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NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-7 - Revocation, suspension, nonrenewal, nonissuance of licenses; grounds, hearing.

45:14D-7 Revocation, suspension, nonrenewal, nonissuance of licenses; grounds, hearing.  7. The director may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, revoke, suspend or refuse to renew or issue any license issued pursuant to this act upon a finding that the applicant or holder of a license: a. Has obtained a license by means of fraud, misrepresentation or concealment of material facts; b. Has engaged in the use or employment of dishonesty, fraud, deception, misrepresentation, false promise or false pretense; c. Has engaged in gross negligence or gross incompetence; d. Has engaged in repeated acts of negligence or incompetence; e. Has repeatedly failed to discharge contractual obligations to any person contracting for moving or storage services; f. Has engaged in occupational misconduct; g. Has been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude or any crime relating adversely to the activities regulated by P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-1 et seq.). For the purpose of this subsection, a plea of guilty, non vult, nolo contendere or any other similar disposition of alleged criminal activity shall be deemed a conviction; h. Has had his authority to engage in the activities regulated by P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-1 et seq.) revoked or suspended by any other state, agency or authority for reasons consistent with that act; or i. Has violated or failed to comply with the provisions of P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-1 et seq.) or any regulation adopted thereunder. The licensee or applicant shall be furnished with an official statement of the reasons for the director's proposed action and shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing. L.1981, c.311, s.7; amended 1984, c.140, s.3; 1993, c.365, s.4; 2010, c.87, s.28.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-8 - Restoration after one year.

45:14D-8 Restoration after one year.  8. The director may, after one year from the date of the revocation of any license, restore the license. L.1981, c.311, s.8; amended 1993, c.365, s.5; 2010, c.87, s.29.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-9 - License required, application, issuance.

45:14D-9 License required, application, issuance.  9. a. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of public moving or storage unless he shall have obtained from the director a license to engage in the business and shall have a permanent place of business in this State; b. Application for a license shall be made in writing to the director, be verified under oath by the agent in charge and shall contain the following information: (1) the name and location of the applicant; (2) description of the applicant's moving vehicles and storage facilities; (3) identification of the issuer and amount of any insurance or surety bonds maintained by the applicant. A license shall be issued to a qualified applicant if it is found that the applicant is fit, willing and able to perform the service of a mover or warehouseman, and to conform to the provisions of this act; c. Every person advertising moving or storage services shall include in any advertisement the number of his license, and his New Jersey business address and telephone number; d. No license shall be issued to an applicant if the applicant has: (1) committed any act which if committed by a licensee would be grounds for suspension or revocation; (2) misrepresented any material fact on his application; (3) not registered each vehicle which will be performing intrastate moves in New Jersey, except on vehicles which have been rented or leased and are operated by a public mover licensed under this act; (4) not established or maintained a place of business in New Jersey; e. A copy of the license shall be carried on each truck, tractor, trailer or semitrailer or combination thereof at all times when the vehicle is being used in operations subject to this act. L.1981, c.311, s.9; amended 1984, c.140, s.4; 1993, c.365, s.6; 2010, c.87, s.30.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-10 - Issuance of receipt, bill of lading, electronic warehouse receipt permitted, certain.

45:14D-10 Issuance of receipt, bill of lading, electronic warehouse receipt permitted, certain.  10. a. Every person engaged in the business of storing or moving household goods, office goods, or special commodities for transportation in intrastate commerce shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof in accordance with the provisions of chapters 3, 4, 5, and 7 of Title 12A of the New Jersey Statutes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a receipt issued pursuant to this section shall not be denied legal effect solely because it is in electronic form, provided that both parties have affirmatively agreed to the electronic form of the receipt, the issuer affirmatively provides to the holder the receipt in an accessible form which is capable of being received, retained and accurately reproduced by the holder, and the receipt contains all legally required information. b. A contracting public mover may permit an owner-operator providing any mover's services of the public mover to issue, using the forms of the public mover or otherwise in the name of the public mover, a bill of lading and any other documentation evidencing the performance of, or agreement to perform, any mover's services on behalf of the contracting public mover. The contracting public mover shall be liable to the holder of the bill of lading or other documentation as if it provided, or agreed to provide, the mover's services for the consumer.  L.1981, c.311, s.10; amended 2001, c.277; 2007, c.50, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-11 - Observance of rules and regulations.

45:14D-11 Observance of rules and regulations.  11. Every warehouseman or mover shall provide safe, proper and adequate service and shall observe the director's rules and regulations concerning the storage or transportation of property. L.1981, c.311, s.11; amended 1993, c.365, s.7; 2010, c.87, s.31.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-11.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-11.1 - Public mover, written notice provided to consumer of owner operators.

45:14D-11.1 Public mover, written notice provided to consumer of owner operators.  3. a. It shall be unlawful for a contracting public mover to utilize an owner-operator for purposes of the owner-operator providing to a consumer any mover's services of the public mover, unless the public mover provides written notice to the consumer in the order for service provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section, or in an addendum to that order, stating that the mover's services may be performed by an owner-operator. The notice shall include: (1) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2009, c.295) (2) the definition of an owner-operator as provided in section 2 of P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-2), accompanied by a description of the nature of the relationship between a public mover and owner-operator and list of typical mover's services to be performed by the owner-operator; and (3) a statement that the public mover shall be liable for all mover's services to be performed by the owner-operator. b. The contracting public mover shall perform any physical survey, and issue the estimate and order for service to the consumer, as required by P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-1 et seq.), for those household goods, office goods, or special commodities to be transported by the owner-operator. c. If a contracting public mover utilizes an owner-operator to perform any mover's services, the owner-operator shall deliver to the consumer with the bill of lading a written statement, on the letterhead of the contracting public mover, which designates the owner-operator that will perform the mover's services. The designation shall contain the name of the owner-operator, and include relevant contact information for the Division of Consumer Affairs, including a telephone number and e-mail address, that the consumer may use to contact the division. L.2007, c.50, s.3; amended 2009, c.295, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-12 - Limitations of action

45:14D-12. Limitations of action  a. All actions at law against movers or warehousemen subject to this act for recovery of charges, or any part thereof, or for the recovery of overcharges shall be begun within 2 years from the time the cause of action accrues; b. All claims against any mover or warehouseman for damage to property shall be filed in writing with the mover or warehouseman within 90 days from the time the cause of action accrues and all suits in respect thereof shall be instituted within 2 years of the day that the mover or warehouseman has disallowed the claim or any part or parts thereof specified in the notice. L.1981, c. 311, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-13 - Undue or unreasonable preference, advantage, prejudice or disadvantage by mover or warehouseman

45:14D-13. Undue or unreasonable preference, advantage, prejudice or disadvantage by mover or warehouseman  It shall be unlawful for any mover or warehouseman to make, give, or cause any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, port, gateway, locality, or traffic of any description in any respect whatsoever, or to subject any particular person, port, gateway, locality, or traffic to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. L.1981, c. 311, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-14 - Tariffs.

45:14D-14 Tariffs.  14. a. Public movers and warehousemen shall file their tariffs with the director semiannually; b. Except in the use of binding estimates provided for in section 6 of P.L.1998, c.60 (C.45:14D-29), no public mover or warehouseman shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater compensation for his service than specified in the tariff. L.1981, c.311, s.14; amended 1984, c.140, s.5; 1993, c.365, s.8; 1998, c.60, s.2; 2010, c.87, s.32.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-15 - Fees; one-year licenses; fees only to defray expenses.

45:14D-15 Fees; one-year licenses; fees only to defray expenses.  15. a. The director shall by rule or regulation establish, prescribe or change the fees for licenses, renewals of licenses or other services. Licenses shall expire one year from the date of issue unless the holder thereof shall, 30 days before such expiration, pay to the director a renewal fee accompanied by a renewal application on a form prescribed by the director. b. The director's fees established, prescribed or changed pursuant to this section shall be established, prescribed or changed to such extent as shall be necessary to defray all proper expenses incurred by the director and any staff employed to administer this act; but such fees shall not be fixed at a level that will raise amounts in excess of the amount estimated to be so required. c. All fees and any fines imposed by the director shall be paid to the director and shall be forwarded by the director to the State Treasurer and become part of the General Fund. d. There shall be annually appropriated to the Department of Law and Public Safety for the use of the director such sums as shall be necessary to implement and effectuate the provisions of this act. L.1981, c.311, s.15; amended 1993, c.365, s.9; 2010, c.87, s.33.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-16a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-16a - License required.

45:14D-16a License required.  3. It shall be an unlawful practice for a person who does not hold a license to engage in the business of public moving or storage issued pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-9) to offer to perform activities or services subject to regulation under P.L.1981, c.311 (C.4514D-1 et seq.) or advertise or cause to be advertised, via an Internet website or by any other means, that the person may perform such activities or services in this State. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose liability on any news media for accepting or publishing advertising that may fall within the scope of P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-1 et seq.) if that advertising is provided by or on behalf of a third party unrelated to the news media entity. L.2019, c.216, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-16b (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-16b - Unlawful practice regarding consumer property.

45:14D-16b Unlawful practice regarding consumer property.  4. It shall be an unlawful practice for a public mover, warehouseman, or any other person, whether or not holding a license issued pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-9), who engages in the business of public moving or storage who knows, or reasonably should know, that the lawfully agreed charges for the moving or storage services have been paid in full by a consumer, to withhold or fail to timely release the consumer's property to the consumer, or to threaten to withhold or fail to timely release the consumer's property to the consumer, or to demand payment beyond or in addition to the lawfully agreed charges for the moving or storage services. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude or limit the prosecution or conviction of any person for theft by failure to make required disposition of property in violation of N.J.S.2C:20-9, or any other applicable criminal offense enumerated in chapter 20 of Title 2C. L.2019, c.216, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-16c (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-16c - License required for use of motor vehicle in business of public moving.

45:14D-16c License required for use of motor vehicle in business of public moving.  5. a. A person owning or operating a motor vehicle who shall use or direct another person to use his motor vehicle for engaging in the business of public moving without having a license as provided for in section 9 of P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-9), commits a disorderly persons offense. The first offense is punishable by a fine of $500, and the motor vehicle so used may be impounded; the second or any subsequent offense is punishable by a fine of $1,000, and the motor vehicle so used may be impounded. In the event of such an impoundment, the person owning or operating the motor vehicle shall notify any consumer whose property is contained in the motor vehicle and shall arrange for the expeditious return of the property to the consumer at the expense of the person owning or operating the motor vehicle. b. Any law enforcement officer is authorized to remove any motor vehicle used to engage in the business of public moving without having a license as provided for in section 9 of P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-9) from the public highway to a storage space or garage, and the expense involved in such removal and storing of the vehicle shall be borne by the owner of the vehicle, except that the expense shall be borne by the lessee of a leased vehicle. L.2019, c.216, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-16d (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-16d - Unlicensed person engaging in public moving, storage; crime, penalties.

45:14D-16d Unlicensed person engaging in public moving, storage; crime, penalties.  6. Any person who does not hold a license to engage in the business of public moving or storage issued pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-9), who holds himself out as a public mover or warehouseman or as providing mover's services or storage services as defined in section 2 of P.L.1981, c.11 (C.45:12D-2) and engages in the business of public moving or storage shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of up to $1,000, or by imprisonment for up to six months, or by both fine and imprisonment. A motor vehicle used to commit a violation of P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-1 et seq.) may be impounded, and may be held as collateral to secure payment of any fines or towing and storage costs related to the violation and impoundment.  L.2019, c.216, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-17 - Investigations of suspected violations.

45:14D-17 Investigations of suspected violations.  7. Whenever it shall appear to the director or the Attorney General that a person has engaged in, or is engaging in, any act or practice declared unlawful by P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-1 et seq.), or when the director or the Attorney General shall deem it to be in the public interest to inquire whether a violation may exist, the director through the Attorney General, or the Attorney General acting independently, may: a. Require any person to file, on a form to be prescribed, a statement or report in writing under oath, or otherwise, as to the facts and circumstances concerning the rendition of any service or conduct of any sale incidental to the discharge of any act or practice subject to that act; b. Examine under oath any person in connection with any act or practice subject to that act; c. Inspect any premises from which the activity regulated by that act is conducted; d. Examine any goods, ware or item used in the rendition of any service by a public mover or warehouseman; e. Examine any record, book, document, account or paper maintained by or for any public mover or warehouseman in the regular course of engaging in the activities regulated by that act or regulations promulgated pursuant to that act; f. For the purpose of preserving evidence of an unlawful act or practice, pursuant to an order of the Superior Court, impound any record, book, document, account, paper, goods, ware, or item used or maintained by or for any public mover or warehouseman in the regular course of engaging in the activities regulated by that act or regulations promulgated pursuant to that act. When necessary, the Superior Court may, on application of the Attorney General, issue an order sealing items or material subject to this subsection. In order to accomplish the objectives of P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-1 et seq.) or the regulations promulgated pursuant to that act, the director or the Attorney General may hold investigative hearings as necessary and may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of any person or the production of books, records or papers at a hearing or inquiry.  L.1984, c.140, s.7; amended 1993, c.365, s.11; 2010, c.87, s.35.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-18 - Court order.

45:14D-18 Court order.  8. If a person fails or refuses to file any statement or report, or refuses access to premises from which activities regulated by P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-1 et seq.) are conducted in any lawfully conducted investigative matter or fails to obey a subpoena issued pursuant to that act, the director or the Attorney General may apply to the Superior Court and obtain an order: a. Adjudging that person in contempt of court and assessing civil penalties in accordance with the amounts prescribed by that act; or b. Granting other relief as required; or c. Suspending the license of that person until compliance with the subpoena or investigative demand is effected. L.1984, c.140, s.8; amended 1993, c.365, s.12; 2010, c.87, s.36.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-19 - Refusal to testify on grounds of incrimination; compliance with direction to testify; immunity from penalty or forfeiture

45:14D-19. Refusal to testify on grounds of incrimination; compliance with direction to testify; immunity from penalty or forfeiture  If a person who refuses to testify or produce any book, paper, or other document in any proceeding under P.L.1981, c. 311 (C. 45:14D-1 et seq.) for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him, or convict him of a crime, is directed to testify or to produce the book, paper, or document by the Attorney General, he shall comply with the direction. A person who is entitled by law to, and does assert a privilege, and who complies with the direction of the Attorney General, shall not thereafter be prosecuted or subject to any penalty or forfeiture in any criminal proceeding which arises out of and relates to the subject matter of the proceeding. No person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for perjury or false swearing committed by him in giving the testimony or from any civil or administrative action arising from the testimony. L.1984, c. 140, s. 9, eff. Sept. 6, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-20 - Additional penalties.

45:14D-20 Additional penalties.  10. In addition or as an alternative, as the case may be, to revoking, suspending or refusing to renew any license, the director may, after affording an opportunity to be heard: a. Assess civil penalties in accordance with P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-1 et seq.); b. Order that any person violating any provision of that act cease and desist from future violations thereof or take affirmative corrective action as necessary with regard to any act or practice found to be unlawful by the director; c. Order any person found to have violated any provision of that act to restore or to return to any person aggrieved by an unlawful act or practice any moneys or property, real or personal, acquired by means of that act or practice; except that the director shall not order restoration in a dollar amount greater than those moneys received by a licensee or his agent or any other person violating that act. In any administrative proceeding on a complaint alleging a violation of that act, the director may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of books, records, or documents at the hearing on the complaint. L.1984, c.140, s.10; amended 1993, c.365, s.13; 2010, c.87, s.37.
NJ Rev Stat § 45:14D-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Professions and Occupations|Section 45:14D-21 - Injunctive relief.

45:14D-21 Injunctive relief.  11. Whenever it shall appear to the director or the Attorney General that a violation of P.L.1981, c.311 (C.45:14D-1 et seq.), including the unlicensed practice of the activities regulated therein, has occurred, is occurring, or will occur, the Attorney General, in addition to any other proceeding authorized by law, may seek and obtain in a summary proceeding in the Superior Court an injunction prohibiting the act or practice. In the proceeding the court may assess a civil penalty in accordance with the provisions of that act, order restoration to any person in interest of any moneys or property, real or personal, acquired by means of an unlawful act or practice and may enter any orders necessary to prevent the performance of an unlawful practice in the future and to remedy fully any past unlawful activity. In any action brought pursuant to this section, the court shall not suspend or revoke any license issued by the director. L.1984, c.140, s.11; amended 1993, c.365, s.14; 2010, c.87, s.38.