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An Annual Report is required to be filed by May 1, 2023 for all Motor Vehicle Installment Seller Licensees.  If the report is delayed, your dealership will be assessed a fine and your license suspended (details below). All licensed dealerships were sent an email from the Department of Banking and Insurance...

Update on Status of Funds Available For EV Rebates The $60 million allocated for the Charge Up New Jersey electric vehicle incentive program for fiscal years 2022-23 is drawing near an end. Currently, $8 million of available program funding is left. No closing date has been set, as of yet. The...

Health benefits are among the biggest expenses for new car dealers. NJ CAR has worked with its partners (Corporate Synergies Group, HUB International, and WithumSmith+Brown) to conduct an annual health benefits survey to provide dealers with useful data to gauge how their benefits measure up against the rest of...

The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) recently announced that New Jersey motorists can now utilize an electronic proof of vehicle registration that can be displayed on a smartphone, tablet or computer. While paper registrations will still be issued and recognized as valid, they are no longer the only option for...

The Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, today, advanced legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney to address growing privacy concerns related to vehicles that collect data including GPS locations, phone records, passwords, and other sensitive information, putting consumers at risk for potential identify theft. Asm. Rooney's bill (A4723)...

While some aspects of the Safeguards Rule have been delayed until June 9, 2023, that doesn't mean dealers should see this as a reason to push off their compliance efforts. Through its recent actions, the FTC continues to penalize companies that violate the FTC Act for poor data protection,...