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Statutes > New-jersey > Title-17 > Section-17-15c > 17-15c-817:15C-8 Accompaniment of application with security device; amounts required; conditions.
8. a. (1) Except as provided pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection a., each application shall be accompanied by a surety bond, irrevocable letter of credit or such other similar security device (hereinafter "security device") acceptable to the commissioner in an amount prescribed by the commissioner by regulation of not less than $100,000 and not more than $1,000,000. The security device shall be in a form satisfactory to the commissioner and shall run to the State for the benefit of any person injured by a wrongful act, default, fraud or misrepresentation of the licensee, including its directors, officers, authorized delegates and employees, to secure the faithful performance of the obligations of the licensee with respect to the receipt, handling, transmission, and payment of money in connection with the sale and issuance of payment instruments, transmission of money, or both. In the case of a bond, the bond shall be obtained from a surety company authorized to do business in this State and the aggregate liability of the surety in no event shall exceed the principal sum of the bond.
(2)Each application to engage only in the business of a foreign money transmitter shall be accompanied by a surety bond, irrevocable letter of credit or such other similar security device (hereinafter "security device") acceptable to the commissioner in an amount which is based on the annual volume of business in this State as reported in the most recent annual report filed pursuant to section 12 of this act as set forth in the following schedule:
Security
Annual Volume of Business Device
Amount
Up to and including $500,000$25,000.
Over $500,000 and up to and including $1,000,000