{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-11-17","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 34:11-17","heading":"Negotiable orders","body":"It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to pay their employees in  store goods or merchandise, or to issue for the payment of labor any order or  other paper whatsoever, unless the same is negotiable and by its terms redeemable for face value at sight in lawful money of the United States, by the  person giving or issuing the same, but nothing in this section shall prevent  any private individual from giving orders for goods and merchandise on any  store in the profits or business of which he has no interest, directly or  indirectly.","path":["TITLE 34 LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION"],"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":"beed51b99de4eb3e9bc571076bcf4e28516f897bf5ecbd30e36697a1c0dffd7e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-11-16","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-11-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}