{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-49a-5","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:49A-5","heading":"Proper money","body":"5.  a.  The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made is the proper money of the claim for payment.\nb.   If the parties to a transaction have not otherwise agreed, the proper money of the claim, as in each case may be appropriate, is the money:\n(1)  regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing;\n(2)  used at the time of a transaction in international trade, by trade usage or common practice, for valuing or settling transactions in the particular commodity or service involved; or\n(3)  in which the loss was ultimately felt or will be incurred by the party claimant.\nL.1993,c.317,s.5.","path":["TITLE 2A ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"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":"3fffb92b62dba803b3104f821e48e5babae819f99363ab4c87e1be473bf1e82e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-49a-4","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-49a-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}