New Jersey § 39:10-14
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 39:10-14, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 39:10-14.
A. The director shall, on the record or abstract of every motor vehicle registered
with him, which is subject to a security interest of which notice is required to be
filed with him, make a notation of the existence of such security interest and shall
index the same under the name of the owner of record of the vehicle, so long as the
security interest remains unterminated of record. B. Upon request from any person, the director shall issue a certificate showing names
and addresses of the parties to any contract of conditional sale or chattel mortgage
or other instrument, or to any financing statement, the name and address of the holder
of the lien or liens under such contract, chattel mortgage or other instrument or
of the secured party, the date thereof or of the financing statement, the date of
filing, the make, model, identification number or numbers of the motor vehicle, and,
if the condition in the contract of conditional sale or chattel mortgage has been
performed or the security interest has been terminated, a statement to that effect,
for which he shall be entitled to a fee of $5.00. C. For a full certified copy of any instrument showing a lien on or a security interest
in a motor vehicle the director shall be entitled to a fee of $10.00 for the certificate
plus $0.50 for each copy of any paper certified. D. When evidence of satisfaction of any contract of conditional sale or chattel mortgage
or other instrument, or evidence of the termination of a security interest, as aforesaid,
shall be presented to the director, he shall make a notation thereof on the record
of the sale of such motor vehicle, showing that the condition in the contract of conditional
sale or chattel mortgage has been performed or the security interest has been terminated;
provided, however, that the evidence of satisfaction of a chattel mortgage on a motor
vehicle executed after September 1, 1951 shall be submitted by the county recording
officer on a form prescribed by the director, unless the chattel mortgage is one that
is not required, under the provisions of this section R.S. 39:10-11 , to be presented to and recorded by the director. E. The director, his agents, and employees of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall
not incur any personal liability in carrying out the provisions of this section or
in furnishing any information provided herein from the records of the Division of
Motor Vehicles.
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