45:22-1 - Short title; definitions - New-jersey Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > New-jersey > Title-45 > Section-45-22 > 45-22-1

45:22-1. Short title; definitions
    This article shall be known as the "pawnbroking law" .

    In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

      "Pawnbroker" means any person, partnership, association or corporation lending money on deposit or pledge of personal property, other than choses in action, securities, or printed evidences of indebtedness; or purchasing personal property on condition of selling it back at a stipulated price; or doing business as furniture storage warehouseman and lending money on goods, wares or merchandise pledged or deposited as collateral security.

     "Pledge" means an article or articles deposited with a pawnbroker in the course of his business.

     "Pledgor" means a person who delivers the pledge into the possession of a pawnbroker, unless such person discloses that he is or was acting for another, and in such an event "pledgor" means the disclosed principal.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > New-jersey > Title-45 > Section-45-22 > 45-22-1

45:22-1. Short title; definitions
    This article shall be known as the "pawnbroking law" .

    In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

      "Pawnbroker" means any person, partnership, association or corporation lending money on deposit or pledge of personal property, other than choses in action, securities, or printed evidences of indebtedness; or purchasing personal property on condition of selling it back at a stipulated price; or doing business as furniture storage warehouseman and lending money on goods, wares or merchandise pledged or deposited as collateral security.

     "Pledge" means an article or articles deposited with a pawnbroker in the course of his business.

     "Pledgor" means a person who delivers the pledge into the possession of a pawnbroker, unless such person discloses that he is or was acting for another, and in such an event "pledgor" means the disclosed principal.

State Codes and Statutes

Back To Homepage

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > New-jersey > Title-45 > Section-45-22 > 45-22-1

45:22-1. Short title; definitions
    This article shall be known as the "pawnbroking law" .

    In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

      "Pawnbroker" means any person, partnership, association or corporation lending money on deposit or pledge of personal property, other than choses in action, securities, or printed evidences of indebtedness; or purchasing personal property on condition of selling it back at a stipulated price; or doing business as furniture storage warehouseman and lending money on goods, wares or merchandise pledged or deposited as collateral security.

     "Pledge" means an article or articles deposited with a pawnbroker in the course of his business.

     "Pledgor" means a person who delivers the pledge into the possession of a pawnbroker, unless such person discloses that he is or was acting for another, and in such an event "pledgor" means the disclosed principal.