N.J. Admin. Code § 3:17-8.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 17, September 3, 2024

Section 3:17-8.2 - Consumer loans

(a) All consumer loans, except variable rate loans permitted pursuant to 17:11C-32, shall be repaid in substantially equal monthly installments of principal and interest computed on unpaid balances sufficient to liquidate the principal thereof, except as provided in subsection (b) below.

(b) In fixing the date of the first installment beyond one month, the number of days in excess of one month, but not in excess of 15 days, shall be counted after the expiration of one month from the date of the loan. The amount of the first installment may be increased by the amount of interest for the number of days in excess of one month.

(c) A consumer lender shall not knowingly grant a loan in one office to any borrower who already has a loan in another office operated by the same entity or by an affiliate, parent, subsidiary or under the same ownership, management or control, whether partial or complete.

(d) When a consumer lender knows or has reason to know that the proceeds of loan of $ 50,000 or less are to be delivered by the borrower to an individual already indebted to such consumer lender on a loan of $ 50,000 or less, then such loans shall be construed as a single loan to such individual for the purpose of interest computations. If the aggregate of such loans ever exceeds $ 50,000, interest on such accounts earned from the date such excess occurred shall be restricted to the rate on unpaid balances authorized by the Interest and Usury Law, 31:1-1 et seq., and its implementing rule set forth at 3:1-1.1.

(e) Whenever a consumer lender has placed an account in the hands of an attorney or other agent for collection, all payments thereafter received by the consumer lender or by such attorney or agent, prior to entry of judgment on such account, shall be credited by the consumer lender to the account as of the date of receipt of such payment to the licensee or to such attorney or agent, and any such attorney or agent shall notify the consumer lender of the day any such payment is received.

(f) All out-of-State loans purchased shall be reported as a separate item in the consumer lender's annual report to the Commissioner.

(g) The required information concerning the amount of interest payable over the term of the loan shall be given on the assumption that the contract will be paid in accordance with the terms originally agreed upon. A variance tolerance of $ 1.00 in the total amount of interest set forth in the loan contract is hereby authorized.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3:17-8.2