56:12-67 - Credit check on lessee; right to review contract - New Jersey Statutes

56:12-67.      Credit check on lessee; right to review contract 
  8.  a. No leasing dealer may permit a prospective lessee to take possession of a motor vehicle subject to a lease if such lease is contingent upon the approval of the lessee's credit unless the lessee is provided with, and acknowledges receipt of a notice on a separate page from any other notice, term or condition of the lease, which provides substantially the following: NOTICE:  YOUR LEASE IS SUBJECT TO CREDIT APPROVAL.  IF YOUR CREDIT IS NOT APPROVED YOU MUST RETURN THE VEHICLE.  The notice may contain the name, address, phone number and logo of the leasing dealer, and shall contain an acknowledgement by the lessee of the receipt of the notice. 

b. (1) No lease shall bind a lessee or lessor unless both the lessee and lessor have had one business day to review the lease contract before the signing of the contract. 

(2)    No leasing dealer may permit a prospective lessee to take possession of a motor vehicle subject to a lease unless the lessee is provided with a conspicuous notice which provides substantially the following:  NOTICE:  THE LESSEE AND THE LESSOR SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REVIEW THE CONTRACT FOR ONE BUSINESS DAY BEFORE SIGNING THE CONTRACT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE SIGNATURE LINE OF THE CONTRACT. 

c.     The leasing dealer shall complete the credit check of the prospective lessee within 5  business days of both the leasing dealer and lessee signing the lease. 

L.1994,c.190,s.8.