2) sold a substantial number of animals that the pet shop knew, or reasonably should have known, to be unfit for purchase. f. No provision of subsection c. shall be construed to restrict the local health authority or the Department of Health from holding a hearing concerning any pet shop in the State irrespective of the criteria for recommendation of license suspension or revocation named in subsection c. or d., or from recommending to a municipality the suspension or revocation of the license of a pet shop within its jurisdiction for other violations under other sections of law, or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. g. No action taken by the local health authority or municipality pursuant to this section or section 8 of P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.8) shall be construed to limit or replace any action, hearing or review of complaints concerning the pet shop by the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety to enforce consumer fraud laws or other protections to which the consumer is entitled. h. The requirements of this section shall be posted in a prominent place in each pet shop in the State along with the name, address, and telephone number of the local health authority that has jurisdiction over the pet shop, and this information shall be provided in writing at the time of purchase to each consumer and to each licensed veterinarian contracted for services by the pet shop upon contracting the veterinarian. i. The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs may investigate and pursue enforcement against any pet shop reported by a consumer pursuant to subsection b. of this section. L.1999, c.336, s.5; amended 2012, c.17, s.433.
N.J. Stat. § 56:12-95.2 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-95.2
Service contract not offered by public entity, disclosure of information, certain.
Status: in_force

5. a. A service contract that is not offered by a public utility but which is advertised by any entity, including an entity affiliated with a public utility, using a public utility's trade name, or other identifying information, shall not qualify as exempt pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2013, c.197 (C.56:12-88). b. An advertisement for a service contract that is offered by an entity other than a public utility in a manner that uses a public utility's trade name or other identifying information shall clearly and prominently disclose: (1) that the service contract is not being offered by the public utility but by a third party entity that is not part of the public utility, and that an entity other than the public utility will be responsible for performing the services advertised; (2) the name of the provider that offers the service contract and, if applicable, the name of the administrator; (3) the provider's contact information and, if applicable, the administrator's contact information; (4) that the communication is an advertisement; and (5) if applicable, that the billing for the services to be provided will be conducted through a public utility and that the public utility is an entity other than the provider. c. Nothing in this act shall be construed to impose liability on news media for accepting or publishing advertising that may fall within the scope of this section. L.2022, c.91, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 56:10-11 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-11
Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this law or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the law which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this law are severable. L.1971, c. 356, s. 11, eff. Dec. 21, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-229 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-229
Class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS, use, sell, offer for sale, manufacture, distribution, prohibited, exceptions; definitions.
Status: in_force

1. a. (1) Beginning two years after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.243 (C.56:8-229 et al.), no person shall use, or shall sell, offer for sale, manufacture, or distribute for sale or use in the State any class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection. (2) Beginning January 1, 2027, no fire department in the State shall use any class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS. b. Subsection a. of this section shall not apply to the sale, manufacture, distribution, or use of class B firefighting foam for which the inclusion of PFAS is required by federal law, or by a rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, including, but not limited to, 14 C.F.R. s.139.317. If a federal requirement to include PFAS in class B firefighting foam is revoked, subsection a. of this section shall apply one year after the requirement is revoked. c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. to the contrary, the owner or operator of a facility that uses a fixed foam fire suppression system for class B fires, which system is designed for 110 percent containment of any expected discharge volume, may use any class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS until four years after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.243 (C.56:8-229 et al.), provided that the use complies with the provisions of subsection e. of this section. A manufacturer or distributor may manufacture class B firefighting foam for, or distribute or sell class B firefighting foam to, a facility owner or operator for use pursuant to this subsection. d. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. to the contrary, the owner or operator of an oil refinery or petroleum terminal may use any class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS for fire suppression on a storage tank for combustible or flammable liquids with a surface area of 120 square meters or greater, or for fire suppression on a fuel-in-depth pool until eight years after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.243 (C.56:8-229 et al.), provided that the use complies with the provisions of subsection e. of this section. A manufacturer or distributor may manufacture class B firefighting foam for, or distribute or sell class B firefighting foam to, a facility owner or operator for use pursuant to this subsection. (2) The owner or operator of an oil refinery or petroleum terminal that intends to continue the use of class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall disclose this information to the Commissioner of Community Affairs no later than two years after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.243 (C.56:8-229 et al.). If, after providing this information to the Commissioner of Community Affairs, the owner or operator of the oil refinery or petroleum terminal intends to transition a facility to PFAS-free firefighting foam, the owner or operator shall inform the Commissioner of Community Affairs no later than 90 days prior to the proposed transition date. (3) (a) An owner or operator of an oil refinery or petroleum terminal may apply to the Commissioner of Community Affairs for a waiver to extend the exemption provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection. (b) An owner or operator of an oil refinery or petroleum terminal that anticipates applying for a waiver pursuant to this paragraph shall submit a notice of intent to the Commissioner of Community Affairs no later than five years after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.243 (C.56:8-229 et al.). (c) The Commissioner of Community Affairs may grant a waiver if the applicant provides: (i) clear and convincing evidence that there is no commercially available replacement that does not contain intentionally added PFAS and that is capable of suppressing fire for that specific use; (ii) information on the amount of firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS stored, used, or released by the applicant on an annual basis; (iii) a detailed transition plan, including a timeline, for the owner or operator of the oil refinery or petroleum terminal to transition to firefighting foam that does not contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals for that specific use; and (iv) a plan for meeting the requirements of subsection e. of this section. (d) The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall provide an applicant an opportunity to correct deficiencies in an application for a waiver. (e) The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall not grant a waiver under this paragraph for a specific use if any other oil refinery or petroleum terminal is known to have transitioned to commercially available class B firefighting foam that does not contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals for that specific use. The applicant may provide evidence as to why this subparagraph is inapplicable, including evidence that the specific use is different. In making a decision on a waiver, the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall consider both information provided by the applicant and information provided through public comment. (f) The term of a waiver under this paragraph shall not exceed two years. A waiver may be extended for one additional consecutive term. All waivers shall expire no later than twelve years after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.243 (C.56:8-229 et al.). (g) The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall provide an opportunity for public comment during the waiver application and review process. (h) The owner or operator of an oil refinery or petroleum terminal that has received a waiver may provide and use class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the form of mutual aid to another oil refinery or petroleum terminal at the request of authorities only if the other oil refinery or petroleum terminal also has a waiver. (i) The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall notify the waiver applicant of a decision within one year after the date the application is received. (j) The Department of Community Affairs shall impose a fee on an applicant who requests a waiver or waiver extension pursuant to this paragraph, in an amount not to exceed the reasonable costs of administering the provisions of this paragraph. e. (1) A person that uses class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS pursuant to subsection c. or d. of this section shall report the use of the foam to the Commissioner of Community Affairs within five business days after the use, including the identity of the foam, the quantity used, the total PFAS concentration, the application for which the foam was used, and the duration of the fire. (2) A person that uses, or plans to use, class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS pursuant to subsection c. or d. of this section shall: (a) not release PFAS chemicals directly to the environment, such as to unsealed ground, soakage pits, waterways, or uncontrolled drains; (b) fully contain all releases onsite; (c) implement containment measures such as bunds and ponds that are controlled, impervious to PFAS chemicals, and do not allow water used for firefighting, wastewater, runoff, or other wastes to be released to the environment, such as to soils, groundwater, waterways, or stormwater; (d) dispose of all water used for firefighting, wastewater, runoff, and other wastes in a manner that prevents releases to the environment; (e) in the event of a release of PFAS chemicals, report the identity of the foam, the quantity used, the total PFAS concentration, and the form of any waste that contains PFAS chemicals that is released into the environment immediately to the Department of Environmental Protection; and (f) document the measures undertaken to comply with the provisions of this paragraph, which documentation shall be retained by the person and made available to any State or local official enforcing the provisions of P.L.2023, c.243 (C.56:8-229 et al.), upon request. f. No later than one year after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.243 (C.56:8-229 et al.), a manufacturer of class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS shall notify, in writing, persons that sell the manufacturer's products in the State about the provisions of P.L.2023, c.243 (C.56:8-229 et al.). g. A manufacturer that manufactures, sells, or distributes class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS in the State after one year after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.243 (C.56:8-229 et al.), except as authorized pursuant to subsections c. and d. of this section, shall recall the product no later than 27 months after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.243 (C.56:8-229 et al.), and shall reimburse the retailer or any other purchaser for the product. A recall of the product shall include safe transport and storage, and documentation of the amount and storage location of the class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS, until the Department of Environmental Protection formally identifies a safe disposal technology. The manufacturer shall retain this documentation and shall provide it to any State or local official enforcing the provisions of P.L.2023, c.243 (C.56:8-229 et al.), upon request. h. After the expiration of any applicable exemption or waiver pursuant to subsections c. or d. of this section, the owner or operator of a facility that uses a fixed foam fire suppression system for class B fires, an oil refinery, or a petroleum terminal, as applicable, shall safely store any remaining class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS until the Department of Environmental Protection formally identifies a safe disposal technology. Safe storage shall include safe transport and documentation of the amount and storage location of the class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS. The operator shall retain this documentation and shall provide it to any State or local official enforcing the provisions of P.L.2023, c.243 (C.56:8-229 et al.), upon request. i. A violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute an unlawful practice for the purposes of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.), and the violator shall be subject to all remedies and penalties available pursuant to P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.). j. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose liability on any news media that accepts or publishes advertising for any product that may fall within the scope of the provisions of this section. k. As used in this section: "Class B firefighting foam" means foam designed to prevent or extinguish a fire in flammable liquids, combustible liquids, petroleum greases, tars, oils, oil-based paints, solvents, lacquers, alcohols, and flammable gases. "Fixed foam fire suppression system" means: (1) an engineered or pre-engineered total flooding or local application system consisting of a fixed supply of extinguishing agent permanently connected for fixed agent distribution to fixed nozzles that are arranged to discharge an extinguishing agent into an enclosure, directly onto a hazard, or a combination of both; or (2) an automatic sprinkler system. "Fuel-in-depth pool" means fuel pooling in an area bounded by contours of land or physical barriers that are at least six inches in height, surround a surface area greater than 500 square meters, and are designed to retain fuel. "Intentionally added PFAS" means PFAS added to a product or one of the product's components to provide a specific characteristic, appearance, or quality or to perform a specific function. "Intentionally added PFAS" also includes any degradation byproducts of PFAS. "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or "PFAS" means substances that include any member of the class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. "Petroleum terminal" means: (1) a bulk liquid storage facility exclusively engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of petroleum products, including liquefied petroleum gas, which contains at least one storage tank containing petroleum products with a surface area of 120 square meters or greater; or (2) a facility engaged in the distribution of crude petroleum from extraction or processing facilities, which includes at least one storage tank containing crude petroleum with a surface area of 120 square meters or greater. L.2023, c.243, s.1; amended 2025, c.266.
N.J. Stat. § 56:12-102 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-102
Allowing service contracts to be paused, canceled upon service recipients' admission to certain long-term care facilities.
Status: in_force

1. a. A service provider doing business in this State shall allow a service recipient to pause and, as may be applicable, cancel a contract for telecommunications service, cable television service, or Internet connection service pursuant to subsection b. of this section. b. (1) A service provider shall permit a service recipient to pause, without incurring an additional fee, the contract for those services upon the admission of the service recipient to a long-term care facility. The service provider shall not resume charging the service recipient under the contract for a minimum period of 90 days. If the service recipient remains admitted to a long-term care facility after a period of 90 days, the service provider shall cancel the contract without any additional charge. (2) The service provider shall provide a standard form to the service recipient upon request, which the service recipient and a physician shall utilize when requesting contract pause or cancellation pursuant to the provisions of this section. If the service recipient is unable to submit the standard form and a representative of the service recipient is requesting contract pause or cancellation pursuant to the provisions of this section, the representative shall submit to the service provider the standard form and a copy of the power of attorney, conservatorship, or guardianship documents verifying the representative's authority to act on behalf of the service recipient. (3) A service provider may require written proof of a service recipient's admission to a long-term care facility. If the service provider requires written proof, then the delivery of a written notice to the service provider of the request pursuant to this subsection and a letter signed by the service recipient's physician attesting that the requirements established pursuant to this subsection are met shall be deemed sufficient proof. (4) Nothing in P.L.2025, c.3 (C.56:12-102) shall relieve a service recipient of an obligation to return equipment to the service provider or to pay a lawful unreturned equipment charge, nor shall a service recipient be relieved from any amounts owed for any equipment purchased by the service recipient. c. For purposes of this section: "Assisted living facility" means an assisted living residence or comprehensive personal care home licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.). "Cable television company" and "cable television service" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 3 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-3). "Certified mail" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S.1:1-2. "Dementia care home" means a community residential facility which: (1) provides services to residents with special needs, including, but not limited to, persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders or other forms of dementia; (2) is subject to the licensure authority of the Department of Health as a health care facility pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.); and (3) meets the requirements of section 19 of P.L.2015, c.125 (C.26:2H-150). "Internet service provider" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 3 of P.L.2007, c.272 (C.56:8-170). "Long-term care facility" means a nursing home, assisted living residence, comprehensive personal care home, residential health care facility, or dementia care home licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.). "Physician" means a physician authorized by law to practice medicine in this or any other state and any other person authorized by law to treat sick and injured human beings in this or any other state. "Service provider" means a telecommunications service provider, a cable television company, or an Internet service provider. "Service recipient" means any individual who resides in this State who receives telecommunications service, cable television service, or Internet service from a service provider through equipment that is located in this State. "Telecommunications service provider" means any person, business, or organization qualified to do business in this State that provides a telecommunications service that is subject to regulation by the Board of Public Utilities pursuant to Title 48 of the Revised Statutes. L.2025, c.3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:10-19 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-19
Notice to existing franchisee, protest, appeal.
Status: in_force

4. A motor vehicle franchisor shall give its existing franchisees in the same line make within 20 miles of the proposed location for the proposed franchise or business as calculated using the methodology set forth in subsection f. of section 1 of P.L.1982, c.156 (C.56:10-16) not less than 90 days' advance written notice of its intention to grant, relocate, reopen or reactivate a franchise of the same line make or establish, relocate, reopen or reactivate a business. Any franchisee in the relevant market area of the proposed franchise or business may file with the committee a protest to the granting, relocating, reopening or reactivation of the franchise or the establishment, relocation, reopening or reactivation of the business within 30 days of receipt of the notice or 30 days after the end of any appeal procedure provided by the motor vehicle franchisor, whichever is later. Any motor vehicle franchisee entitled to file a protest that does not receive the written notice from the motor vehicle franchisor and consequently does not file a protest may file an action in the Superior Court against the motor vehicle franchisor and the court shall enjoin and nullify the grant, relocation, reopening or reactivation of the franchise or the establishment, relocation, reopening or reactivation of the business, regardless of whether a protest by such motor vehicle franchisee would have been successful. In any such action, a successful motor vehicle franchisee shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs and expenses. A protest shall set forth all reasons for objecting to the granting, reopening, or reactivation of a franchise and shall be accompanied by a concise statement of the facts and supporting affidavits for all issues raised in the protest. When a protest is filed, the chairman of the committee shall notify the motor vehicle franchisor and the franchisee in writing that it has been filed and shall forthwith determine either to transmit the protests to the Office of Administrative Law for hearing or to conduct a hearing directly. L.1982, c.156, s.4; amended 2011, c.66, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-40 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-40
Registration
Status: in_force

Each person who sells or offers for sale health club services in this State shall register with the director on forms the director provides. The registration shall be renewed every two years. Upon the sale of the health club facility or a change in the majority ownership of the stock of the corporate owner, the health club facility shall reregister with the director and shall pay the registration fee. The person shall provide the full name and address of each business location where health club services are sold in the State as well as any other information regarding the ownership and operation of each health club that the director deems appropriate. The registration and renewal fees shall be established or changed by the director and shall be fixed at a level to allow for the proper administration and enforcement of this act, but shall not be fixed at a level that will raise amounts in excess of the amount estimated to be so required. L. 1987, c. 238, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:11-7 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-7
Failure to comply; penalty
Status: in_force

Any creditor, having received a notice from a consumer as provided in section 3 of this act, who fails to comply with the requirements of that section: a. If such an amount is not in fact a billing error, forfeits any rights to collect from the consumer any finance charge or other charge imposed by the creditor in connection with the amount so specified, from the date of the mailing of such notice to the date the creditor complies with section 3 of this act; and b. If such amount is in fact a billing error, is liable to the consumer in an amount equal to the sum of: (1) the actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure of the creditor to comply with such section; (2) twice the amount of the billing error shown in the statement of the consumer's account except that liability under this paragraph shall not be greater than $100.00; and (3) in the case of any successful action to enforce the foregoing liability, the costs of the action together with a reasonable attorney's fee as determined by the court. c. If such amount is in fact a billing error but the creditor shows by a preponderance of evidence that the violation was not intentional and resulted from bona fide error made despite the maintenance of procedures reasonably adopted to avoid any such error, the creditor shall be liable to the consumer only to the extent of the actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure of the creditor to comply with such section and the costs of any action brought to enforce collection of such erroneous bill together with a reasonable attorney's fee as determined by the court. L.1974, c. 146, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 56:9-15 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15
Suspension of limitations period
Status: in_force

Whenever any civil or criminal proceeding shall be commenced by the State to prevent, restrain or punish a violation of this act, but not including an action brought by the State under section 12 of this act, the running of the statute of limitations in respect of every private right of action arising under this act and based in whole or in part on any matter complained of in said proceeding shall be suspended during the pendency thereof and for 1 year thereafter; provided that whenever the running of the statute of limitations in respect of a cause of action arising under section 12 shall be suspended hereunder, any action to enforce such cause of action shall be forever barred unless commenced either within the period of suspension or within 4 years after the cause of action accrued, whichever is later. L.1970, c. 73, s. 15, eff. May 21, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-63 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-63
Posting of kosher information
Status: in_force

3. a. Any dealer who prepares, distributes, sells or exposes for sale any food represented to be kosher or kosher for Passover, shall disclose the basis upon which that representation is made by posting the information required by the director, pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to the authority provided in section 4 of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-4), on a sign of a type and size specified by the director in a conspicuous place upon the premises at which the food is sold or exposed for sale as required by the director. b. It shall be an unlawful practice for any person to violate the requirements of subsection a. of this section. L.1994,c.138,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-222 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-222
Findings, declarations relative to return of certain items purchased during a state of emergency.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Legislature finds and declares that in response to the state of emergency and the public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers have purchased large quantities of products in order to prepare for a possible quarantine or isolation period. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had advised that COVID-19 may be spread from person-to-person from contaminated surfaces. The CDC further advised that COVID-19 could remain viable on contaminated surfaces for anywhere from hours to days. Following a quarantine or period of isolation, consumers attempted to return unused items purchased in bulk. The legislature found that in order to inhibit the further spread of COVID-19 and protect the public health, it was necessary to limit the return of groceries and other foodstuffs purchased during a state of emergency declared in response to COVID-19. b. Pursuant to the end of the public health emergency, but the continuation of the state of emergency declared in response to COVID-19, the Legislature seeks to rescind the current restrictions on the return of certain items and clarify that, in the future, the prohibition on the return of certain products shall be limited to a declared public health emergency. L.2020, c.16, s.1; amended 2021, c.150, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-148 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-148
Municipal powers preserved.
Status: in_force

13. P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.) shall not deny to any municipality the power to inspect a contractor business' work or equipment, the work of a contractor business that performs improvements to commercial property, or the power to regulate the standards and manners in which the contractor business' work shall be done. L.2004,c.16,s.13; amended 2023, c.237, s.36.
N.J. Stat. § 56:12-95 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-95
Records kept by provider; contents.
Status: in_force

9. a. A provider of any service contract issued, offered for sale, or sold in this State shall keep accurate accounts, books, papers, documents, and other records concerning the activities and transactions regulated under this act. b. The provider's accounts, books, papers, documents, and other records shall include: (1) a copy of each contract issued or sold; (2) the name and address of each service contract holder, to the extent this information is furnished by the contract holder; and (3) information concerning any claim arising under each contract, which shall include, but not be limited to, the date of claim filing, claim description, and provider's response. c. (1) Except as provided by paragraph (2) of this subsection, the provider shall retain all records related to a contract required by the provisions of this section for at least one year after the expiration of all contractual obligations under the terms of the contract. (2) A provider discontinuing business in this State shall maintain the means of assuring faithful performance to its contract holders as required by subsection a. of section 4 of this act and all records related to each contract issued or sold in this State until the provider submits appropriate proof, satisfactory to the director, that it discharged or transferred its contractual obligations for all contracts so issued or sold. d. The records required and maintained pursuant to this section may be maintained electronically or through other record keeping technology, but if maintained in a format other than by hard copy, the records shall be capable of duplication to legible hard copy at the request of the director. L.2013, c.197, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 56:3-15 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-15
Registration of names, marks or devices authorized
Status: in_force

Any person or corporation engaged in manufacturing soda waters, mineral or aerated waters, porter, ale, beer, cider, ginger ale, milk, cream, ice cream, ice cream mixtures or compounds or any other similar product frozen substantially to the consistency of ice cream, small beer, lager beer, weiss beer, white beer, near beer, or other beverages or medicines, medical preparations, perfumery, oils, compounds or mixtures, or any person or corporation engaged in bottling or selling any of the above-named articles or products in bottles, barrels, half-barrels, quarter-barrels, boxes, kegs, siphons, tins, ice cream containers, packages, wrappers, cabinets, refrigerators, equipment, or other receptacles or containers, upon which his or its name, or other marks or devices used by him or it, are branded, stamped, engraved, etched, blown, embossed, impressed, or otherwise produced, may register his or its name, mark or device in the manner hereinafter provided, and, upon completing such registration and the publication required by sections 56:3-16 and 56:3-17 of this title, shall be deemed the proprietor of such name, mark or device and of every container upon which such name, mark or device may be branded, stamped, engraved, etched, blown, embossed, impressed or otherwise produced.
N.J. Stat. § 56:12-1 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Consumer contract" means a written agreement in which an individual: a. Leases or licenses real or personal property; b. Obtains credit; c. Obtains insurance coverage, except insurance coverage contained in policies subject to the "Life and Health Insurance Policy Language Simplification Act," P.L.1979, c.167 (C.17B:17-17 et seq.); d. Borrows money; e. Purchases real or personal property; f. Contracts for services including professional services; g. Enters into a service contract, as defined in section 1 of P.L.2013, c.197 (C.56:12-87),
for cash or on credit and the money, property or services are obtained for personal, family or household purposes. "Consumer contract" includes writings required to complete the consumer transaction. "Consumer contract" does not include a written agreement involving a transaction in securities with a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a transaction in commodities with a futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. L.1980, c.125, s.1; amended 1981, c.464, s.1 (s.11 amended 1982, c.88, s.6); 1982, c.195; 2013, c.197, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-34 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-34
Reselling of tickets prohibited in certain areas; reselling regulated.
Status: in_force

9. a. No person shall resell or purchase with the intent to resell any ticket, in or on any street, highway, driveway, sidewalk, parking area, or common area owned by a place of entertainment in this State, or any other area adjacent to or in the vicinity of any place of entertainment in this State as determined by the director; except that a person may resell, in an area which may be designated by a place of entertainment in this State, any ticket or tickets originally purchased for his own personal or family use at no greater than the lawful price permitted under P.L.1983, c.135 (C.56:8-26 et seq.). b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any reseller or ticket resale website shall guarantee to each purchaser of resold tickets that the reseller or ticket resale website will provide a full refund of the amount paid by the purchaser, including, but not limited to, all fees, regardless of how characterized, if any of the following occurs: (1) the event for which that ticket has been resold is cancelled, provided that if the event is cancelled, then actual handling and delivery fees need not be refunded as long as that previously disclosed guarantee specifies that those fees will not be refunded; or (2) the ticket received by the purchaser does not grant the purchaser admission to the event described on the ticket, for reasons that may include, but are not limited to, that the ticket is counterfeit, the ticket has been cancelled by the ticket issuer due to non-payment, or the event described on the ticket was cancelled for any reason prior to purchase of the resold ticket, unless the ticket is cancelled due to an act or omission by that purchaser. c. (1) No reseller shall employ a tentative ticket policy whereby the reseller sells tickets that are not in the reseller's possession at the time of sale, unless that policy is disclosed to a ticket purchaser at the outset of the transaction. That disclosure shall include an approximate delivery date and the number of tickets that are guaranteed together, including the zone or section number. If the reseller is unsuccessful in securing those tickets, the reseller shall refund any deposit made by a purchaser of those tickets within 10 days after the event. (2) A reseller shall not sell a ticket for the same seat to more than one person at the same time. d. No person shall use or cause to be used any means, method or technology that is designed, intended or functions to disguise the identity of the purchaser with the purpose of purchasing or attempting to purchase a quantity of tickets to a place of entertainment in excess of authorized limits established by a ticket issuer. e. No person shall use or cause to be used software, or any other technology or device, that is designed, intended or functions to interfere with a computer, computer network, or computer system, or any part thereof, for the purpose of purchasing or attempting to purchase or obtain access to a quantity of tickets to a place of entertainment in excess of authorized limits established by a ticket issuer, or that is designed, intended or functions to circumvent or disable any access control systems, electronic queues, waiting periods or other sales volume limitation systems to ensure the equitable distribution of tickets instituted on the website of the ticket issuer. L.1983, c.135, s.9; amended 1983, c.220, s.4; 2001, c.394, s.7; 2018, c.117, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-144 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-144
Display of registration number; requirements.
Status: in_force

9. a. All registrants shall prominently display their registration numbers within their places of business, in all advertisements distributed within this State, on business documents, contracts and correspondence with consumers of home improvement services in this State, and on all commercial vehicles registered in this State and leased or owned by registrants and used by registrants for the purpose of providing home improvements, except for vehicles leased or rented to customers of registrants by a registrant or any agent or representative thereof. b. Any invoice, contract or correspondence given by a registrant to a consumer shall prominently contain the toll-free telephone number provided pursuant to section 14 of this act. L.2004,c.16,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-2.27 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-2.27
Sale of baby food, non-prescription drugs, cosmetics, certain; unlawful.
Status: in_force

1. It shall be an unlawful practice for any person to sell or offer to sell to the public: a. any non-prescription drug, infant formula or baby food, which is subject to expiration dating requirements issued by the federal Food and Drug Administration, if the date of expiration has passed; and b. any infant formula or baby food which is subject to expiration dating requirements issued by the federal Food and Drug Administration, any non-prescription drug, or any cosmetic as defined in subsection h. of R.S.24:1-1, unless that person presents, within five days of the request, a written record of the purchase of that product, which record or invoice shall specifically identify the product being sold by the product name, quantity purchased, that quantity being denoted by item, box, crate, pallet or otherwise, and date of purchase and shall contain the complete name or business name, address and phone number of the person from whom that product was purchased. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a transaction involving less than $50 of product between persons selling that product in the same general market area on the same day. L.1998,c.5,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-3 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-3
Investigation by attorney general; powers and duties
Status: in_force

When it shall appear to the Attorney General that a person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in any practice declared to be unlawful by this act, or when he believes it to be in the public interest that an investigation should be made to ascertain whether a person in fact has engaged in, is engaging in or is about to engage in, any such practice, he may: (a) Require such person to file on such forms as are prescribed a statement or report in writing under oath or otherwise, as to all the facts and circumstances concerning the sale or advertisement of merchandise by such person, and such other data and information as he may deem necessary; (b) Examine under oath any person in connection with the sale or advertisement of any merchandise; (c) Examine any merchandise or sample thereof, record, book, document, account or paper as he may deem necessary; and (d) Pursuant to an order of the Superior Court impound any record, book, document, account, paper, or sample of merchandise that is produced in accordance with this act, and retain the same in his possession until the completion of all proceedings in connection with which the same are produced. L.1960, c. 39, p. 138, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:6-12.3 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-12.3
Interference with, failure to use totalizer, fourth degree crime
Status: in_force

67. Any person who, without permission or authority and for the purpose of evading or circumventing any law of this State, alters, manipulates, replaces, or in any other manner tampers or interferes with or causes to be altered, manipulated, replaced, tampered or interfered with, a totalizer, or who operates a pump not equipped with a sealed totalizer required by this act, is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. L.1992,c.23,s.67.
N.J. Stat. § 56:11-51 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-51
Denial, reduction of credit to victims of identity theft, certain, prohibited.
Status: in_force

1. a. A creditor shall not deny credit to, or reduce the credit limit of, an individual solely because that individual was a victim of identity theft pursuant to N.J.S.2C:21-1, section 1 of P.L.1983, c.565 (C.2C:21-2.1) or N.J.S.2C:21-17. For purposes of this section, "victim of identity theft" means any individual who, prior to or at the time of applying for credit, or for increasing the individual's credit limit, presents to a creditor: (1) a copy of a police report filed pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.226 (C.2C:21-17.6); or (2) either: (a) a properly completed copy of a standardized affidavit of identity theft, as established by the Federal Trade Commission pursuant to section 609 of the federal "Fair Credit Reporting Act," Pub.L.91-508 (15 U.S.C. s.1681g); or (b) a similar, duly executed affidavit concerning the victim's identity theft. b. The provisions of subsection a. of this section shall not abrogate the right of a creditor to deny credit to, or reduce the credit limit of, a victim of identity theft for any other reason authorized by law. L.2007,c.33,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-2.15 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-2.15
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Merchandise" means any objects, wares, goods, commodities, or any other tangible items offered, directly or indirectly, to the public for sale. b. "Proof of purchase" means a receipt, bill, credit card slip, or any other form of evidence which constitutes reasonable proof of purchase. c. "Retail mercantile establishment" means any place of business where merchandise is exposed or offered for sale at retail to members of the consuming public. L.1982, c. 29, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-52 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-52
Inspection program; regulations
Status: in_force

4. a. The director shall establish an inspection program to insure that dealers in toys and other articles intended for use by children comply with section 3 of this section. The director also shall periodically publish and disseminate to the public a summary of defective and hazardous toys and other articles intended for use by children. b. The director shall adopt all regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.1991,c.295,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-54 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-54
Application of consumer fraud act to information services
Status: in_force

1. An information service constitutes a service within the term "merchandise" as defined in P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.), and the provisions of that law concerning the advertisement and sale of merchandise shall have the same application to the advertisement and sale of an information service. L.1991,c.416,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:11-21 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-21
Accentance of checks for consumer transactions; cashing checks
Status: in_force

2. a. No person who receives a check in payment of an obligation resulting from a consumer transaction or who cashes a check for a consumer and which as a condition of such acceptance or the cashing of a check requires that the check drawer provide a credit card or charge card, shall record on the check or elsewhere, the card account number. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any person, as a condition for the acceptance of a check in payment for a consumer transaction or the cashing of a check for a consumer from doing either or both of the following: (1) Requesting a consumer to display a credit card or charge card as a means of identification, or as an indication of credit worthiness or financial responsibility; (2) Recording on the check the type of credit card or charge card so displayed and the credit card or charge card expiration date. b. Nothing in this section shall: (1) Require any person to accept a check in payment for a consumer transaction or to cash a check for a consumer regardless of whether a credit card or charge card is displayed; or (2) Prohibit a person from recording a credit card number and expiration date on a check as the condition for cashing or accepting that check where that person has agreed with the card issuer to cash or accept checks from the issuer's cardholders and where the issuer guarantees those cardholders' checks. L.1991,c.281,s.2; amended 1999, c.234, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:3A-4 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3A / Section 3A-4
Information required to be provided to proprietors
Status: in_force

4. A performing rights society shall not enter into or execute a contract for the payment of royalties by a proprietor unless, no later than 72 hours prior to the execution of the contract, the performing rights society provides to the proprietor, in writing, the following: a. a schedule of the rates and terms of royalties under the contract; b. notice that the performing rights society shall, upon request by a proprietor, provide, before entering into a contract with that proprietor, a schedule of the rates and terms of royalties under agreements executed by the performing rights society and proprietors of comparable businesses in the same county; c. in the case of a performing rights society which offers discounts to proprietors in the same county on any basis, the amounts and terms of those discounts; d. notice of the provisions of section 3 of this act including the electronic address and the toll free telephone number; and e. notice that the proprietor is entitled to the information required under this act and that the failure of the performing rights society to provide that information is a violation of this act. L.1996,c.122,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 56:16-2 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-2
Definitions relative to autobuses.
Status: in_force

4. For the purposes of sections 3 through 9 of P.L.2013, c.224 (C.56:16-1 et seq.) and section 10 of P.L.2025, c.260 (C.56:16-4.1): "Autobus" means a privately owned autobus operated over the public highways in this State for the transportation of not more than 40 passengers for hire in intrastate or interstate business except that "autobus" shall not include: (1) a vehicle engaged in motorbus regular route service as defined in section 3 of P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-3); (2) a vehicle engaged in the transportation of passengers for hire in the manner and form commonly called taxicab service unless that service becomes or is held out to be regular service between stated termini; (3) a hotel bus used exclusively for the transportation of hotel patrons to or from local railroad or other common carrier stations, including local airports; (4) a bus operated for the transportation of enrolled children and adults only when serving as chaperones to or from a school, school-connected activity, day camp, summer day camp, nursery school, child care center, pre-school center, or other similar places of education, including "School Vehicle Type I" and "School Vehicle Type II" as defined in R.S.39:1-1; (5) an autobus with a carrying capacity of not more than 13 passengers operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the limits of a single municipality or with a carrying capacity of not more than 20 passengers operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the limits of not more than four contiguous municipalities within any county of the fifth or sixth class, which route in either case does not, in whole or in part, parallel upon the same street the line of any street railway or traction railway or any other autobus route; (6) an autocab, limousine, or livery service as defined in R.S.48:16-13 or section 2 of P.L.1997, c.356 (C.48:16-13.1), unless that service becomes or is held out to be regular service between stated termini; (7) a vehicle used in a "ridesharing" arrangement, as defined by the "New Jersey Ridesharing Act of 1981," P.L.1981, c.413 (C.27:26-1 et al.); (8) a motor bus owned by, or operated under a contract with, the New Jersey Transit Corporation; (9) charter bus operations, as defined in R.S.48:4-1; (10) a vehicle designed to transport eight or more, but fewer than 16, persons, including the driver, which is used exclusively for the transportation of persons between an off-airport parking facility and an airport; (11) a special paratransit vehicle, as defined in R.S.48:4-1; or (12) a vehicle that is owned or leased by a "boarding or nursing home," as defined by section 2 of P.L.1977, c.238 (C.26:2H-37), by an "assisted living facility," as defined by section 1 of P.L.2009, c.61 (C.26:2H-12.56), by an adult day health care facility or pediatric day health care facility licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.), or by any facility or other entity licensed or approved by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Health to render services to New Jersey residents, and which is used to transport eight or more, but fewer than 16, persons, including the driver, to and from recreational and social activities, shopping, and other health care providers; provided that no charge is assessed each time a patient, resident, or client utilizes the transportation service. "Bill of Rights for Customers of Certain Autobuses" means the consumer protections, obligations of the owners and operators of autobuses, and basic expectations and guarantees of health, safety, and welfare established pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2013, c.224 (C.56:16-4). "For hire" means for direct or indirect hire, any service for which the driver of the vehicle is compensated, or which is included in the duties of the person who renders services for compensation, but shall not include transportation services that are provided to patients or residents of a "boarding or nursing home," as defined by section 2 of P.L.1977, c.238 (C.26:2H-37), an "assisted living facility," as defined by section 1 of P.L.2009, c.61 (C.26:2H-12.56), an adult day health care facility or pediatric day health care facility licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et al.), or to patients, residents, or clients of any facility or other entity that is licensed or approved by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Health to render services to New Jersey residents, unless a charge is assessed each time a patient, resident, or client utilizes the transportation services. "Operator" means a person who is in actual physical control of an autobus. "Owner" means a person who holds the legal title of an autobus, or if an autobus is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or if a mortgagor of an autobus is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee, lessee, or mortgagor shall be considered the owner. L.2013, c.224, s.4; amended 2015, c.31, s.1; 2025, c.260, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 56:11-45 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-45
Findings, declarations relative to identity theft.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The crime of identity theft has become one of the major law enforcement challenges of the new economy, as vast quantities of sensitive, personal information are now vulnerable to criminal interception and misuse; and b. A number of indicators reveal that, despite increased public awareness of the crime, incidents of identity theft continue to rise; and c. An integral part of many identity crimes involves the interception of personal financial data or the fraudulent acquisition of credit cards or other financial products in another person's name; and d. Identity theft is an act that violates the privacy of our citizens and ruins their good names: victims can suffer restricted access to credit and diminished employment opportunities, and may spend years repairing damage to credit histories; and e. Credit reporting agencies and issuers of credit should have uniform reporting requirements and effective fraud alerts to assist identity theft victims in repairing and protecting their credit; and f. The Social Security number is the most frequently used record keeping number in the United States. Social Security numbers are used for employee files, medical records, health insurance accounts, credit and banking accounts, university ID cards and many other purposes; and g. Social Security numbers are frequently used as identification numbers in many computer files, giving access to information an individual may want kept private and allowing an easy way of linking data bases. Therefore, it is wise to limit access to an individual's Social Security number whenever possible; and h. It is therefore a valid public purpose for the New Jersey Legislature to ensure that the Social Security numbers of the citizens of the State of New Jersey are less accessible in order to detect and prevent identity theft and to enact certain other protections and remedies related thereto and thereby further the public safety. L.2005,c.226,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:7-25 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-25
Provisions inapplicable when
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall not apply to sales at retail or sales at wholesale made (a) as an isolated transaction and not in the usual course of business; (b) where cigarettes are advertised, offered for sale, or sold in bona fide clearance sales for the purpose of discontinuing trade in such cigarettes and said advertising, offer to sell, or sale shall state the reason thereof and the quantity of such cigarettes advertised, offered for sale, or to be sold; (c) where cigarettes are advertised, offered for sale, or sold as imperfect or damaged, and said advertising, offer to sell, or sale shall state the reason therefor and the quantity of such cigarettes advertised, offered for sale, or to be sold; (d) where cigarettes are sold upon the final liquidation of a business; or (e) where cigarettes are advertised, offered for sale, or sold by any fiduciary or other officer acting under the order or direction of any court. L.1952, c. 247, p. 827, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-112 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-112
Violations deemed unlawful practice.
Status: in_force

3. It is an unlawful practice and a violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) to violate the provisions of this act. L.2002,c.14,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-14.3 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-14.3
Additional penalties for violation of C.56:8-1 et seq.
Status: in_force

2. a. In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, a person who violates the provisions of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) shall be subject to additional penalties as follows: (1) A penalty of not more than $10,000 if the violation caused the victim of the violation pecuniary injury and the person knew or should have known that the victim is a senior citizen or a person with a disability; or (2) A penalty of not more than $30,000 if the violation was part of a scheme, plan, or course of conduct directed at senior citizens or persons with disabilities in connection with sales or advertisements. The requirement of actual or constructive knowledge is applicable to the additional penalty provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection only, and is not required to prove a violation of any other provision of P.L. 1960, c. 39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.). b. The civil penalties authorized and collected under subsection a. of this section shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to the Consumer Fraud Education Fund created pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1999, c.129 (C.56:8-14.6). L.1999,c.129,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-124 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-124
Registration number to remain property of State
Status: in_force

6. a. Any registration number issued by the director shall remain the property of the State and shall be immediately returned to the director upon its suspension, non-renewal or revocation pursuant to this act. b. The issuance of a registration to an applicant who is a nonresident of this State shall be deemed to be the applicant's irrevocable consent that service of process in any action or proceeding may be made upon the applicant by service upon the director. L.2003,c.76,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-99 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-99
Definitions relative to food represented as halal.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Dealer" means any establishment that advertises, represents or holds itself out as selling, preparing or maintaining food as halal, including, but not limited to, manufacturers, slaughterhouses, wholesalers, stores, restaurants, hotels, catering facilities, butcher shops, summer camps, bakeries, delicatessens, supermarkets, grocery stores, nursing homes, freezer dealers and food plan companies. These establishments may also sell, prepare or maintain food not represented as halal. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety or the director's designee. "Food" means a food, food product, food ingredient, dietary supplement or beverage. L.2000,c.60,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:3-13.19 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.19
Estoppel
Status: in_force

A final judgment or decree rendered in favor of the State in a criminal proceeding brought under Chapter 20 or 21 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes shall estop the defendant in the action or proceeding in any subsequent civil action as to all matters as to which the judgment in the action or proceeding would be an estoppel between the parties to it. L. 1987, c. 454, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-27 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-27
Requirements for ticket broker.
Status: in_force

2. No ticket broker shall engage in or continue in the business of reselling tickets for admission to a place of entertainment without meeting the following requirements: a. Owning, operating or maintaining a permanent office, branch office, bureau, agency, or other place of business, not including a post office box, for the purpose of reselling tickets; b. Obtaining a certificate of registration to resell or engage in the business of reselling tickets from the director; c. Listing the ticket broker's registration number in any form of advertisement or solicitation in which tickets are being sold for the purpose of purchase by the general public for events in this State; d. Maintaining records of ticket sales, deposits and refunds for a period of not less than two years from the time of any of these transactions; e. Disclosing to the purchaser, by means of verbal description or a map, the location of the seats represented by the tickets; f. Disclosing to the purchaser the cancellation policy of that broker; g. Disclosing that a service charge is added by the ticket broker to the stated price on the tickets and is included by the broker in any advertisement or promotion for an event; h. Disclosing to the purchaser, whenever applicable, that the ticket broker has a guarantee policy. If a ticket broker guarantees delivery of tickets to a purchaser and fails to deliver the tickets, the ticket broker shall provide a full refund for the cost of the tickets; i. Disclosing to the purchaser of tickets when he is utilizing a tentative order policy, popularly known as a "try and get." When a ticket broker fails to obtain tickets on a "try and get" basis, the broker shall refund any deposit made by a purchaser of those tickets within a reasonable time, as shall be determined by the director; j. When guaranteeing tickets in conjunction with providing a tour package, a ticket broker who fails to provide a purchaser with those tickets shall refund fully the price of the tour package and tickets; and k. Providing to a purchaser of tickets who cancels an order a full refund for the cost of the tickets less shipping charges, if those tickets are returned to the broker within three days after receipt; provided, that when tickets are purchased within seven days of an event, a refund shall be given only if the tickets are returned within one day of receipt; and further provided, that no refund shall be given on any tickets purchased within six days of an event unless the ticket broker is able to resell the tickets. L.1983,c.135,s.2; amended 1983, c.220, s.2; 2001, c.394, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-137 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-137
Definitions relative to home improvement contractors.
Status: in_force

2. As used in P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.): "Board" means the New Jersey State Board of Home Improvement and Home Elevation Contractors. "Contractor" means an individual providing home improvement or home elevation services, or both types of services, for a corporation, partnership, association, sole proprietorship, and any other form of business organization or entity that enters into contracts for home improvement, home elevation, or both types of services. "Contractor business" means a business that is a corporation, partnership, association, sole proprietorship or any other form of business organization or entity that provides home improvement, home elevation, or both types of services with at least one employee who is a licensed contractor, as defined pursuant to this section. An individual who provides services included in the definition of "home improvement" and who earns a maximum of $1,500 per contract and $25,000 on an annual basis for those services shall be required to maintain registration and comply with registration requirements pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-138), but shall not be required to have at least one employee who is a licensed contractor. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety. "Division" means the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety. "Home elevation" means any home improvement that involves raising an entire residential structure to a higher level above the ground. "Home elevation contractor" means a contractor who engages in the practice of home elevation and is authorized to perform home improvement services. "Home improvement" means the remodeling, altering, renovating, repairing, restoring, modernizing, moving, demolishing, or otherwise improving or modifying of the whole or any part of any residential property. Home improvement shall also include insulation, installation, and the conversion of existing commercial structures into residential property. Home improvement shall not include the construction of a new residential property. "Home improvement contract" means a written agreement, or oral agreement if the cost of services is expected to be $500 or less, for the performance of a home improvement between a home improvement or home elevation contractor business and an owner, tenant or lessee, of a residential property, and includes all agreements under which the contractor is to perform labor or render services for home improvements or for home elevations, or furnish materials in connection therewith. "Limited specialty services license" means a license issued by the board that authorizes an individual only to perform services in a specialty of home improvement the scope of which shall be determined by the board. "Limited specialty services licensee" means an individual licensed by the board to provide limited specialty home improvement services. "Principal home improvement contractor" or "principal home elevation contractor" means a licensed home improvement or home elevation contractor who oversees the performance of services for contracts (1) valued at a minimum of $120,000 and (2) that require the submittal of plans with more than one subcode. A principal home improvement or principal home elevation contractor may also provide services as a home improvement contractor or home elevation contractor if a contract is valued at less than $120,000 or does not require submittal of plans with more than one subcode. "Residential property" means any single or multi-unit structure used in whole or in part as a place of residence, and all structures appurtenant thereto, and any portion of the lot or site on which the structure is situated which is devoted to the residential use of the structure. L.2004, c.16, s.2; amended 2014, c.34, s.3; 2023, c.237, s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-138 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-138
Registration for contractors; application, fee.
Status: in_force

3. a. No contractor business shall offer to perform, or engage, or attempt to engage in the business of making or selling home improvements unless registered with the Division of Consumer Affairs in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.). b. Every contractor business shall annually register with the director. Application for registration shall be on a form provided by the division and shall be accompanied by a reasonable fee, set by the director in an amount sufficient to defray the division's expenses incurred in administering and enforcing P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.). c. Every contractor business required to register under P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.) shall file an amended registration within 20 days after any change in the information required to be included thereon. No fee shall be required for the filing of an amendment. d. A contractor business that performs home improvement or home elevation services pursuant to a contract (1) valued at minimum of $120,000 and (2) that require the submittal of plans with more than one subcode shall be required to employ at least one licensed principal home improvement contractor or licensed principal home elevation contractor, as applicable. e. A contractor business that performs home improvement or home elevation services pursuant to contracts valued at less than $120,000 shall be required to employ at least one licensed home improvement or licensed home elevation contractor, as applicable, unless the registered contractor business performs only limited specialty services. f. A contractor business that performs services pursuant to contracts valued at less than $120,000 and offers only specialty services shall employ at least one individual who holds a limited specialty services license that corresponds to the services that the contractor business offers. A contractor business that does not employ a principal home improvement or principal home elevation contractor or a licensed home improvement or licensed home elevation contractor shall offer services only in the specialties for which the business employs limited specialty services licensees. g. A contractor business that is required to employ a principal home improvement or principal home elevation contractor pursuant to subsection d. of this section, a licensed home improvement or licensed home elevation contractor pursuant to subsection e. of this section, or a limited specialty services licensee pursuant to subsection f. of this section shall, in its application for initial registration and for registration renewal, disclose the identity of the applicable contractor and update the division within 10 days if the identity of the applicable contractor changes. h. The provisions of subsections d. through g. of this section shall remain inoperative until the first day of the sixth month next following the promulgation of rules and regulations by the New Jersey State Board of Home Improvement and Home Elevation Contractors. L.2004,c.16,s.3; amended 2004, c.155, s.1; 2023, c.237, s.27.
N.J. Stat. § 56:10-25 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-25
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The committee may promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.1982, c. 156, s. 10, eff. Oct. 27, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-150 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-150
Applicability of C.56:8-1 et seq.
Status: in_force

15. Nothing in P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.) shall limit the application of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.), or any regulations promulgated thereunder, in regard to the registration or regulation of contractors and contractor businesses. L.2004, c.16, s.15; amended 2023, c.237, s.38.
N.J. Stat. § 56:6-11 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-11
Assistant or deputy commissioner; civil service; continuous employment for 30 months
Status: in_force

The commissioner may appoint an assistant or a deputy to administer this act, and such other assistants as he may deem necessary, and may establish, equip and maintain one office at such place in this State as he shall determine, subject always to the appropriations provided therefor. The assistant or deputy appointed under this act and not more than three employees assigned to special and confidential duties in connection therewith or whose duties require them to be attorneys shall be in the unclassified civil service; provided, however, that when any person employed as one of the said three employees has served or shall have served continuously in said employment for thirty months, said person shall hold and thereafter continue to hold his said employment within and as a part of the classified service of the State, in accordance with the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes. In case an employee in the classified service is appointed as assistant or deputy, he shall continue to have such rights of tenure in the classified service as he formerly possessed. L.1938, c. 163, p. 371, art. V, s. 506. Amended by L.1942, c. 260, p. 703, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:4A-1 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-1
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Customer" means any person who causes or caused a molder to fabricate, cast or otherwise make a mold, die or form, or who causes or caused a molder to use a mold, die or form in the manufacture or assembly of products. b. "Molder" means any person who fabricates, casts or otherwise makes a mold, die or form to produce plastic products, or who uses a mold, die or form in the manufacture or assembly of plastic products. L.1983, c. 217, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-227 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-227
Solicitation by nongovernmental entity, unlawful practice, violation.
Status: in_force

1. a. It shall be an unlawful practice and a violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) for any person to send a mailing which constitutes a solicitation by a nongovernmental entity for the purchase of or payment for a product or service which could reasonably be interpreted as falsely implying any State government connection, approval, or endorsement through the use of a seal; insignia; citation to a State statute; name of a State agency, department, commission, or program; trade or brand name; or any other term or symbol. b. For purposes of this section, "person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent a cause of action brought for violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.). L. 2021, c.325.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-129 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-129
Inclusion on list, notice to customers of existence of list, updating; directory information
Status: in_force

11. a. A customer who desires to be included on the no telemarketing call list shall notify the division by calling a toll-free number provided or denominated by the division, or in any other manner and at a time prescribed by the division. A customer who is included on the no call list shall be removed from the no call list upon the customer's written request. The no call list shall be updated not less than quarterly and the division shall, if the no call list is not readily accessible through other means, make the no call list available to registered telemarketers for a fee that the division shall prescribe. b. A local exchange telephone company shall include, in every telephone directory published after the effective date of this act, notice concerning the provisions of this act as those provisions relate to the rights of customers with respect to telemarketers and the no telemarketing call list. A local exchange telephone company shall also enclose, at least semiannually, in every telephone bill, a notice concerning the provisions of this act as those provisions relate to the rights of customers with respect to telemarketers and the no telemarketing call list. L.2003,c.76,s.11; amended 2003, c.208, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-192 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-192
Registration, fee.
Status: in_force

8. The division may require an international labor matching organization or an international matchmaking organization operating in this State to register with the division and to pay an annual registration fee sufficient to defray the cost of administering this act. L.2009, c.152, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 56:13-18 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-18
"Towing and Storage Administration and Enforcement Fund."
Status: in_force

12. There is created in the Department of the Treasury a special dedicated, non-lapsing fund to be known as the "Towing and Storage Administration and Enforcement Fund." The fund shall be the depository for fees, cost recoveries and penalties collected under P.L.2007, c.193 (C.56:13-7 et al.). Monies deposited in the fund and the interest earned thereon shall be used for the administration of this act. The Legislature shall annually appropriate from the fund monies to the division for the administration of this act. L.2007, c.193, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 56:3-13a — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13a
Purpose of act, construction
Status: in_force

16. This 1995 amendatory and supplementary act is intended to provide a system of State trademark registration and protection substantially consistent with the federal system of trademark registration and protection under the federal Trademark Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. s.1051 et seq. The interpretation and construction of the federal Trademark Act of 1946 shall be examined as persuasive authority for the interpretation and construction of this 1995 amendatory and supplementary act. L.1995,c.171,s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 56:11-43 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-43
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. The Attorney General of the State of New Jersey shall adopt those rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2002,c.101,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:12-14 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-14
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act." L.1981, c. 454, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-98 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-98
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. Sections 1 through 6 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Halal Food Consumer Protection Act." L.2000,c.60,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-142 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-142
Proof of commercial general liability insurance, cargo, other insurance, posting of bond; requirements.
Status: in_force

7. a. On or after December 31, 2005, every registered contractor business who is engaged in home improvements shall secure, maintain and file with the director proof of a certificate of commercial general liability insurance in a minimum amount of $500,000 per occurrence and workers' compensation insurance unless exempted by law. b. Every registered contractor business engaged in home improvements whose commercial general liability insurance policy or workers' compensation insurance policy is cancelled or nonrenewed shall submit to the director a copy of the certificate of commercial general liability insurance or workers' compensation insurance for a new or replacement policy which meets the requirements of subsection a. of this section as soon as is practicable following the cancellation or nonrenewal of the former policy, but in no case more than 10 days following the cancellation or nonrenewal of the former policy. c. Every home elevation contractor business engaged in performing home elevations, in addition to the insurance required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, shall secure and maintain cargo or other insurance that specifically covers home elevation activities, in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence to cover damages or other losses to the homeowner, lessee, tenant or other party resulting from a home elevation, except as otherwise provided in this subsection. The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in consultation with the Department of Banking and Insurance may promulgate rules and regulations to implement this subsection, which rules and regulations also may require that contractor businesses engaged in home elevations secure and maintain additional insurance of such kind and in such amounts as the director may determine in consultation with the Department of Banking and Insurance. d. A home elevation contractor business, prior to entering into an agreement to perform a home elevation, shall provide proof of insurance to the homeowner including the issuing insurer, policy number, type, and amount of insurance coverage maintained by the contractor business in accordance with this section. e. Every contractor business that is engaged in home improvement or home elevation services shall maintain, in effect during the entire period of registration: (1) a compliance bond issued by one or more sureties authorized to transact business in this State; (2) an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank; or (3) securities, moneys, or other security acceptable to the division to fulfill the requirements of this section. f. The principal sum of the compliance bond, letter of credit, or securities, moneys, or other security shall be a minimum of: (1) $50,000 for the performance of services pursuant to a contract valued at more than $120,000 or for the performance of services, in the previous 12 months, for contracts valued at a minimum of $750,000; (2) $25,000 for the performance of services pursuant to a contract valued between $10,000 and $120,000 or for the performance of services, in the previous 12 months, for contracts valued between $150,000 and $750,000; and (3) $10,000 for the performance of services pursuant to a contract valued at less than $10,000 or for the performance of services, in the previous 12 months, for contracts valued less than $150,000. g. The contractor business shall, from time to time, to the extent that claims are paid, promptly replenish the amount of the compliance bond, letter of credit, securities, moneys, or other security maintained pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection f. of this section. h. The compliance bond, letter of credit, or securities, moneys, or other security shall cover penalties assessed by the division for violations of P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.). i. The compliance bond, letter of credit, or securities, moneys, or other security shall not be payable for treble damage claims pursuant to P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.). j. The aggregate liability of the surety, bank, or issuer of securities, moneys, or other security to all individuals for all breaches of the conditions of the compliance bond, letter of credit, or the securities, moneys, or other security shall not exceed the amount of the bond, letter of credit, or the securities, moneys, or other security. k. Every bond, letter of credit, or securities, moneys, or other security shall provide that cancellation or nonrenewal of the bond, letter of credit, or securities, moneys, or other security shall not be effective unless and until at least 10 days' notice of intention to cancel or nonrenew the bond, letter of credit, or securities, moneys, or other security has been received in writing by the contractor business from the surety, bank, or other issuer. l. Dollar amounts required pursuant to this section for general liability insurance and for a compliance bond, letter of credit, or securities, moneys, or other securities may be adjusted by the division if a contractor business registered pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-138) provides only limited specialty services.
L.2004, c.16, s.7; amended 2004, c.155, s.3; 2014, c.34, s.4; 2023, c.237, s.32.
N.J. Stat. § 56:10-35 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-35
Recall service, repair, insufficient part or parts necessary, compensation.
Status: in_force

4. a. If a part or the parts necessary to perform a recall service are not reasonably available to perform a recall service or repair on a used motor vehicle held for sale by a motor vehicle franchisee authorized to sell and service new motor vehicles of the same line-make within 30 days of the motor vehicle franchisor issuing the initial recall notice, and the motor vehicle franchisor has issued a stop-sale notice or do-not-drive notice on the motor vehicle, the motor vehicle franchisor shall compensate the motor vehicle franchisee at a prorated rate of at least 1.5 percent of the value of the used motor vehicle per month beginning 30 days after the motor vehicle franchisor issued the stop-sale notice or do-not-drive notice to the motor vehicle franchisee until the earlier of either: (1) the date that the recall parts or parts necessary to perform recall service are made available; or (2) the date that the motor vehicle franchisee sells, trades, or otherwise disposes of a used motor vehicle that is subject to a stop-sale notice or do-not-drive notice. b. The value of a used motor vehicle shall be the average trade-in value for used motor vehicles as indicated in an independent third-party guide for the year, make, and model of the recalled motor vehicle. c. Subject to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.1977, c.84 (C.56:10-15), it shall be a violation of this section for a motor vehicle franchisor to reduce the amount of compensation otherwise owed to a motor vehicle franchisee through a chargeback, the removal of the motor vehicle franchisee from an incentive program, or a reduction in the amount owed under an incentive program because the motor vehicle franchisee has submitted a claim for reimbursement pursuant to this section. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a motor vehicle franchisor from discontinuing an incentive program. d. All reimbursement claims made by motor vehicle franchisees pursuant to this section for recall remedies or repairs, or for compensation where no part or repair is reasonably available and the motor vehicle is subject to a stop-sale notice or do-not-drive notice, shall be subject to the same limitations and requirements as a warranty reimbursement claim made under section 3 of P.L.1977, c.84 (C.56:10-15). As an alternative, a motor vehicle franchisor may compensate its motor vehicle franchisees under a national recall compensation program, provided that: (1) compensation under the program is equal to or greater than the compensation provided pursuant to this section; or (2) the motor vehicle franchisor and motor vehicle franchisee otherwise agree. e. A motor vehicle franchisor may direct the manner and method in which a motor vehicle franchisee is required to demonstrate the inventory status of an affected used motor vehicle to determine eligibility under this section. However, the manner and method shall not be unduly burdensome and shall not require information that is unduly burdensome to provide. f. Nothing in this section shall require a motor vehicle franchisor to provide total compensation to a motor vehicle franchisee, which compensation would exceed the total average trade-in value of the affected used motor vehicle as originally determined pursuant to subsection b. of this section. g. Any remedy provided to a motor vehicle franchisee under this section is exclusive and shall not be combined with any other State or federal recall compensation remedy. L.2025, c.140, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-2.32 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-2.32
Regulations.
Status: in_force

5. The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety may promulgate regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to effectuate the provisions of this act. L.2006,c.59,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 56:12-95.5 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-95.5
Written, electronic notification of automatic renewal provision.
Status: in_force

8. a. A provider that provides any service to a consumer pursuant to a service contract the term of which is a specified period of 12 months or longer and that automatically renews for a specified period of more than one month, unless the consumer cancels the contract, shall provide the consumer with written or electronic notification of the automatic renewal provision. Notification shall be provided to the consumer not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline pursuant to the automatic renewal provision. This notification shall disclose clearly and conspicuously: (1) that unless the consumer cancels the contract, the contract will automatically renew; and (2) methods by which the consumer may obtain details of the automatic renewal provision and cancellation procedure, whether by contacting the provider at a specified telephone number or address, by referring to the contract, or by any other method. At a minimum, such methods shall include, for each consumer: (a) an online method for the consumer to cancel the contract and a mailing address to which written cancellation requests may be addressed; or (b) a telephone number that the consumer may call to cancel the contract. b. As part of the provider's routine business practice, where the business has failed for any reason to comply with the provisions of this section, the contract holder may cancel the contract and receive the unearned portion of the contract subject to the automatic renewal provision less the amount of claims paid during that automatic renewal period, which amount shall be refunded as of the date on which the provider is notified of the error. c. The provider shall provide written or electronic notification to the consumer not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days before any change in the procedures required of the consumer to cancel the automatic renewal provision. d. All cancellation requests are required to be acknowledged within five business days of receipt and honored within 10 business days of receipt, and applied as of the date of receipt or, if permitted by the service contract, applied at the end of the holder's monthly billing cycle. If a cancellation request is honored within five business days of receipt, the acknowledgement requirement of this subsection shall be deemed to have been satisfied. e. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a contract holder from recovering on a claim that would be valid and covered had the regulated entity acted in compliance with P.L.2022, c.91 (C.56:12-95.1 et al.). L.2022, c.91, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 56:4-2 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2
§ 56:4-2
Status: in_force

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of section 56:4-1 of this title shall be liable, at the suit of the maker of such branded or trade-marked products, or any other injured person, to an injunction against such practices, and shall be liable in such suit for all damages, directly or indirectly caused, to the maker by such practices, which damages may be trebled in the discretion of the court.
N.J. Stat. § 56:12-85 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-85
Consumer's recovery for damages
Status: in_force

11. In addition to pursuing any other remedy, a consumer may bring an action to recover for any damages caused by a violation of this act. The court shall award to a consumer who prevails in an action brought pursuant to this section twice the amount of any pecuniary loss, together with costs, disbursements and reasonable attorney fees, and any equitable relief that the court determines is appropriate. L.1995,c.233,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 56:9-19 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-19
Appropriation
Status: in_force

There is hereby appropriated out of the General State Fund to the Department of Law and Public Safety for the purpose of this act the sum of $100,000.00 for the period ending June 30, 1971, which sum shall be returned to the General State Fund from the sums derived from litigation instituted by the Attorney General under this act or the antitrust laws of the United States, as determined by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting. In addition to the sum hereinabove appropriated, there are hereby appropriated as a revolving fund the sums derived as aforesaid for the purpose of paying any additional expenses incurred by the Attorney General in the administration of this act or litigation instituted under the antitrust laws of the United States, provided, however, that the expenditure of such additional sums shall first be approved by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting and the Legislative Budget and Finance Director in the same manner as transfers of appropriations are approved. L.1970, c. 73, s. 19, eff. May 21, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-200 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-200
Escrow agent evaluation services, charging certain fees prohibited.
Status: in_force

1. a. It shall be an unlawful practice for any person or entity to prepare a report for use by a mortgage lender in evaluating the capacity of an escrow agent to perform real estate settlement services, in exchange for a fee charged to that escrow agent. b. As used in this section, "escrow agent" means an independent person, including an independent bonded escrow company, an independent financial institution whose accounts are insured by a governmental agency or instrumentality, an independent licensed title insurance agent, or an attorney licensed to practice law in this State, who is responsible for the receipt of any written instrument, money, evidence of title to real or personal property, or other thing of value to be held until the happening of a specified event or the performance of a prescribed condition, when it is then to be delivered in connection with the transfer of real estate. L.2015, c.196, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-166 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-166
Unlawful practice, violation.
Status: in_force

15. It shall be an unlawful practice and a violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) to willfully, knowingly or recklessly violate sections 10 through 13 of this amendatory and supplementary act. L.2005,c.226,s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 56:7-30 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-30
Cost survey as evidence
Status: in_force

Where a cost survey, pursuant to recognized statistical and cost accounting practices, has been made for the trading area in which the offense is committed, to establish the lowest "cost to the retailer" and the lowest "cost to the wholesaler," said cost survey shall be deemed competent evidence to be used in proving the cost to the person complained against within the provisions of this act. L.1952, c. 247, p. 829, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 56:1-2 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-2
Certificates of true names when assumed names used; contents; filing; appointment by nonresidents of county clerk as attorney for service of process
Status: in_force

No person shall conduct or transact business under any assumed name, or under any designation, name or style, corporate or otherwise, other than the real name or names of the individual or individuals conducting or transacting such business, unless such person shall file a certificate in the office of the clerk of the county or counties in which such person conducts or transacts, or intends to conduct or transact, such business, together with a duplicate thereof for filing in the office of the Secretary of State, as provided in section 56:1-3 of this Title. Such certificate shall set forth the name under which such business is conducted or transacted, or is to be conducted or transacted, and the true name or names of the person or persons conducting or transacting the same, with his or their post-office address or addresses, and shall be duly executed and sworn to by the person or persons conducting or transacting, or intending to conduct or transact, such business, before some person authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths and if any person or persons conducting or transacting business as aforesaid is or are not resident in this State, such statement shall contain a power of attorney constituting the county clerk of the county, his successors in office, the true and lawful attorney of said nonresident person or persons, upon whom all original process in an action or legal proceeding against said person or persons for any debt, damages or liability, contracted or incurred by them in, or growing out of, the conduct or transaction of said business, may be served and therein he or they shall agree that such original process which may be served on the county clerk shall be of the same force and validity as if served upon said nonresident person or persons and that the authority thereof shall continue in force so long as the person or persons conduct or transact said business in this State. Amended by L.1951, c. 255, p. 901, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:13-13 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-13
Consent required for towing from privately owned property; exceptions.
Status: in_force

7. a. No person shall tow any motor vehicle parked for an unauthorized purpose or during a time at which such parking is not permitted from any privately owned parking lot, from other private property or from any common driveway without the consent of the motor vehicle owner or operator, unless: (1) the person shall have entered into a contract for private property towing with the owner of the property; (2) there is posted in a conspicuous place at all vehicular entrances to the property which can easily be seen by the public, a sign no smaller than 36 inches high and 36 inches wide stating: (a) the purpose or purposes for which parking is authorized and the times during which such parking is permitted; (b) that unauthorized parking is prohibited and unauthorized motor vehicles will be towed at the owner's expense; (c) the name, address, and telephone number of the towing company that will perform the towing; (d) the charges for the towing and storage of towed motor vehicles; (e) the street address of the storage facility where the towed vehicles can be redeemed after payment of the posted charges and the times during which the vehicle may be redeemed; and (f) such contact information for the Division of Consumer Affairs as may be required by regulation; (3) the property owner has authorized the person to remove the particular motor vehicle; and (4) the person tows the motor vehicle to a secure storage facility that is located within a reasonable distance of the property from which the vehicle was towed. b. No private property owner shall authorize the towing of any motor vehicle parked for an unauthorized purpose or during a time at which such parking is not permitted from the private property owner's property without the consent of the motor vehicle owner or operator, unless: (1) the private property owner has contracted with a private property towing company for removal of vehicles parked on the property without authorization; and (2) a sign that conforms to the requirements of paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section is posted on the property. c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2009, c.39) d. This section shall not apply to a motor vehicle parked on a lot or parcel on which is situated a single-family unit or an owner occupied multi-unit structure of not more than six units, a motor vehicle parked in front of any driveway or garage entrance where the motor vehicle is blocking access to that driveway or garage entrance, or a motor vehicle in which the towing is authorized by a law enforcement officer of this State, or any political subdivision of the State, while in the actual performance of the officer's duties and as deemed appropriate for public safety. e. The requirements of paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section shall not apply to a residential community in which parking spaces are specifically assigned to community residents, provided that: (1) the assigned spaces are clearly marked as such; (2) there is specific documented approval by the property owner authorizing the removal of the particular vehicle; and (3) a sign, which can easily be seen by the public, is posted in a conspicuous place at all vehicular entrances to the residential community property, stating that unauthorized parking in an assigned space is prohibited and unauthorized motor vehicles will be towed at the owner's expense, and providing information or a telephone number enabling the vehicle owner or operator to immediately obtain information as to the location of the towed vehicle. The exemption in this subsection shall not apply to any private parking lot or parcel owned or assigned to a commercial or other nonresidential entity located in such residential communities. L.2007, c.193, s.7; amended 2009, c.39, s.3; 2017, c.321, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:4A-3 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-3
Customer's failure to take possession following notice; destruction
Status: in_force

If a customer does not take possession of the particular die, mold, or form within 120 days following the date the molder receives acknowledgement or nonacknowledgement of the return receipt of the notice or does not make other contractual arrangements with the molder for taking possession or for the storage thereof, all rights, title, and interest of the customer shall transfer by law to the molder. Thereafter, the molder shall be entitled to destroy the particular die, mold, or form as the molder's own property without any risk of liability to the customer. L.1983, c. 217, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-81 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-81
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Industrial Hygienist Truth in Advertising Act." L.1996,c.130,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:3-13.7a — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.7a
Certificate of availability
Status: in_force

Upon request of any person, the Secretary of State shall issue upon the payment of a fee of $25.00 a certificate of availability of a mark (one to three marks). L. 1971, c. 171, s. 5; amended 1982,c.52,s.11; 1987,c.435,s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 56:11-56 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-56
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. P.L.2024, c.48 (C.56:11-56 et seq.) shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisa Carman Medical Debt Relief Act." L.2024, c.48, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-160 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-160
Violation constitutes unlawful practice.
Status: in_force

4. A violation of this act shall constitute an unlawful practice pursuant to P.L. 1960, c. 39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) and shall be subject to all remedies and penalties available pursuant to P.L. 1960, c. 39 (C. 56:8-1 et seq.), in addition to the remedies provided to an aggrieved person by section 3 of this act. L.2005,c.114,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-110.1 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-110.1
Gift card fraud; detection, prevention; employee training; definitions.
Status: in_force

1. a. Every retail mercantile establishment in this State that displays gift cards for sale shall train employees on how to identify and respond to gift card fraud. A retail mercantile establishment shall conduct the training in accordance with guidelines issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2021, c.431 (C.56:8-110.2). b. A retail mercantile establishment that violates the provisions of this section or section 10 of P.L.2025, c.39 (C.56:8-110.3) shall be subject to a civil penalty of $1,000, which may be collected and enforced by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for the enforcement of the penalty provided by this section. A violation of this section shall not be considered an unlawful practice in violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.). c. As used in P.L.2021, c.431 (C.56:8-110.1 et seq.), and section 10 of P.L.2025, c.39 (C.56:8-110.3): "Gift card" means a tangible device, whereon is embedded or encoded in an electronic or other format a value issued in exchange for payment, which promises to provide to the bearer merchandise of equal value to the remaining balance of the device. A "gift card" shall not include a stored value reloadable card as defined in subsection k. of section 5 of P.L.2010, c.25 (C.46:30B-42.1). "Merchandise" means any objects, wares, goods, commodities, services, or anything offered, directly or indirectly, to the public for sale. "Retail mercantile establishment" means any place of business where merchandise is exposed or offered for sale at retail to members of the consuming public. "Third-Party Gift Card Reseller" means a merchant who, without authorization from or affiliation with the business entity issuing a gift card, is engaged in the business of: (1) buying gift cards on behalf of consumers; or (2) reselling gift cards to consumers. L.2021, c.431, s.1; amended by 2025, c.39, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-1 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. (a) The term "advertisement" shall include the attempt directly or indirectly by publication, dissemination, solicitation, indorsement or circulation or in any other way to induce directly or indirectly any person to enter or not enter into any obligation or acquire any title or interest in any merchandise or to increase the consumption thereof or to make any loan; (b) The term "Attorney General" shall mean the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey or any person acting on his behalf; (c) The term "merchandise" shall include any objects, wares, goods, commodities, services or anything offered, directly or indirectly to the public for sale; (d) The term "person" as used in this act shall include any natural person or his legal representative, partnership, corporation, company, trust, business entity or association, and any agent, employee, salesman, partner, officer, director, member, stockholder, associate, trustee or cestuis que trustent thereof; (e) The term "sale" shall include any sale, rental or distribution, offer for sale, rental or distribution or attempt directly or indirectly to sell, rent or distribute; (f) The term "senior citizen" means a natural person 60 years of age or older. L.1960,c.39,s.1; amended 1967, c.301, s.1; 1999, c.298, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-186 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-186
Criminal history record background checks condition for employment.
Status: in_force

2. a. The division shall initiate criminal history record background checks of present and prospective owners and employees of an international labor matching organization or an international matchmaking organization. b. No person shall own or be employed by an international labor matching organization or an international matchmaking organization unless the division certifies that the person has no criminal history record of a conviction for an offense enumerated in subsection d. of this section. c. No international labor matching organization or international matchmaking organization shall employ a person who has not been certified pursuant to subsection b. of this section. d. A person subject to subsection b. of this section whose criminal history record background check reveals a conviction for any of the following crimes and offenses shall be disqualified from owning or being employed by an international labor matching organization or an international matchmaking organization: (1) If the conviction was in New Jersey for a crime: (a) involving danger to the person, meaning those crimes and disorderly persons offenses set forth in N.J.S.2C:11-1 et seq., N.J.S.2C:12-1 et seq., N.J.S.2C:13-1 et seq., N.J.S.2C:14-1 et seq. or N.J.S.2C:15-1 et seq.; or (b) against the family, children or incompetents, meaning those crimes and disorderly persons offenses set forth in N.J.S.2C:24-1 et seq. or the "Prevention of Domestic Violence Act," P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-17 et seq.); or (c) involving theft as set forth in chapter 20 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes; or (d) involving any controlled dangerous substance or analog as set forth in chapter 35 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes except paragraph (4) of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:35-10; or (e) involving terrorism as set forth in the "September 11th, 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act," P.L.2002, c.26 (C.2C:38-1 et seq.); or (f) involving prostitution and related offenses as set forth in N.J.S.2C:34-1. (2) If the conviction was in any other state or jurisdiction for conduct constituting any of the crimes described in paragraph (1) of this subsection. L.2009, c.152, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-123 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-123
Refusal to issue, renew; revocation of license
Status: in_force

5. a. The director may refuse to issue or renew, and may revoke, any registration for failure to comply with, or violation of, the provisions of this act or any regulation promulgated pursuant to this act. A refusal or revocation shall not be made except upon reasonable notice to, and opportunity to be heard by, the applicant or registrant. b. The director, in lieu of revoking a registration, may suspend the registration for a reasonable period of time, or assess a penalty in lieu of suspension, or both, and may issue a new registration, notwithstanding the revocation of a prior registration, if the applicant is found to have become entitled to the new registration. L.2003,c.76,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-76 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-76
Nonapplicability of act
Status: in_force

10. The provisions of sections 3, 4, and 5 shall not apply to: any used motor vehicle sold for less than $3,000; any used motor vehicle over seven or more model years old; any used motor vehicle which has been declared a total loss by an insurance company and with respect to which the consumer, at or prior to the time of sale, has been advised in writing that the used motor vehicle has been declared a total loss by an insurance company; or, any used motor vehicle with more than 100,000 miles. L.1995,c.373,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 56:12-18.1 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-18.1
Motor vehicle dealer, possession, consumer, resale, lease, delete consumer's personal information; violations, penalties; definitions.
Status: in_force

1. a. Whenever a motor vehicle dealer takes possession of a motor vehicle from a consumer for the purpose of resale or lease, the motor vehicle dealer shall offer to delete the consumer's personal information in the motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, navigation history, paired phones, and garage door codes, by performing data clearing protocols in accordance with the Guidelines for Media Sanitization developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology using techniques specified by the vehicle manufacturer to overwrite data or by using a menu option to reset the device to original factory settings. b. A motor vehicle dealer who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of $500 for a first offense, and $1,000 for any subsequent offense, to be collected and enforced by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over proceedings for the enforcement of the penalty provided by this section. c. A motor vehicle dealer may charge a reasonable fee for services performed in connection with the requirements of this section. The dealer shall disclose the fee to the consumer prior to performing the service and shall advise the consumer that the consumer may attempt to delete the personal information themselves or through another vendor. d. As used in this section: "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as defined in R.S.39:1-1. "Motor vehicle dealer" means any business that engages in selling or leasing motor vehicles to consumers. L.2023, c.314.
N.J. Stat. § 56:1-7 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-7
Place and manner of recording dissolution of partnership; fees
Status: in_force

The record of dissolution provided for by section 56:1-6 of this Title shall be made by the county clerk and by the Secretary of State by writing the word "dissolved," together with the date of the certificate of dissolution, in the margin of the book or books used for filing trade-name certificates, at or near the place where such trade-name certificate shall have been indexed. For the filing of such certificates and recording the dissolution of the trade-name the county clerk and the Secretary of State shall each receive a fee of $1.00. The county clerk, at the time of filing such certificate, shall collect from the person presenting the same, in addition to the fee payable to him, the fee payable to the Secretary of State for filing and recording the same, and shall immediately forward to the Secretary of State the duplicate of such certificate together with such fee collected for the Secretary of State as aforesaid. Amended by L.1965, c. 123, s. 10, eff. July 31, 1965.
N.J. Stat. § 56:3-60 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-60
Cookware containing intentionally added PFAS.
Status: in_force

8. a. Beginning two years after the effective date of this act, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale within the State cookware that contains PFAS unless the cookware and the manufacturer of the cookware have complied with the labeling requirements established pursuant to section 7 of this act. b. If a cookware product contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of PFAS, which stems from impurities of natural or synthetic ingredients or the manufacturing process, storage, or migration from packaging of the product, that trace quantity shall not cause the product to be in violation of this section. L.2025, c.202, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-217 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-217
Responsibilities of online education service.
Status: in_force

3. An operator of an online education service shall: a. implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the covered information; b. protect that information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure; and c. delete covered information at the request of a K-12 school or a school district overseeing the student's education through the service or a student who has subsequently reached the age of majority, unless a student after having reached the age of majority or parent or guardian requests that the operator maintain the covered information. L.2017, c.494, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:12-16.1 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-16.1
Consumer contract relative to motor vehicle; right of consumer to make statements; violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1981, c.454 (C.56:12-14 et seq.) or any other law to the contrary, and in addition to any other remedy available under law, a consumer contract for the purchase, lease or repair of a motor vehicle shall not contain any provision which waives a consumer's right to make any statement, or penalizes a consumer for making any statement, including a statement posted on the Internet, regarding the manufacturer, seller or lessor of the motor vehicle, or its employees or agents, or concerning any goods or services rendered pursuant to the contract. b. If the Attorney General determines that a manufacturer, seller or lessor is in violation of this section, the Attorney General may impose upon that manufacturer, seller or lessor a civil penalty in an amount up to $5,000 for the first violation and up to $10,000 for each and every subsequent violation, collectible in an action brought in the name of the Attorney General pursuant to the provisions of the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). c. In addition to the penalties described in subsection b. of this section, or any other remedy available under law, any person aggrieved by a violation of this section may bring an action in Superior Court to recover damages. L.2017, c.371, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:4A-6 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-6
Molder's lien on dies, molds, forms or patterns.
Status: in_force

1. A molder shall have a lien, dependent on possession, on all dies, molds, forms or patterns in the molder's hands belonging to a customer or owner, if the owner is different from the customer, for the balance due the molder from the customer for any manufacturing, engineering or fabrication work, and in the value of all material related to the work. The molder may retain possession of the die, mold, form or pattern, without process of law, until the balance due the molder is paid. L.1999,c.235,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:11-54 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-54
Definitions relative to collection of certain personal information.
Status: in_force

2. a. For the purposes of this section: "Credit" means the right granted by a creditor to a debtor to defer payment of debt, or to incur debt and defer its payment, or to purchase property or services and defer payment therefor. "Identification card" means a driver's license, issued pursuant to R.S.39:3-10, a probationary license, issued pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1950, c.127 (C.39:3-13.4), a non-driver photo identification card, issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1980, c.47 (C.39:3-29.3), or any similar card issued by another state or the District of Columbia for purposes of identification or permitting its holder to operate a motor vehicle. "Scan" means to access the barcode or any other machine-readable section of a person's identification card with an electronic device capable of deciphering, in an electronically readable format, information electronically encoded on the identification card. b. A retail establishment shall scan a person's identification card only for the following purposes: (1) to verify the authenticity of the identification card or to verify the identity of the person if the person pays for goods or services with a method other than cash, returns an item, or requests a refund or an exchange; (2) to verify the person's age when providing age-restricted goods or services to the person; (3) to prevent fraud or other criminal activity if the person returns an item or requests a refund or an exchange and the business uses a fraud prevention service company or system; (4) to prevent fraud or other criminal activity related to a credit transaction to open or manage a credit account; (5) to establish or maintain a contractual relationship; (6) to record, retain, or transmit information as required by State or federal law; (7) to transmit information to a consumer reporting agency, financial institution, or debt collector to be used as permitted by the federal "Fair Credit Reporting Act," 15 U.S.C. s.1681 et seq., "Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act," 15 U.S.C. s.6801 et seq., and the "Fair Debt Collection Practices Act," 15 U.S.C. s.1692 et seq.; or (8) to record, retain, or transmit information by a covered entity governed by the medical privacy and security rules pursuant to Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, established pursuant to the "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996," Pub.L.104-191. c. Information collected by scanning a person's identification card pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall be limited to the person's name, address, date of birth, the State issuing the identification card, and identification card number. d. (1) No retail establishment shall retain information obtained pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection b. of this section. (2) Any information retained by a retail establishment pursuant to paragraphs (3) through (8)of subsection b. of this section shall be securely stored, and any breach of the security of the information shall be promptly reported to the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and any affected person, in accordance with section 12 of P.L.2005, c.226 (C.56:8-163). (3) No retail establishment shall sell or disseminate to a third party any information obtained pursuant to this section for any purpose, including marketing, advertising, or promotional activities, except dissemination as permitted by paragraphs (3) through (8) of subsection b. of this section ; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent an automated return fraud system from issuing a reward coupon to a loyal customer. L.2017, c.124, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:12-38 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-38
Statistics.
Status: in_force

10. a. The Division of Consumer Affairs shall maintain an index of all motor vehicle disputes by make and model. The division shall, at six-month intervals, compile and maintain statistics indicating the record of manufacturer compliance, or, in the case of an authorized emergency vehicle, manufacturer, co-manufacturer, or post-manufacturing modifier compliance, with any settlement procedure decisions. The statistics shall be public record. b. A manufacturer, co-manufacturer, or post-manufacturing modifier shall provide to the division all information on private arbitration or private buy-back programs maintained or instituted by the manufacturer, co-manufacturer, or post-manufacturing modifier. The information shall include the type and number of vehicles to which these programs apply and the reasons for establishing and maintaining the programs. The manufacturer, co-manufacturer, or post-manufacturing modifier shall provide the division with updated information at six-month intervals. L.1988, c.123, s.10; amended 1993, c.21, s.5; 2009, c.324, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-88 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-88
Processing of change orders
Status: in_force

3. No telecommunications service provider or any person, firm or corporation acting as an agent or representative on behalf of a telecommunications service provider, shall, on behalf of a customer, fail to make any change in a provider of a telecommunications service for which there are multiple providers when such change order has been received in a manner that complies with federal and State rules and regulations. All such change orders shall be properly processed to assure that the order is completed and service will be provided by the new telecommunications service provider of choice within 30 business days of receipt of the compliant change order, which may be extended for good cause by the board for an additional 30-day period, unless otherwise agreed to by the customer, or as specified by rule or order of the board, or as agreed to by the telecommunications service providers involved in the change, or by federal law or rule. L.1998,c.82,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:6-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-4.1
Weights and measures officers may recover penalties
Status: in_force

6. a. The State Superintendent of Weights and Measures or any State, county, or municipal weights and measures officer may also recover penalties for violations of P.L.1938, c.163 (C.56:6-1 et seq.). The action shall be within the jurisdiction of and may be brought before the Superior Court or any municipal court in the county or municipality where the offense was committed, or where the defendant may reside, or where the defendant may be apprehended, which court is hereinafter referred to as the court, upon the filing of a complaint by a weights and measures officer, in a civil penalty action pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). b. The State Superintendent or any weights and measures official shall be authorized to serve all process out of said court. c. Any judgment recovered for a penalty under the provisions of P.L.1938, c.163 (C.56:6-1 et seq.), in any municipal court may be docketed with the Superior Court. Execution may issue in a manner similar to that for other Superior Court judgments. d. Any habitual violations of provisions of P.L.1938, c.163 (C.56:6-1 et seq.), or of any orders or rules or regulations made pursuant to said statutes may be restrained by the Superior Court in an action brought for such purpose by the Attorney General on behalf of the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures. e. Penalties, when imposed or recovered in an action brought by a State weights and measures officer, shall be payable to the State Treasurer. When such action is brought by a county or municipal weights and measures officer, the penalty moneys shall be paid to the respective county or municipal treasury, as the case may be. L.1981,c.230,s.6; amended 1991,c.91,s.525.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-118 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-118
Rules, regulations; public information program
Status: in_force

2. The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall: a. Pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act; and b. Develop and undertake a public information program to inform persons engaged in the retail sale and installation of motor vehicle window tinting materials and film and the general public of the provisions of this act. L.2003,c.21,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:6-17 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-17
Title of Act
Status: in_force

This act shall be cited and referred to as "An act to regulate the retail sale of motor fuels." L.1938, c. 163, p. 372, art. VIII, s. 802.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-44 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-44
25% limit
Status: in_force

A health club may not charge and accept a down payment exceeding 25% of the total contract price prior to opening the health club facility. L. 1987, c. 238, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-195 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-195
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

11. The director, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2009, c.152, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 56:15-3 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-3
Actual, threatened misappropriation may be enjoined.
Status: in_force

3. a. Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. Upon application to the court, an injunction shall be terminated when the trade secret has ceased to exist, but the injunction may be continued for an additional reasonable period of time in order to eliminate commercial advantage that otherwise would be derived from the misappropriation. b. In exceptional circumstances, an injunction may condition future use upon payment of a reasonable royalty for no longer than the period of time for which use could have been prohibited. Exceptional circumstances include, but are not limited to, a material and prejudicial change of position prior to acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation that renders a prohibitive injunction inequitable. c. In appropriate circumstances, affirmative acts to protect a trade secret may be compelled by court order. L.2011, c.161, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:10-1 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Franchise Practices Act." L.1971, c. 356, s. 1, eff. Dec. 21, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-53.3 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-53.3
Duties of Division of Consumer Affairs; immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

3. a. The Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall: (1) create, maintain, and update a comprehensive list of children's products that have been identified as meeting any of the criteria set forth in section 2 of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.2); and (2) make the comprehensive list available to the public at no cost, including, but not limited to, posting the list on the Internet. b. The Division of Consumer Affairs shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions undertaken in good faith in the creation, maintenance or updating of the list of children's products in accordance with subsection a. of this section. L.2007,c.124,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:7-35 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-35
Review of order of suspension or revocation
Status: in_force

Any determination by the director and any order of suspension or revocation of a license or licenses thereunder or refusal to reinstate a license or licenses after revocation shall be reviewable by the Superior Court by proceedings in lieu of the prerogative writs. L.1952, c. 247, p. 831, s. 18.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-47 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-47
Nonapplicability
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall not apply to any nonprofit public or private school, college or university; the State or any of its political subdivisions; or any bona fide nonprofit, religious, ethnic, or community organization. L. 1987, c. 238, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 56:12-89 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-89
Permitted names for service contract providers.
Status: in_force

3. A regulated entity that provides or administers service contracts in this State, shall not use in its name, products, descriptions of products, advertisements, or any other materials the words "insurance," "casualty," "surety," "mutual" or any other word descriptive of the insurance, casualty, or surety business, and shall not use a name deceptively similar to the name or description of any insurance or surety corporation, or to the name of any other regulated entity registered pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2013, c.197 (C.56:12-90) except that nothing in this section shall prevent a regulated entity that provides or administers service contracts in this State, from using the terms to indicate that service contracts do not constitute insurance, guaranties, warranties or extended warranties. A regulated entity that provides or administers service contracts in this State may use in its name, products, descriptions of products, advertisements or any other materials the terms "guaranty" or "warranty," but only if the regulated entity clearly and conspicuously makes the following disclosure in any consumer contract or agreement, any product description made available to a consumer, and any advertisements and related materials in which that term is used: "The product being offered is a service contract and is separate and distinct from any product or service warranty which may be provided by the manufacturer, importer, or seller," or, if the service contract is in the nature of a home warranty, "The product being offered is a service contract and is separate and distinct from any product or service warranty which may be provided by the home builder or manufacturer." A regulated entity that provides or administers service contracts in this State may use in its name, products, descriptions of products, advertisements or any other materials the term "extended warranty," but only if the regulated entity clearly and conspicuously makes the following disclosure in any consumer contract or agreement, any product description made available to a consumer, and any advertisements and related materials in which that term is used: "The product being offered is a service contract and is separate and distinct from any product or service warranty which may be provided by the manufacturer, importer, or seller, and does not extend the term of any original product or service warranty that the manufacturer, importer, or seller may have provided," or, if the service contract is in the nature of an extended home warranty, "The product being offered is a service contract and is separate and distinct from any product or service warranty which may be provided by the home builder or manufacturer, and does not extend the term of any original product or service warranty that the manufacturer, importer, or seller may have provided." L.2013, c.197, s.3; amended 2022, c.91, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-55 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-55
Definitions
Status: in_force

2. For the purposes of this act: "Automatic dialing device" means equipment capable of being programmed to randomly or sequentially dial seven-digit or ten-digit telephone numbers and, upon connection, play back a pre-recorded message. "Information service" means live or pre-recorded voice or computer-generated communication initiated by use of a telephone number for a fee or charge billed by or on behalf of the information service provider in addition to any charges for the local or long distance transmission or other services associated with the call which are subject to federal regulation or to regulation by the Board of Public Utilities pursuant to Title 48 of the Revised Statutes, but shall not include any regulated announcement services, directory or operator services offered by telephone companies, or services offered on a presubscription basis. "Information service provider" means a person who advertises or sells an information service. L.1991,c.416,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-219 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-219
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

5. Nothing in P.L.2019, c.494 (C.56:8-215 et seq.) shall be construed to: a. limit the authority of a law enforcement agency to obtain any content or information from an operator as authorized by law or under a court order; b. limit the ability of an operator to use student data, including covered information, for adaptive learning or customized student learning purposes; c. apply to general audience Internet websites, general audience online services, general audience online applications, or general audience mobile applications, even if login credentials created for an operator's website, service, or application may be used to access those general audience websites, services, or applications; d. limit service providers from providing Internet connectivity to schools or students and their families; e. prohibit an operator from marketing educational products directly to parents or guardians if the marketing did not result from the use of covered information obtained by the operator through the provision of services pursuant to P.L.2019, c.494 (C.56:8-215 et seq.); f. impose a duty upon a provider of an electronic store, gateway, marketplace, or other means of purchasing or downloading software or applications to review or enforce compliance with P.L.2019, c.494 (C.56:8-215 et seq.) on the software of applications; g. impose a duty upon a provider of an interactive computer service to review or enforce compliance with P.L.2019, c.494 (C.56:8-215 et seq.) by a third-party content provider; or h. prohibit students from downloading, exporting, transferring, saving, or maintaining their own student data or documents. L.2017, c.494, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 56:17-2 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-2
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to effectuate the provisions of this act. L.2019, c.481, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:13-4 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-4
Acceptability of payment; forms.
Status: in_force

4. a. For services rendered, or to redeem a motor vehicle from storage, the operator shall accept in payment either cash, a check issued by an insurance company, a valid debit card, or a valid major credit card or charge card subject to the provisions of subsection b. of this section. b. The operator may request additional identification, as determined by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs, before proceeding with repairs or towing. Unless the motorist is unable to produce such identification, or the operator has a bona fide reason to believe the card or other identification is fictitious, altered, stolen, expired or revoked or not valid for any other cause or is clearly offered with intent to defraud the issuer, the debit card, charge card or credit card shall be deemed an acceptable form of payment in lieu of cash if the operator ordinarily accepts the card at his place of business. Nothing in this act shall preclude payment by a motorist in the form of check or money order, if this form of payment is acceptable to the operator. L.2002, c.67, s.4; amended 2007, c.193, s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 56:13-23 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-23
Effective date.
Status: in_force

26. This act shall take effect on the 360th day following enactment, except that section 4 shall remain inoperative for 180 days following the effective date, but the director may take such anticipatory action as may be necessary to effectuate those provisions of this act. L.2007, c.193, s.25.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-111 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-111
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement this act. L.2002,c.14,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 56:9-4 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-4
Monopolies; unlawful acquisitions
Status: in_force

a. It shall be unlawful for any person to monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or to combine or conspire with any person or persons, to monopolize trade or commerce in any relevant market within this State. b. No corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital of another corporation engaged also in commerce, where the effect of such acquisition may be to substantially lessen competition within this State between the corporation whose stock is so acquired and the corporation making the acquisition, or to restrain such commerce in any section or community of this State, or tend to create a monopoly of any line of commerce within this State. c. No corporation shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital of two or more corporations engaged in commerce where the effect of such acquisition, or the use of such stock by the voting or granting of proxies or otherwise, may be to substantially lessen competition within this State between such corporations, or any of them, or to restrain such commerce in any section or community of this State, or tend to create a monopoly of any line of commerce within this State. d. This section shall not apply to corporations purchasing such stock solely for investment and not using the same by voting or otherwise to bring about, or in attempting to bring about, the substantial lessening of competition. Nor shall anything contained in this section prevent a corporation engaged in commerce from causing the formation of subsidiary corporations for the actual carrying on of their immediate lawful business, or the natural and legitimate branches or extensions thereof, or from owning and holding all or a part of the stock of such subsidiary corporations, when the effect of such formation is not to substantially lessen competition. e. Nothing contained in this section shall be held to affect or impair any right heretofore legally acquired. L.1970, c. 73, s. 4, eff. May 21, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 56:3-27 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-27
Disposition of fines and costs imposed and collected
Status: in_force

All fines and costs imposed and collected upon conviction for violations of this article in any city of the first class shall be paid into the treasury of such city and be disposed of as fines and costs in indictable cases are by law disposed of, and all such fines and costs imposed and collected in any other municipality shall be disposed of as provided by law.
N.J. Stat. § 56:11-30 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-30
Definitions relative to consumer credit reports.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Adverse action" has the same meaning as in subsection (k) of section 603 of the federal "Fair Credit Reporting Act," 15 U.S.C. s.1681a. "Consumer" means an individual. "Consumer report" (1) means any written, oral or other communication of any information by a consumer reporting agency bearing on a consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics or mode of living which is used or expected to be used or collected in whole or in part for the purpose of serving as a factor in establishing the consumer's eligibility for: (a) credit or insurance to be used primarily for personal, family or household purposes; (b) employment purposes; or (c) any other purpose authorized under section 4 of this act. (2) The term "consumer report" does not include: (a) any: (i) report containing information solely on transactions or experiences between the consumer and the person making the report; (ii) communication of that information among persons related by common ownership or affiliated by corporate control; or (iii) communication of other information among persons related by common ownership or affiliated by corporate control, if it is clearly and conspicuously disclosed to the consumer that the information may be communicated among those persons and the consumer is given the opportunity, before the time that the information is initially communicated, to direct that the information not be communicated among those persons; (b) any authorization or approval of a specific extension of credit directly or indirectly by the issuer of a credit card or similar device; (c) any report in which a person, who has been requested by a third party to make a specific extension of credit directly or indirectly to a consumer, conveys his decision with respect to that request, if the third party advises the consumer of the name and address of the person to whom the request was made, and the person makes the disclosures to the consumer required under 15 U.S.C. s.1681m; or (d) communication excluded from the definition of consumer report pursuant to subsection (o) of section 603 of the federal "Fair Credit Reporting Act," 15 U.S.C. s.1681a. "Consumer reporting agency" means any person which, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages, in whole or in part, in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties, and which uses any means or facility for the purpose of preparing or furnishing consumer reports. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety. "Division" means the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety. "Employment purposes" means, when used in connection with a consumer report, a report used for the purpose of evaluating a consumer for employment, promotion, reassignment or retention as an employee. "File" means, when used in connection with information on any consumer, all of the information on that consumer recorded and retained by a consumer reporting agency regardless of how the information is stored. "Investigative consumer report" means a consumer report or a portion thereof in which information on a consumer's character, general reputation, personal characteristics or mode of living is obtained through personal interviews with neighbors, friends or associates of the consumer who is the subject of the report or with others with whom the consumer is acquainted or who may have knowledge concerning any of those items of information. However, this information shall not include specific factual information on a consumer's credit record obtained directly from a creditor of the consumer or from a consumer reporting agency when the information was obtained directly from a creditor of the consumer or from the consumer. "Medical information" means information or records obtained, with the consent of the individual to whom it relates, from licensed physicians or medical practitioners, hospitals, clinics, or other medical or medically related facilities. "Security freeze" means a notice placed in a consumer's consumer report, at the request of the consumer and subject to certain exceptions, that prohibits the consumer reporting agency from releasing the report or any information from it without the express authorization of the consumer, but does not prevent a consumer reporting agency from advising a third party that a security freeze is in effect with respect to the consumer report. L.1997,c.172,s.3; amended 2005, c.226, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-220 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-220
Unlawful practice.
Status: in_force

6. It shall be an unlawful practice pursuant to P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) for an operator of an online education service to violate the provisions of P.L.2019, c.494 (C.56:8-215 et seq.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto. L.2017, c.494, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 56:6-28 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-28
Review of suspension or revocation or refusal to reinstate license
Status: in_force

Any determination by the director and any order of suspension or revocation of a license or licenses thereunder or refusal to reinstate a license or licenses after revocation shall be reviewable by the Superior Court by proceedings in lieu of the prerogative writs. L.1953, c. 413, p. 2075, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-159 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-159
Action by aggrieved person.
Status: in_force

3. a. Any person aggrieved by a violation of this act may bring an action in the Superior Court in the county where the transmission was sent or was received, or in which the plaintiff resides, for damages or to enjoin further violations of this act. b. The court shall proceed in a summary manner and shall, in the event the plaintiff establishes a violation of this act, enter a judgment for the actual damages sustained, or $500 for each violation, whichever amount is greater, together with costs of suit and reasonable attorney's fees. c. If the plaintiff establishes that the sender was notified by return facsimile or written means of communication to cease and desist transmission of such unsolicited advertisements, the court shall enter a judgment, on account of each subsequent transmission, for actual damages or $1,000 for each transmission, whichever amount is greater, together with costs of suit and reasonable attorney's fees, not to exceed $1,000. L.2005,c.114,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:10-2 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-2
Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that distribution and sales through franchise arrangements in the State of New Jersey vitally affects the general economy of the State, the public interest and the public welfare. It is therefore necessary in the public interest to define the relationship and responsibilities of franchisors and franchisees in connection with franchise arrangements and to protect franchisees from unreasonable termination by franchisors that may result from a disparity of bargaining power between national and regional franchisors and small franchisees. The Legislature finds that these protections are necessary to protect not only retail businesses, but also wholesale distribution franchisees that, through their efforts, enhance the reputation and goodwill of franchisors in this State. Further, the Legislature declares that the courts have in some cases more narrowly construed the Franchise Practices Act than was intended by the Legislature. L.1971, c.356, s.2; amended 2009, c.235, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-24 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-24
Unit pricing regulations; hearings; exemptions; retail establishments and commodities list
Status: in_force

The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety may by regulation, and in each instance after public hearing, provide for the manner in which price per measure shall be calculated and displayed, establish and modify a list of commodities exempt from the provisions of this act, and define the classes of retail establishment exempted from the requirements of this act; provided that in no case shall persons with annual gross receipts from the sale of consumer commodities in the preceding tax year of more than $2 million from all retail establishments with a total floor area of more than 4,000 square feet each be exempt from the provisions of this act, and provided further that the director, in promulgating unit-pricing regulations, shall not exempt consumer commodities or retail establishments from the provisions of this act except where compliance therewith would be impractical, unreasonably burdensome or unnecessary for adequate protection of consumers. The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs shall maintain at all times and make public a clearly defined list of specific commodities exempt from the provisions of this act and of all classes of retail commodities and all classes of retail establishments required to be in compliance with this act and any regulations issued hereunder. L.1975, c. 242, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 56:12-3 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-3
Failure to comply; liability
Status: in_force

A creditor, seller, insurer or lessor who fails to comply with section 2 of this act shall be liable to a consumer who is a party to the consumer contract for actual damages sustained, if the violation caused the consumer to be substantially confused about the rights, obligations or remedies of the contract, plus punitive damages in an amount up to $50.00. The creditor, seller, insurer or lessor shall also be liable for the consumer's reasonable attorney's fees and costs, not to exceed $2,500.00. L.1980, c. 125, s. 3, eff. Oct. 16, 1980. Amended by L.1981, c. 464, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-45 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-45
Contracts voidable
Status: in_force

a. Any health club services contract entered into in reliance upon any fraudulent or substantially and willfully false or misleading information, representation, notice or advertisement of the health club is voidable at the option of the buyer of the contract. Any health club services contract which does not comply with the applicable provisions of this act is voidable at the option of the buyer of the contract. b. Any waiver by the buyer of the provisions of this act is void. L. 1987, c. 238, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-2.14 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-2.14
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Refund Policy Disclosure Act." L.1982, c. 29, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:10-32 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-32
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. Sections 1 through 5 of P.L.2025, c.140 (C.56:10-32 to 56:10-35 and C.39:3-4g) shall be known and may be cited as the “Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act.” L.2025, c.140, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:1-2.2 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-2.2
County clerk's duties when served as attorney
Status: in_force

When any such original process is served upon any county clerk as herein provided, he shall forthwith notify the person or persons upon whom service is intended to be made through him by letter directed to the post-office address given in the certificate and shall, within two days after such service, forward to such person or persons, in the same manner, a copy of the process served on him and such service shall be deemed sufficient service upon such person or persons. The county clerk shall keep a record of all such processes showing the day and hour of such service. L.1951, c. 255, p. 902, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-66 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-66
Compliance with requirements
Status: in_force

6. Any dealer who prepares, distributes, sells or exposes for sale any food represented to be kosher or kosher for Passover shall comply with all requirements of the director, including, but not limited to, recordkeeping, labeling and filing, pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to the authority provided in section 4 of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-4). L.1994,c.138,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 56:12-67 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-67
Credit check on lessee; right to review contract
Status: in_force

8. a. No leasing dealer may permit a prospective lessee to take possession of a motor vehicle subject to a lease if such lease is contingent upon the approval of the lessee's credit unless the lessee is provided with, and acknowledges receipt of a notice on a separate page from any other notice, term or condition of the lease, which provides substantially the following: NOTICE: YOUR LEASE IS SUBJECT TO CREDIT APPROVAL. IF YOUR CREDIT IS NOT APPROVED YOU MUST RETURN THE VEHICLE. The notice may contain the name, address, phone number and logo of the leasing dealer, and shall contain an acknowledgement by the lessee of the receipt of the notice. b. (1) No lease shall bind a lessee or lessor unless both the lessee and lessor have had one business day to review the lease contract before the signing of the contract. (2) No leasing dealer may permit a prospective lessee to take possession of a motor vehicle subject to a lease unless the lessee is provided with a conspicuous notice which provides substantially the following: NOTICE: THE LESSEE AND THE LESSOR SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REVIEW THE CONTRACT FOR ONE BUSINESS DAY BEFORE SIGNING THE CONTRACT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE SIGNATURE LINE OF THE CONTRACT. c. The leasing dealer shall complete the credit check of the prospective lessee within 5 business days of both the leasing dealer and lessee signing the lease. L.1994,c.190,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-179 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-179
Report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

5. Not later than 18 months after the date of adoption of regulations implementing this act, the division shall issue a report to the Governor and the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), on the activities of the division, including their quantitative results, in enforcing this act and any recommendations for additional legislation regulating the industry. L.2007, c.293, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 56:11-4 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-4
Transmittal of statements of account; collections
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the receipt by a creditor of a notice from a consumer as described in section 3 of this act, a creditor may, subject to the provisions of section 7 of this act, transmit statements of account to the consumer which include an amount believed by the consumer to be a billing error, and the creditor, further, may undertake collection procedures not attributable to such consumer's failure to pay, nor directed at, such disputed amount. L.1974, c. 146, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 56:10-13.3 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-13.3
Violations related to termination, cancellation or nonrenewal.
Status: in_force

4. a. It shall be a violation of the "Franchise Practices Act," P.L.1971, c.356 (C.56:10-1 et seq.) for any motor vehicle franchisor, directly or indirectly, through any officer, agent or employee, to terminate, cancel or fail to renew a motor vehicle franchise as the result of: (1) any change in the ownership, operation or control of all or any part of the franchisor's business, whether by sale or transfer of the assets, corporate stock or other equity interest; assignment; merger; consolidation; combination; reorganization; restructuring; redemption; operation of law or otherwise; or (2) the termination, suspension or cessation of all or any part of the franchisor's business operations due to the discontinuance of a line make or otherwise, unless the franchisor complies with the provisions of subsections b., c., d. and e. of this section or unless the franchisor, or another motor vehicle franchisor, pursuant to an agreement with the franchisor, offers the franchisee a replacement motor vehicle franchise which takes effect no later than the date of the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal of the franchisee's existing motor vehicle franchise. b. Within 90 days of the effective date of the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal, the motor vehicle franchisor shall compensate the motor vehicle franchisee in an amount at least equivalent to the fair market value of the motor vehicle franchise on (1) the day before the date the franchisor announces the action which results in the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal; or (2) the date on which the notice of termination, cancellation or nonrenewal is issued, whichever amount is higher. c. The franchisor shall authorize the franchisee to continue servicing and supplying parts, including service and parts pursuant to a warranty issued by the franchisor, for any goods or services marketed by the franchisee pursuant to the motor vehicle franchise for a period of not less than five years from the effective date of the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal and shall continue to reimburse the franchisee for warranty parts and service in an amount and on terms no less favorable than those in effect prior to the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal and in accordance with section 3 of P.L.1977, c.84 (C.56:10-15). d. The franchisor shall continue to supply the franchisee with replacement parts for any goods or services marketed by the franchisee pursuant to the motor vehicle franchise for a period of not less than five years from the effective date of the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal, at the same price and terms as the franchisor supplied them to the remaining franchisees of the franchisor, or if there are no such remaining franchisees, at a price and on terms no less favorable than those in effect prior to the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal. e. If the franchisee continues to service motor vehicles and sell parts after the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal, as provided for in subsections c. and d. of this section, the compensation paid to the franchisee pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall be reduced to the extent, if any, of the fair market value of such rights as of the effective date of the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal. L.1991, c.459, s.4; amended 2011, c.66, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 56:8-2.2 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-2.2
Scheme to not sell item or service advertised
Status: in_force

The advertisement of merchandise as part of a plan or scheme not to sell the item or service so advertised or not to sell the same at the advertised price is an unlawful practice and a violation of the act to which this act is a supplement. L.1969, c. 131, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 56:10-6.4 — NJ Code / Title 56 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-6.4
Severability.
Status: in_force

4. If any provision of P.L.2009, c.63 (C.56:10-6.1 et seq.) or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance should be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of P.L.2009, c.63 (C.56:10-6.1 et seq.) and the application of its provisions to persons or circumstances other than those with respect to whom or which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. L.2009, c.63, s.4.