§ 45:22A-6 — Registration; filing; contents; fee

(a) A retirement subdivision or community may be registered by filing with the agency, a statement of record containing the following documents and information: (1) An irrevocable appointment of the agency to receive service of any lawful process in any noncriminal proceeding arising under this act against the developer or his agent; (2) A legal description of the lands offered for registration as a retirement subdivision of community, together with a map showing the subdivision proposed or made, and the dimensions of the lots, parcels, units or interests and the relation of such lands to existing streets, roads, and other improvements; (3) The States or jurisdictions, including the Federal Government, in which an application for registration or similar document has been filed, and any adverse order, judgment, or decree entered in connection with the subdivision or community lands by the regulatory authorities in each jurisdiction or by any court; (4) The applicant's name, address, and the form, date, and jurisdiction of organization; and the address of each of its offices in this State; (5) The name, address, and principal occupation for the past 5 years of every director and officer of the applicant or person occupying a similar status, performing similar functions or having an interest in the subdivision or community lands; the extent and nature of his interest in the applicant or the subdivision or community lands as of a specified date within 30 days of the filing of the application; (6) A statement, in a form acceptable to the agency, of the condition of the title to the subdivision or community lands including encumbrances as of a specified date within 30 days of the date of application by a title opinion of a licensed attorney, not a salaried employee, officer or director of the applicant or owner, or by other evidence of title acceptable to the agency; (7) Copies of the instruments which will be delivered to a purchaser to evidence his interest in the subdivision or community lands and of the contracts and other agreements which a purchaser will be required to agree to or sign; (8) Copies of the instruments by which the interest in the subdivision or community lands was acquired and a statement of any lien or encumbrance upon the title and copies of the instruments creating the lien or encumbrance, if any, with data as to recording; (9) If there is a lien or encumbrance affecting more than one lot, parcel, unit or interest, a statement of the consequences for a purchaser of failure to discharge the lien or encumbrance and the steps, if any, taken to protect the purchaser in case of this eventuality; (10) Copies of instruments creating easements, restrictions, or other encumbrances, affecting the subdivision or community lands; (11) A statement of the zoning and other governmental regulations affecting the use of the subdivision or community lands and also of any existing tax and existing or proposed special taxes or assessments which affect such lands; (12) A statement of the existing provisions for access, sewage disposal, water, and other public utilities in the subdivision or community; a statement of the improvements to be installed, the schedule for their completion, and a statement as to the provisions for improvement maintenance; (13) A narrative description of the promotional plan for the disposition of the subdivision or community lands together with copies of all advertising material which has been prepared for public distribution by and means of communication; (14) Written assurances that the lands will be offered to the public and that responses to applications will be made without regard to race, creed, or national origin; (15) The proposed public offering statement; (16) A current financial statement, which shall include such information concerning the developer as the agency deems to be pertinent, including, but not restricted to, a profit and loss statement certified by an independent public accountant and information concerning any adjudication of bankruptcy against the developer or any principal owning more than 10% of the interests in the subdivision or community at the time of filing; (17) Any other information which the agency by its rules requires for the protection of purchasers. (b) At the time of filing a statement of record, or any amendment thereto, the developer shall pay to the agency a fee, not in excess of $25.00, in accordance with a schedule to be fixed by the regulations of the agency, which fees may be used by the agency to defray part of the cost of rendering services under this act. (c) The filing with the agency of a statement of record, or of an amendment thereto, shall be deemed to have taken place upon the receipt thereof, accompanied by payment of the fee required by subsection (b). (d) The information contained in or filed with any statement of record shall be made available to the public under such regulations as the agency may prescribe and copies thereof shall be furnished to every applicant at such reasonable charge as the agency may prescribe. (e) If the developer registers additional subdivision or community lands, he may consolidate the subsequent registration with any earlier registration offering such lands for disposition under the same promotional plan. (f) The developer shall immediately report any material changes in the information contained in a statement of record. L.1969, c. 215, s. 6.