NJ Rev Stat § 17:15C-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:15C-7 - Application for license; requirements.

17:15C-7 Application for license; requirements.  7. Each application for a license shall be made in writing, under oath, and in a form prescribed by the commissioner. Each application shall contain: a. For all applicants: (1) The exact name of the applicant, the applicant's principal address, any fictitious or trade name used by the applicant in the conduct of its business and the location of the applicant's business records; (2) The history, if any, of the applicant's material litigation and criminal convictions for the five-year period prior to the date of the application; (3) A description of the activities conducted by the applicant and a history of operations; (4) A description of the business activities in which the applicant seeks to be engaged in the State; (5) A list identifying the applicant's proposed authorized delegates in the State, if any, at the time of the filing of the license application; (6) A sample authorized delegate contract, if applicable; (7) A sample form of payment instrument, if applicable; (8) Each location at which the applicant and its authorized delegates, if any, propose to conduct the licensed activities in the State; (9) The name and address of each clearing bank on which the applicant's payment instruments will be drawn or through which those payment instruments will be payable; (10) A list identifying each country to which an applicant proposes to transmit money or from which an applicant proposes to receive money transmissions; (11) Federal tax identification number; and (12) Non-refundable application fee as prescribed by regulation by the commissioner in an amount not to exceed $1,000. b. If the applicant is a corporation, the applicant shall also provide: (1) The date of the applicant's incorporation and state of incorporation; (2) A certificate of good standing from the state in which the applicant was incorporated; (3) A description of the corporate structure of the applicant, including the identity of any parent or subsidiary of the applicant, and the disclosure of whether any parent or subsidiary is publicly traded on any stock exchange; (4) The name, business and residence address, social security number, date of birth and employment history for the past five years of each of the applicant's executive officers and of each officer or manager who will be in charge of the applicant's activities to be licensed under this act; (5) The name, business and residence address, social security number, date of birth and employment history for the period five years prior to the date of the application of each key shareholder of the applicant; (6) The history, if any, of material litigation and criminal convictions for the five-year period prior to the date of the application of every executive officer or key shareholder of the applicant; (7) A copy of the applicant's most recent audited financial statements (including balance sheet, statement of income or loss, statement of changes in shareholder equity and statement of changes in financial position) prepared by a certified public accountant or public accountant in good standing and, if available, the applicant's audited financial statements for the immediately preceding three-year period. However, if the applicant is a wholly owned subsidiary of another corporation, the applicant may submit either the parent corporation's consolidated audited financial statements for the current year and for the immediately preceding three-year period or the parent corporation's Form 10-K reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the prior three years in lieu of the applicant's financial statements. If the applicant is a wholly owned subsidiary of a corporation having its principal place of business outside the United States, similar documentation filed with the parent corporation's non-United States regulator may be submitted to satisfy this provision; (8) Copies of all filings, if any, made by the applicant with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or with a similar regulator in a country other than the United States, within the year preceding the date of filing of the application; and (9) Except in the case of a publicly traded corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates, or a bank, bank holding company, subsidiaries and affiliates thereof, fingerprints of each of the applicant's executive officers and of each officer or manager who will be in charge of the applicant's activities to be licensed hereunder. c. If the applicant is not a corporation, the applicant shall also provide: (1) The name, business and residence address, personal financial statement and employment history for the past five years, social security number, date of birth, and fingerprints of each principal of the applicant and the name, business and residence address, employment history for the past five years, social security number, date of birth, and fingerprints of any other persons who will be in charge of the applicant's activities to be licensed under this act; (2) The place and date of the applicant's registration or qualification to do business in this State; (3) The history, if any, of material litigation and criminal convictions for the five-year period prior to the date of the application for each individual having any ownership interest in the applicant and each individual who exercises supervisory responsibility with respect to the applicant's activities; (4) Copies of the applicant's audited financial statements (including balance sheet, statement of income or loss, and statement of changes in financial position) prepared by a certified public accountant or public accountant in good standing for the current year and, if available, for the immediately preceding two-year period; and (5) Alien registration information, if applicable. d. Such other information as the commissioner may require by regulation. L.1998,c.14,s.7.