Section 17:16C-52 - Payment in full of retail installment contractUpon payment in full by the retail buyer of the time balance and other amounts lawfully due under a retail installment contract, the holder shall:
(a) Return to the retail buyer either the original instruments evidencing indebtedness or constituting security under a retail installment contract, which were signed by the retail buyer or his sureties or guarantors in conjunction with such contract or a copy thereof, excepting such instruments as are filed or recorded with a public official and retained in the files of such official;(b) Release all security interest in the goods or in any collateral security to the obligation of the retail buyer under such contract;(c) Deliver to the retail buyer such good and sufficient assignments and certificates of title as may be necessary to vest the retail buyer with complete evidence of title.L.1960, c.40, s.52; amended 1995, c.33, s.2.