45:15-34 Real estate guaranty fund established.
1. A real estate guaranty fund is established as a special trust fund to be maintained by the State Treasurer and administered by the New Jersey Real Estate Commission in accordance with the provisions of this act to provide a fund from which recovery may be obtained by any person aggrieved by the embezzlement, conversion or unlawful obtaining of money or property in a real estate brokerage transaction by a licensed real estate broker, broker-salesperson, or salesperson or an unlicensed employee of a real estate broker; provided, however, that the amount of such recovery shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of $10,000 in connection with any one transaction regardless of the number of claims, persons aggrieved, or parcels of, or interests in real estate involved in the transaction. The maximum amount recoverable per transaction shall be increased to $20,000 for claims filed on the basis of causes of action which accrue after the effective date of P.L.1993, c.51 (C.45:15-12.3 et al.).
L.1976, c.112, s.1; amended 1993, c.51, s.35; 2009, c.238, s.17; 2018, c.71, s.23.
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