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Bulletin: NJ000079
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Date: January 20, 2004
To:
All Issuing Offices in New Jersey
RE:
Good Funds Law (Amended by Assembly Bill A-3176)
Dear Associates:
The Statute governing "good funds" received by title agents and disbursed at closing was amended, effective January 9, 2004. In addition to other types of funds (See our underwriting memo NJ 000075), the new law states that funds written on either a New Jersey attorney's trust account or on a New Jersey licensed insurance producers' escrow account are considered to be "collected funds" for the purposes of disbursement of funds by title insurance producers in real estate transactions.
Please call the state office if you have any questions.
References
- Bulletins Replaced:
- None
- Related Bulletins:
- Underwriting Manual:
- None
- Exceptions Manual:
- None
- Forms:
- None