{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-17-15c-18","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 17:15C-18","heading":"Regulations pertinent to delegates.","body":"18. a. An authorized delegate shall not make any fraudulent or false statement or misrepresentation to a licensee or to the commissioner.\nb.\tAll money transmission or sale or issuance of payment instrument activities conducted by authorized delegates shall be strictly in accordance with the licensee's written procedures to the authorized delegate.\nc.\tAn authorized delegate shall remit all money owing to the licensee in accordance with the terms of the contract between the licensee and the authorized delegate.  The failure of an authorized delegate to remit all money owing to a licensee within the time presented shall result in liability of the authorized delegate to the licensee for three times the licensee's actual damages.  The commissioner shall have the discretion to set, by regulation, the maximum remittance time.\nd.\tAn authorized delegate is deemed to consent to the commissioner's inspection, with or without prior notice to the licensee or authorized delegate, of the books and records of the authorized delegate of the licensee whenever the commissioner has a reasonable basis to believe that the licensee or authorized delegate is not in compliance with this act.\ne.\tAn authorized delegate is under a duty to act only as authorized under the contract  with the licensee and an authorized delegate who exceeds its authority is subject to cancellation of its contract and further disciplinary action by the commissioner.\nf.\tAll funds (less fees) received by an authorized delegate of a licensee from the sale or delivery of a payment instrument issued by a licensee or received by an authorized delegate for transmission shall, from the time the funds are received by an authorized delegate until that time when the funds or an equivalent amount are remitted by the authorized delegate to the licensee, constitute trust funds owned by and belonging to the licensee.  If an authorized delegate commingles any trust funds with any other funds or property owned or controlled by the authorized delegate, all commingled proceeds and other property shall be impressed with a trust in favor of the licensee in the amount equal to the amount of the proceeds due the licensee.\ng.\tAn authorized delegate shall report to the licensee the theft or loss of payment instruments within 24 hours from the time it knew or should have known of that theft or loss.\nh.\tAuthorized delegates shall comply with the provisions of 31 C.F.R. s.103.11 et seq. and P.L.1994, c.121 (C.2C:21-23 et seq.).\ni.  Authorized delegates shall conduct all business governed by this act in the name of the licensee.\nL.1998,c.14,s.18.","path":["TITLE 17 CORPORATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR FINANCE \t\t\tAND INSURANCE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"ee338603ce7bbea1a5ee01980363a04e43b6c1206ae1d3d8704aee1cd02209c7","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-17-15c-17","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-17-15c-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}