New Jersey Statutes Title 45. Professions and Occupations 45 § 15-12.8

Every real estate licensee who, in the performance of any of the activities described in R.S.45:15-3, receives any monies of others as a representative of a broker acting as an escrow agent or as the temporary custodian of the funds of others in a real estate transaction, shall only accept the monies if they are in the form of cash or a negotiable instrument payable to the broker through whom the individual is licensed, or such other form as the commission may prescribe by rule. The licensee shall, immediately upon receipt of the funds, account for and deliver the funds to the broker for deposit into the escrow or trust account maintained by the broker, or for such other disposition as is required by the escrow agreement under the terms of which the funds were provided to the licensee.