{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-56-12-2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 56:12-2","heading":"Contracts to be written in simple, clear, understandable and easily readable way","body":"A consumer contract entered into on or after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act shall be written in a simple, clear, understandable and easily readable way.  In determining whether a consumer contract has been written in a simple, clear, understandable and easily readable way as a whole, a court, the Attorney General or the Commissioner of Insurance, in regard to contracts of insurance provided for in subsection c. of  section 1 of this act (C. 56:12-1c.), shall take into consideration the guidelines set forth in section 10 of this act.  Use of technical terms or words of art shall not in and of itself be a violation of this act.\nL.1980, c. 125, s. 2, eff. Oct. 16, 1980.  Amended by L.1981, c. 464, s. 2; L.1982, c. 88, s. 1, eff. July 23, 1982.","path":["TITLE 56 TRADE NAMES, TRADE-MARKS AND UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES"],"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":"ebc78c709bbfe809443e6d686756346ec8e5033c545379587e74c44eff318960","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-56-12-1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-56-12-2a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}