17:35-23 - "Agent" defined; penalty for acting as agent without authority - New Jersey Statutes

17:35-23.   "Agent"  defined;  penalty for acting as agent without authority    Whoever solicits, procures or receives in or transmits from this State an application other than his own, for membership or insurance in a corporation or  association included in section 17:35-18 of this Title, shall be deemed to be  an agent of the corporation or association within the meaning of this article.   Any person who transacts business for any such corporation or association, as  an agent thereof within the meaning of this article, without having a  certificate of authority from the commissioner to act as agent, or after his  certificate of authority has been suspended or revoked, shall be subject to a  penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), to be enforced and collected,  in the name of the State, on the complaint of the commissioner in a summary  proceeding in accordance with the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et  seq.).  A warrant may issue in lieu of a summons.  Upon the failure of the  defendant to pay forthwith the amount of any money judgment rendered against  him, the defendant shall be committed to the county jail until the penalty and  costs are paid.  The costs recoverable in such proceeding shall be the same as  are allowed in civil actions in the court in which the proceeding is  instituted.  The expenses of the action shall be paid by the commissioner out  of any available funds not otherwise appropriated.

     Amended by L.1953, c. 17, p. 272, s. 152.