17:16C-34.1 - Retail charge account; terms; regulations; effective date of accounts - New Jersey Statutes

17:16C-34.1.  Retail charge account;  terms;  regulations;  effective date of accounts    (a) A retail charge account may be entered into between a retail buyer and a  retail seller or a person wholly owned by or which wholly owns a retail seller  or between a retail buyer and a sales finance company on its own behalf or on  behalf of one or more retail sellers from whom the sales finance company may  purchase or acquire the obligations of the retail buyer incurred pursuant to a  retail charge account.

    (b) A retail charge account shall be subject to such provisions not inconsistent with this act or otherwise prohibited by law which may be agreed upon, but shall be subject to the requirements for open end credit accounts as prescribed by regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System issued pursuant to Title I of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (Act of  May 29, 1968, Public Law 90-321), referred to in this act as the  "Truth in  Lending Act and Regulations."

    (c) A retail charge account shall become effective when an agreement is signed by the retail buyer or when the retail buyer or someone authorized by the retail buyer makes a purchase pursuant to the terms of the account.

     L.1971, c. 409, s. 16.