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NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-122 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-122 - Additional requirements for registration

56:8-122. Additional requirements for registration  4. In addition to any other procedure, condition or information required by this act: a. Every applicant for registration shall file a disclosure statement with the director stating whether the applicant has been convicted of any crime, which for the purposes of this act shall mean a violation of any of the following provisions of the "New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice," Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, or the equivalent under the laws of any other jurisdiction: (1) Any crime of the first degree; (2) Any crime which is a second or third degree crime and is a violation of chapter 20 or 21 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes; or (3) Any other crime which is a violation of N.J.S.2C:5-1, N.J.S.2C:5-2, N.J.S.2C:12-3, N.J.S.2C:15-1, N.J.S.2C:18-2, N.J.S.2C:20-4, N.J.S.2C:20-5, N.J.S.2C:20-7, N.J.S.2C:20-9, N.J.S.2C:21-1, N.J.S.2C:21-2, section 1 of P.L.1983, c.565 (C.2C:21-2.1), section 2 of P.L.1997, c.385 (C.2C:21-2.3), N.J.S.2C:21-3, N.J.S.2C:21-4, N.J.S.2C:21-5, N.J.S.2C:21-6, N.J.S.2C:21-7, N.J.S.2C:21-9 through N.J.S.2C:21-17, N.J.S.2C:21-19, or section 3 of P.L.1994, c.121 (C.2C:21-25),chapter 27 or 28 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, N.J.S.2C:30-2, or N.J.S.2C:30-3. b. Each disclosure statement may be reviewed and used by the director as grounds for denying, suspending or revoking registration, except that in cases in which the provisions of P.L.1968, c.282 (C.2A:168A-1 et seq.) apply, the director shall comply with the requirements of that act. c. An applicant whose registration is denied, suspended or revoked pursuant to this section shall, upon a written request transmitted to the director within 30 calendar days of that action, be afforded an opportunity for a hearing in a manner provided for contested cases pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). d. An applicant shall have the continuing duty to provide any assistance or information requested by the director, and to cooperate in any inquiry, investigation or hearing conducted by the director. e. If any of the information required to be included in the disclosure statement changes, or if additional information should be added after the filing of the statement, the applicant shall provide that information to the director, in writing, within 30 calendar days of the change or addition. L.2003,c.76,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-123 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-123 - Refusal to issue, renew; revocation of license

56:8-123. Refusal to issue, renew; revocation of license  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-124 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-124 - Registration number to remain property of State

56:8-124. Registration number to remain property of State  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-125 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-125 - Reporting of change in information

56:8-125. Reporting of change in information  7. Any material change in any information filed with the director pursuant to this act shall be reported in writing to the director within 30 business days of the change. L.2003,c.76,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-126 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-126 - Maintenance of bond by registrant

56:8-126. Maintenance of bond by registrant  8. a. The director may establish that any person required to be registered pursuant to this act maintain a bond issued by a surety authorized to transact business in this State. The principal sum of the bond shall not be less than $25,000, which amount the director may adjust by regulation. The bond shall be filed or deposited with the director for the use of any person who is damaged or suffers any loss for any violation of this act. Any person claiming against the bond may maintain an action at law against the surety or director, as the case may be. The aggregate liability of the surety or director to all persons for all breaches of the conditions of the bond held by the director shall not exceed the amount of the bond held by the director. b. The director may also establish that any person required to be registered pursuant to this act file a copy of the bond with the director and a certificate by the surety that the surety will notify the director at least 10 days in advance of the date of any cancellation or material change in the bond. L.2003,c.76,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-127 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-127 - Establishment, maintenance of no telemarketing call list, use of national registry

56:8-127. Establishment, maintenance of no telemarketing call list, use of national registry  9. The division shall establish and maintain a no telemarketing call list and may utilize for this purpose, in any manner the director deems appropriate, the national do-not-call registry as maintained by the Federal Trade Commission. The division may contract with a private vendor to establish and maintain the no call list, provided: a. the private vendor meets standards established by the division by regulations that require that the vendor: (1) is financially sound; (2) has the capacity to perform the service required; (3) has a record of past performance; and (4) does not have a conflict of interest with a telemarketer or an association thereof; and b. the contract requires the vendor to provide the list in a printed hard copy format, and in any other format, as prescribed by the division. L.2003,c.76,s.9; amended 2003, c.208, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-128 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-128 - Requirements relative to telemarketing sales calls.

56:8-128 Requirements relative to telemarketing sales calls.  10. a. No telemarketer shall make or cause to be made any unsolicited telemarketing sales call to any customer whose telephone number is included on the no telemarketing call list established pursuant to section 9 of this act, except for a call made within three months of the date the customer's telephone number was first included on the no call list but only if the telemarketer had at the time of the call not yet obtained a no call list which included the customer's telephone number and the no call list used by the telemarketer was issued less than three months prior to the time the call was made. b. A telemarketer making a telemarketing sales call shall, within the first 30 seconds of the call, accurately identify the telemarketer's name, the person on whose behalf the call is being made, and the purpose of the call. c. A telemarketer shall not make or cause to be made any unsolicited telemarketing sales call to any customer between the hours of 9 p.m. and 8 a.m., local time, at the customer's location. d. A telemarketer shall not intentionally use any method that blocks a caller identification service from displaying caller identification information or otherwise circumvents a customer's use of a telephone caller identification service, including, but not limited to, the use of any technology or method which displays a telephone number or name not associated with the telemarketer or intentionally designed to misrepresent the telemarketer's identity. L.2003,c.76,s.10; amended 2003, c.208, s.3; 2005, c.289.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-129 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-129 - Inclusion on list, notice to customers of existence of list, updating; directory information

56:8-129. Inclusion on list, notice to customers of existence of list, updating; directory information  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-130 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-130 - Prohibited practices; "commercial mobile service," "commercial mobile service device" defined.

56:8-130 Prohibited practices; "commercial mobile service," "commercial mobile service device" defined.  12. a. A telemarketer shall not make or cause to be made any unsolicited telemarketing sales call to a commercial mobile service device of any customer, except that a telemarketer that is a commercial mobile services company may call its customer using its commercial mobile services if its customer will not incur telecommunication charges or a usage allocation deduction as a result of the call and the call is directly related to the commercial mobile services of the commercial mobile services company, unless the customer has stated to the commercial mobile services company that the customer no longer desires to receive these calls. b. For the purposes of this section, "commercial mobile service" means a type of mobile telecommunications service as defined in subsection (d) of section 332 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. s.332(d)); and "commercial mobile service device" means any equipment used for the purpose of providing commercial mobile service. c. The provisions of this section shall apply to those numbers for commercial mobile service devices which the division is able to distinguish from numbers for devices for telecommunications service, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1991, c.428 (C.48:2-21.17), on the 30th day following certification of such to the Governor and the Legislature. L.2003, c.76, s.12; amended 2015, c.2, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-131 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-131 - Construction of act

56:8-131. Construction of act  13. Nothing in this act shall be construed to restrict any right which a person may have under any other statute or at common law. L.2003,c.76,s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-132 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-132 - Violations, penalties; exceptions

56:8-132. Violations, penalties; exceptions  14. A violation of any provision of this act shall be an unlawful practice subject to the penalties applicable pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1966, c.39 (C.56:8-13) and section 2 of P.L.1999, c.129 (C.56:8-14.3), except that a person may not be held liable for violating this act if: a. the person has obtained a copy of, and updated quarterly, the no call list and has established and implemented written policies and procedures related to the requirements of this act; b. the person has trained telemarketers in the person's employ in the requirements of this act; c. the person maintains records demonstrating compliance with subsections a. and b. of this section and the requirements of this act; and d. any unsolicited telemarketing sales call is an isolated call made no more than one time in a 12-month period. L.2003,c.76,s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-133 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-133 - "Consumer Protection Fund"

56:8-133. "Consumer Protection Fund"  15. There is hereby established in the General Fund a special dedicated, non-lapsing fund to be known as the "Consumer Protection Fund," which shall be administered by the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall deposit into the "Consumer Protection Fund" all fees and penalties collected pursuant to this act. The Legislature shall annually appropriate from the fund monies to the division for the payment of costs of producing and distributing educational materials and conducting educational activities relating to the promotion of the no telemarketing call list and all related costs and expenditures incurred in the administration of this act. L.2003,c.76,s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-134 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-134 - Rules, regulations

56:8-134. Rules, regulations  16. The division, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this act, which shall include, but not be limited to: a. provisions governing the availability and distribution of the no call list established pursuant to section 9 of this act; b. any other matters relating to the no call list established pursuant to section 9 of this act that the division deems necessary; and c. such procedures as may be most effective to ensure that the no call list is up-to-date and accurately reflects the telephone numbers of persons wishing to be on the no call list and procedures to identify telephone numbers that have been reallocated to persons other than those who have indicated that they wish to be on the no call list. Such procedures may include, but not be limited to, establishing a means of matching the no call list with the names and numbers of persons with current listings supplied by the local exchange telephone companies, or establishing a requirement for re-enrollment to the list from time to time. L.2003,c.76,s.16; amended 2003, c.208, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-135 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-135 - Information not considered government record

56:8-135. Information not considered government record  17. Information submitted to the division by a customer pursuant to the provisions of this act shall not be a government record under P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) or the common law concerning access to government records except as provided in this act.  L.2003,c.76,s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-136 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-136 - Short title.

56:8-136 Short title.  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Contractors' Registration Act." L.2004,c.16,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-137 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-137 - Definitions relative to home improvement contractors.

56:8-137 Definitions relative to home improvement contractors.  2. As used in this act: "Contractor" means a person engaged in the business of making or selling home improvements and includes a corporation, partnership, association and any other form of business organization or entity, and its officers, representatives, agents and employees. "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 or non-commercial structure to a higher level above the ground. "Home elevation contractor" means a contractor who engages in the practice of home elevation. "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 or non-commercial property. Home improvement shall also include insulation installation, home elevation, and the conversion of existing commercial structures into residential or non-commercial property. "Home improvement contract" means an oral or written agreement for the performance of a home improvement between a contractor and an owner, tenant or lessee, of a residential or noncommercial property, and includes all agreements under which the contractor is to perform labor or render services for home improvements, or furnish materials in connection therewith. "Residential or non-commercial 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.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-138 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-138 - Registration for contractors; application, fee.

56:8-138 Registration for contractors; application, fee.  3. a. On or after December 31, 2005, no person 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 this act. b. Every contractor 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 this act. c. Every contractor required to register under this act 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. L.2004,c.16,s.3; amended 2004, c.155, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 56:8-138.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 56 - Trade Names, Trade-Marks and Unfair Trade Practices|Section 56:8-138.1 - Identification badge required for certain contractors.

56:8-138.1 Identification badge required for certain contractors.  1. a. Every contractor required to register under the "Contractors' Registration Act," P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.) shall have in his possession an identification badge, issued pursuant to subsection b. of this section, whenever the contractor is performing, or engaging, or attempting to engage, in the business of making or selling home improvements. The identification badge shall be plainly visible and worn on the upper left corner of his torso when the contractor is performing, or engaging, or attempting to engage, in the business of selling home improvements. b. Upon the application of a registered contractor, the director shall issue, or cause to be issued, a personalized identification badge to the contractor. The identification badge shall include a color photograph of the contractor's face, the contractor's name, the contractor's registration number, and the name of the contractor's business displayed in a manner that will be plainly visible and permit recognition when worn by the contractor. The badge shall include a statement, written in such a way as to be plainly visible when worn by the contractor, that the badge is not for an electrical contractor, plumbing contractor or HVACR contractor license. The identification badge shall be made in such a way and of such material that any attempt to alter the badge will result in it being immediately, permanently and obviously ruined. The photograph included on the identification badge shall be taken no more than four weeks before the date upon which the identification badge is issued. A contractor shall apply for and obtain a new identification badge at least once every six years. c. The director may charge the contractor a reasonable fee to cover the costs of the identification badge issued pursuant to this section. d. A contractor who has been issued an identification badge pursuant to subsection b. of this section and whose registration has been suspended, revoked, or has not been renewed, shall, within three days of that suspension, revocation or nonrenewal, surrender the identification badge to the director. e. A person who knowingly exhibits or displays an identification badge issued pursuant to subsection b. of this section and is not at that time registered as a contractor pursuant to the "Contractors' Registration Act," P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.), including any contractor who has had his registration revoked, suspended, or not renewed, is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. L.2013, c.144, s.1.