New Jersey § 17:16C-77 Doing business without license prohibited;  home repair salesman's license;  home financing agency;  nontransferability of license

New Jersey Statutes

§ 17:16C-77 — Doing business without license prohibited; home repair salesman's license; home financing agency; nontransferability of license

New Jersey § 17:16C-77

Title 17CORPORATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR FINANCE AND INSURANCE

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 17:16C-77 (2026).

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(a)No person shall engage in the business of a home financing agency, home repair contractor, or a home repair salesman in this State without first obtaining a license from the commissioner as provided for in this act, except that an individual, partner or officer or director of a corporation licensed as a home repair contractor shall not be required to obtain a home repair salesman license.

(b)(Deleted by amendment.) (c) No home repair contractor shall employ any home repair salesman to procure a home repair contract from an owner on behalf of the contractor until the home repair salesman is licensed under this act.

(d)Any bank, trust company or national bank or any State or Federally chartered savings and loan association authorized to do business in this State and any licensed sales

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(a) No person shall engage in the business of a home financing agency, home repair contractor, or a home repair salesman in this State without first obtaining a license from the commissioner as provided for in this act, except that an individual, partner or officer or director of a corporation licensed as a home repair contractor shall not be required to obtain a home repair salesman license. (b) (Deleted by amendment.) (c) No home repair contractor shall employ any home repair salesman to procure a home repair contract from an owner on behalf of the contractor until the home repair salesman is licensed under this act. (d) Any bank, trust company or national bank or any State or Federally chartered savings and loan association authorized to do business in this State and any licensed sales finance company shall be authorized to transact business as a home financing agency and shall be deemed to be a home financing agency for the purpose of this act, subject to all of the provisions of this act, except that it shall not be required to obtain a license or pay a license fee hereunder. (e) No license issued under this act shall be transferable or assignable. (f) No home repair salesman may concurrently represent more than one contractor in the solicitation or negotiation of any one home repair contract from an owner. The use of a contract form which fails to disclose a named contractor principal, whether for the purpose of offering the contract to various contractors other than the one the salesman purported to represent in negotiation or otherwise, is prohibited. No salesman may be authorized to select a prime contractor on behalf of the owner. (g) No home repair salesman shall accept or pay any compensation of any kind, for or on account of a home improvement transaction, from or for any person other than the contractor whom he represents with respect to the transaction. L.1960, c. 41, p. 170, s. 16. Amended by L.1968, c. 220, s. 8, eff. July 30, 1968; L.1971, c. 57, s. 1, eff. March 19, 1971.