N.J. Stat. § 51:5-4 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-4
§ 51:5-4
Status: in_force

In any test for the ascertainment of the fineness of any article mentioned in section 51:5-3 of this title, according to the standards therein prescribed, the part of the article taken for the test, analysis or assay shall be such part or portion as does not contain or have attached thereto any solder or alloy of inferior metal used for brazing or uniting the parts of such article, and, in addition to the aforesaid tests and standards, the actual fineness of the entire quantity of metal purporting to be silver contained in any article mentioned in said section 51:5-3 of this title, including all solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of any such article (all silver, alloy or solder being assayed as one piece), shall not be less by more than ten one-thousandths parts than the fineness indicated, according to the aforesaid standards, by the mark stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted upon such article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-111 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-111
§ 51:1-111
Status: in_force

The city attorney of any municipality wherein a violation of any provision of this chapter shall take place shall assist in the prosecution of any of the aforesaid proceedings, unless such municipality has no municipal superintendent, in which case the public prosecutor of the county wherein such violation shall take place shall assist in such prosecution.
N.J. Stat. § 51:4-9 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-9
Violations; punishment
Status: in_force

Any person who shall violate any provision of sections 51:4-3 to 51:4-8 of this Title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and except as otherwise provided shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $250.00 nor more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment at hard labor or otherwise for a term not exceeding 1 year, or both. Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 28, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-18 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-18
§ 51:1-18
Status: in_force

All bread shall be sold by weight. The weight of all loaves of bread offered for sale shall be specified by the baker or dealer to the consumer, if the consumer require it.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-15 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-15
§ 51:1-15
Status: in_force

No person shall use a liquid measure in the purchase or sale of other than liquid commodities.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-97 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-97
Illegal weighing activities; penalties
Status: in_force

a. No person shall: (1) Sell or expose for sale less than the quantity represented of a commodity or service; (2) Take any more of the quantity represented of any commodity or service, when, as a buyer, he furnishes the weight or measure by which the commodity or service is determined; (3) Deliver or cause to be delivered less than the quantity or service represented of any commodity or service commonly sold by weight, measure, count or time; (4) Misrepresent the price of any commodity or service sold, offered, exposed, or advertised for sale by weight, measure, count, or time, or represent the price in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or in any way deceive a person; (5) Falsify, prerecord, issue or have in his possession a meter register, delivery ticket, invoice, bill or any document which contains a quantity representation recorded prior to the actual measurement at the time of delivery of the commodity; or (6) Preprint, postprint, alter, or have in his possession a credit card, receipt or original containing a false representation of the quantity or value of petroleum products delivered. Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be liable for the first offense to a civil penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00, and for a second offense to a civil penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $250.00, and for each subsequent offense to a civil penalty of not less than $250.00 nor more than $500.00. b. No person shall be convicted of or assessed a civil penalty for a second or subsequent offense pursuant to this section unless the previous conviction: (1) Occurred no earlier than one year prior to the occurrence of the second or subsequent offense; and (2) Occurred at the same place of business as the second or subsequent offense. For the purposes of this subsection, "same place of business" means identical store or outlet. c. Nothing in this section shall be deemed: (1) to authorize or permit the imposition of penalties for a second or subsequent offense in conjunction with an adjudication of guilt based upon multiple counts or complaints arising from the same inspection, or (2) to mandate the imposition of penalties for a second or subsequent offense, if, in the discretion of the court, the imposition of a penalty for a first offense would be just and proper. Amended by L. 1986, c. 167, s. 14, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 51:9-6 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-6
Measuring quantities over 10,000 gallons
Status: in_force

Deliveries of quantities in excess of 10,000 gallons may be measured through a meter or from compartments which have been calibrated and whose indicators have been sealed by any weights and measures official. L.1937, c. 183, s. 6, p. 625. Amended by L.1956, c. 109, p. 494, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-29.2 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-29.2
Net weight standards pertaining to flour; adopted
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the State Superintendent shall adopt the net weight standards pertaining to flour as set forth in section 3.17 of Chapter 3 of the National Bureau of Standards Handbook 133, Third Edition. L.1989, c.256, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 51:5-7 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-7
Penalty for violations
Status: in_force

Every person, firm, corporation or association guilty of a violation of any provision of this chapter, and every officer, manager, director or managing agent of any such person, firm, corporation or association directly participating in such violation, or consenting thereto, shall be liable to a mandatory penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 recoverable by the Superintendent of Weights and Measures in a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil penalty action pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 30, eff. Jan. 7, 1970; L.1980, c. 53, s. 3, eff. June 27, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 51:12-2 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-2
Label for safety glazing material
Status: in_force

a. Each light of safety glazing material manufactured, distributed, imported, or sold for use in hazardous locations or installed in such a location within the State shall be permanently labeled by such means as etching, sandblasting or firing ceramic material on the safety glazing material. The label shall identify the labeler, whether manufacturer, fabricator or installer, and the nominal thickness and the type of safety glazing material and whether said material meets or exceeds the test requirements of the United States of America Standards Institute code Z-97.1-1966 and such further requirements as may be adopted by the Department of Community Affairs. The label must be legible and visible after installation. b. Such safety glazing labeling shall not be used on other than safety glazing materials. L.1971, c. 369, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 51:10-19 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-19
Violations; penalties; enforcement; disposition; discontinuance not violation; conditions
Status: in_force

Any person violating this act shall be subject to a penalty of $1,000.00 for each violation. The penalty shall be enforced pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.) in a summary proceeding brought in the name of the State by the health officer of the municipality in which the violation occurred or by a weights and measures officer. Whenever the health officer of a municipality brings the summary proceeding, half of the penalty shall be remitted to the State and the other half shall be remitted to the municipality in which the violation occurred. Whenever a weights and measures officer brings the summary proceeding, the penalty shall be disposed of in accordance with section 16 of P.L.1952, c. 143 (C. 51:10-16). It shall not be a violation of this act to discontinue service to a residential dwelling or property which has unsafe equipment or when other conditions prevail as specified by regulations promulgated by the Office of Weights and Measures which prevent delivery of a notice or liquefied petroleum gas to the customer. L.1983, c. 465, s. 2, eff. Jan. 12, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-77.1 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-77.1
Certification of tare weight by weighmaster
Status: in_force

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a public weighmaster appointed pursuant to R.S.51:1-74 shall certify the tare weight of a vehicle used for the transportation of construction materials when requested to do so by the operator of that vehicle. The weight of a commodity transported by such a vehicle shall be determined by subtracting the certified tare weight of the vehicle from the gross weight of the vehicle. It shall be sufficient and not a violation of this Title for the tare weight of the vehicle to be certified no more than seven days immediately prior to the date the gross weight of the vehicle is determined. In the event that the tare weight of the vehicle has not been certified during the seven-day period provided for in this section, it shall be sufficient and not a violation of this Title for the tare weight to be certified by a public weighmaster other than during the immediately preceding seven-day period, provided that the certification shall occur not more than one year prior to the date the gross weight is determined and further provided that, if there should be a subsequent examination and weighing, the subsequent tare weight of the vehicle is no greater than 105 per cent or less than 95 per cent of the tare weight certified during the one year period. A certificate issued by a public weighmaster pursuant to this section certifying the tare weight of a vehicle shall contain the wording "stored tare." Such a "stored tare" certificate shall not supersede a certificate setting forth the weight of a vehicle which results from a weighing on certified scales that produces a weight of record. Construction materials not sold or intended for sale to an entity distinct from the seller shall not be considered a commodity for purposes of this Title. It shall be sufficient and not a violation of this Title for vehicles carrying such construction materials to have only the gross weight of the vehicles certified. As used in this section, "construction materials" means naturally occurring aggregates, including but not limited to top soil, crushed stone, gravel, sand, clay and clean fill. L.2001,c.95,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 51:4-3 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-3
§ 51:4-3
Status: in_force

Benzole, gasoline, naphtha and benzine shall be sold, or offered or exposed for sale, under their true names respectively, plainly shown upon the container thereof, or upon a label securely fastened thereto.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-82.1 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-82.1
State-owned scales; weighmasters
Status: in_force

The superintendent of the division of weights and measures in the Department of Law and Public Safety may, subject to the approval of the Attorney-General, appoint weighmasters within the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety, as may be required, for official weighings and certifications thereof in connection with the operation of State-owned scales. L.1952, c. 112, p. 451, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 51:4-1 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-1
Deception in sale of liquid fuels and oils prohibited; certain marks allowed
Status: in_force

No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, their agents and servants, shall store, expose or offer for sale, or sell, or aid or assist in the sale of, any liquid fuel, lubricating oil, or other similar products, so as to deceive, or tend to deceive any purchaser as to the nature, quality or identity thereof by false representation, or by substitution, mixing or adulteration, or by the use of false or fictitious names, or by the use of disguised, camouflaged or falsely labeled containers, tanks, pumps or other distributing equipment, or by imitating the design, symbol or trade name under which recognized brands of such products are generally marketed. Any person may, however, in good faith adopt and use a trade name, or distinguishing mark, not deceitfully similar to one already in general use by any manufacturer of such products.
N.J. Stat. § 51:11-9 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-9
Fee
Status: in_force

Every person required to be licensed according to the provisions of this act shall for such license pay a fee of $50.00 per annum which fee shall be paid to the superintendent and by him turned over to the State Treasurer. The said fee shall entitle the licensee to one vehicle certificate and a license plate to be placed on the left side of the vehicle from which the business is conducted together with an identification card to be carried by the licensee. L.1968, c. 450, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-54.1 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-54.1
Issuance of subpenas
Status: in_force

The State superintendent shall have the power to issue subpenas to compel the production of any pertinent records, books, or documents or the attendance of witnesses in any matter pertaining to his duties under Title 51 of the Revised Statutes and other statutes relating to weights and measures and shall have the power to administer oaths in taking testimony. Subpenas shall be issued under the seal of the State superintendent and shall be served in the same manner as subpenas issued from any court in this State. The failure of any person to obey a subpena may result in the State superintendent's applying to the Superior Court for appropriate relief. L. 1986, c. 167, s. 21, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 51:4-4 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-4
§ 51:4-4
Status: in_force

It shall not be lawful for any person to keep or offer for sale or use in any place or building within this state, petroleum oil, or any product thereof, or to knowingly keep or offer for sale any mixture of naphtha or inflammable fluids for illuminating purposes, for use in lamps or other portable receptacles, that will flash at a less temperature or fire test than one hundred, or inflame at less temperature or fire test than one hundred and ten degrees Fahrenheit. Any person offending against this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.J. Stat. § 51:10-10 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-10
Types and designs of scales and meters
Status: in_force

All scales and meters used for the weighing or measuring of liquefied petroleum gas shall be of types and designs approved by the superintendent of the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety. L.1952, c. 143, p. 498, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 51:9-16 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-16
Request to Attorney-General to attend
Status: in_force

The county prosecutor of any county, charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, may request the Attorney-General to attend personally, or by such assistant or assistants, as he shall designate to aid in any appeal which may be taken in any proceeding under this chapter. Amended by L.1953, c. 48, p. 849, s. 29.
N.J. Stat. § 51:3-1 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-1
Pillars showing true meridian; verification of meridian line
Status: in_force

51:3-1. The board of chosen freeholders of each county shall erect, and properly inclose and protect at public spots, adjacent to the courthouse of the county, two substantial pillars on the same meridian line and not less than one hundred feet apart. The board shall cause to be determined the accurate latitude and longitude of the first of said pillars, reckoning the longitude from the meridian at Washington, and shall have said latitude and longitude distinctly and legibly marked on said pillar in degrees, minutes, seconds and parts of a second. Upon the summit of the first pillar there shall be immovably placed a brass plate, indented with a line indicating the true meridian. There shall also be placed on said first pillar a hair sight, in such a manner that a straight line passing through the center thereof, extended to a distinctly visible needle point, which shall be maintained on the summit of the second pillar, will be in the line of the true meridian running north and south. The board shall cause the said meridian line to be verified at any time, when required by order of any judge of the Superior Court. Amended 1953,c.48,s.14; 1991,c.91,s.479.
N.J. Stat. § 51:5-5 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-5
Manufacture or sale of gold plated articles without indicating they are plated
Status: in_force

No person shall make for sale, sell, or offer to sell or dispose of or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal, having deposited or plated thereon or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto a plate, plating, covering or sheet of gold, or of any alloy of gold, which article is known in the market as "rolled gold plate" , "gold plate" , "gold filled" , "gold electroplate" , or by any similar designation, and upon which article or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, shall be stamped, printed, branded or engraved any word or mark usually employed to indicate the fineness of gold, unless such word be accompanied by other words plainly indicating that such article, or some part thereof, is made of rolled gold plate, or gold plate, or gold electroplate, or is gold filled, as the case may be.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-85 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-85
Tests made at request of owner; defective weights or measures; penalty
Status: in_force

Whenever any inspection of weights and measures has been made upon the request of the owner thereof, if they shall be found not to conform to the legal standard, the superintendent, or assistant superintendent shall serve such owner with a notice in writing that the use thereof is illegal. Within 15 days thereafter, the owner shall either have such weight or measure corrected or another substituted therefor, and notify the said superintendent in writing to that effect, or deliver the defective weight or measure to such superintendent for confiscation; and for his failure so to do, he shall be liable to a fine of $100.00. Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 18, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 51:11-15 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-15
Portion of licensing fee returned to county or municipality
Status: in_force

30% of each vendor and canvasser licensee fee shall be returned to the county or municipality from which said licensing fee originated. The counties and municipalities shall appropriate the moneys so received to the sole and exclusive use of their respective departments of weights and measures. The place of business of the licensee shall determine the origin of the license fee. L.1968, c. 450, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-67 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-67
§ 51:1-67
Status: in_force

All assistant superintendents shall be provided with suitable standards, or copies thereof for use in the performance of their duties.
N.J. Stat. § 51:4-24 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-24
Compliance with act required for lawful sale
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any dealer to sell, sell and deliver, offer or advertise for sale to consumers by the use of any media, building materials, in this State except in accordance with the provisions of this act. L.1968, c. 222, s. 2, approved July 30, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-27 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-27
§ 51:1-27
Status: in_force

No person shall sell or deliver, or have in possession with intent to sell or deliver, any fruit, berries or vegetables contained in any basket, box or other container, unless such basket, box or other container shall have legibly marked on the outside thereof, by the manufacturer thereof, in English letters or Arabic numerals, the exact capacity of such basket, box or other container, and the name and address of the manufacturer thereof, legibly printed or written thereon in the English language, or in lieu of such name and address, a sign or symbol furnished him by the state superintendent.
N.J. Stat. § 51:6A-1 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-1
Buyer on basis of bulk value; duties; serialized receipts; digital photographs.
Status: in_force

1. Any person in the business of buying precious metals who buys, attempts to buy or offers to buy precious metals on the basis of bulk value from any person who is not in the business of selling precious metals shall: a. Clearly and prominently display at the point of purchase: (1) His name and address; (2) The price being offered or paid by the buyer for precious metals expressed as price per standard measure of weight and fineness as prescribed by the Superintendent of Weights and Measures. b. Include his name and address in all advertisements concerning such precious metals. c. Weigh the precious metals in plain view of the seller on State certified scales with the certificate of inspection clearly and prominently displayed. d. Test the fineness of precious metals, if any test is so performed, in plain view of the seller. e. Issue to the seller and keep for his own records, for not less than one year, a serialized receipt for each purchase of precious metals containing the following: (1) The name and address of the buyer; (2) Date of the transaction; (3) The names of the precious metals purchased; (4) The finenesses of the precious metals purchased; (5) The weights of the precious metals purchased; (6) The prices paid for the precious metals at the standard measures of weight and fineness prescribed by the superintendent; (7) The name, address and signature of the seller of the precious metals. f. Obtain proof of identity from each person who sells precious metals to him. g. Retain any precious metals in the form in which they were purchased for a period of not less than two business days, minimum 48 hours. h. Upon reasonable request, allow the inspection of the serialized receipts or precious metals provided for in subsections e. and g. respectively of this section by any law enforcement officer or weights and measures official. i. Obtain a bond in an amount and form prescribed by regulations of the Office of Weights and Measures. The bond shall be obtained from a surety company authorized by law to do business in this State. The bond shall run to the State for the benefit of any person injured by the wrongful act, default, fraud or misrepresentation of the buyer of precious metals. No bond shall comply with the requirements of this subsection unless the bond contains a provision that it shall not be cancelled for any cause unless notice of intention to cancel is filed in the Office of Weights and Measures at least 30 days before the day upon which cancellation shall take effect. This subsection shall only apply to transient buyers. j. Maintain, for not less than one year, digital photographs of the precious metals purchased. L.1981, c.96, s.1; amended 2013, c.247, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-31.4 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-31.4
Weight
Status: in_force

Frozen desserts shall weigh not less than four and five-tenths pounds per gallon. L.1941, c. 278, p. 749, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 51:10-6 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-6
Delivery tickets and duplicates
Status: in_force

Each delivery of liquefied petroleum gas sold on a package basis in cylinders or containers to consumers and each delivery of such gas from a vehicle tank or other vessel into tanks, cylinders or containers connected to consumer apparatus when sale is based on a quantity so delivered, shall be accompanied by a delivery ticket and duplicate thereof. On such ticket and duplicate thereof shall be distinctly expressed in ink or other indelible substance the date of delivery, the net weight or volume of such liquefied petroleum gas delivered together with the name and address of the seller and the name and address of the purchaser of such liquefied petroleum gas. Delivery tickets shall be serially numbered or the serial number of the cylinder or container shall be legibly marked on such delivery ticket. One of such tickets shall be delivered to the person receiving the liquefied petroleum gas, and the other ticket shall be retained by the seller of the liquefied petroleum gas for a period of one year and shall be subject to inspection by any weights and measures officer, within this time. L.1952, c. 143, p. 497, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-80 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-80
Penalties; requesting false weighing; false certificate or other violation by weighmaster
Status: in_force

Any person, who shall request a weighmaster to weigh any product, commodity, or article falsely or incorrectly, or who shall request a false or incorrect certificate of weight and measure, or any person who shall issue a certificate of weight and measure who is not a weighmaster as defined in section 51:1-73 of this Title shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00. Any weighmaster who shall issue a false certificate of weight or measurement, or who shall delegate his authority to any person not certified as a weighmaster, or who shall preseal a certificate of weight or measure with his official seal before performing the work of weighing or measuring or who shall conduct his office as weighmaster in any manner at variance with this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00 and, in addition, shall forfeit his weighmaster's certificate. The certificate shall then be turned over to the State superintendent. Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 15, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 51:11-3 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-3
Sale in package form; marking
Status: in_force

No person shall distribute, sell, offer or expose for sale or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell any soil amendment in package form unless he complies with the provisions of this act and the regulations and rules promulgated thereunder, and, in addition, the package or tag firmly affixed shall be plainly and conspicuously marked as to the net contents in the package form and the identity of the soil amendment and the name and address of the packer. L.1968, c. 450, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 51:6A-4 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-4
Arrest without warrant
Status: in_force

On the violation of any of the provisions of this act within his view, a weights and measures officer may without warrant arrest the offender and conduct him before a court having jurisdiction. L.1981, c. 96, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-34 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-34
§ 51:1-34
Status: in_force

All commercial laundries, performing, selling, or offering for sale, laundry service on the basis of weight, shall have legal scales of approved type and design, properly tested and sealed.
N.J. Stat. § 51:8-4 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-4
§ 51:8-4
Status: in_force

The superintendent of the department shall have general supervision of the administration of this chapter and shall make such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for its enforcement.
N.J. Stat. § 51:6A-3 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-3
Penalties.
Status: in_force

3. Any person who violates any provision of this act shall be liable to a mandatory penalty of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 recoverable by the Superintendent of Weights and Measures pursuant to the provisions of the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). An action for the recovery of a civil penalty for violation of this act shall be within the jurisdiction of and may be brought before the Superior Court or municipal court in the municipality where the offense is committed or where the defendant resides or where the defendant may be apprehended. A summons or warrant against any foreign business entity doing business in this State shall be processed as provided by law. L.1981, c.96, s.3; amended 1991, c.91, s.482; 2013, c.126, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 51:12-3 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-3
Installation of glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in hazardous locations; prohibition
Status: in_force

After the effective date of this act no person shall within the State knowingly sell, fabricate, assemble, glaze, install, consent or cause to be installed glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in, or for use in, any hazardous location. For purposes of this section the terms "install" or "installed" shall not be deemed to mean or refer to the changing of storm doors or windows on existing buildings subject to this act on its effective date. L.1971, c. 369, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 51:11-27 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-27
Prosecutions
Status: in_force

Prosecutions for any violations of this act are declared to be valid and proper notwithstanding the existence of any other valid general or specific act of this State dealing with matters that may be the same as or similar to those covered by this act. L.1968, c. 450, s. 27.
N.J. Stat. § 51:7-5 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-5
Duplicate certificate filed with weighmaster
Status: in_force

Any person bringing anthracite into this State from outside of this State and said anthracite is to be sold or delivered within the boundaries of this State shall file a duplicate of the required certificate of origin with the weighmaster in charge of the scales where said person has said anthracite weighed in accordance with the requirements of the laws of this State, and such duplicates of said certificates of origin shall be retained at such scales for a period of one year, unless the superintendent directs the forwarding of the same to his office, and shall be subject and open to inspection by any weights and measures officer; after storage or sale of said anthracite in this State the original certificates of origin shall be forwarded to the superintendent at his office within ten days from the date of such sale or storage and the triplicate copy shall be kept by the person who sells or stores said anthracite. Amended by L.1938, c. 242, p. 548, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 51:4-37 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-37
Authority to issue subpoenas; court action
Status: in_force

15. The superintendent shall have the power to issue subpoenas to compel production of any pertinent records, books or documents or the attendance of witnesses in any matter pertaining to his duties and shall have the power to administer oaths in taking testimony. Subpoenas shall be issued under the seal of the superintendent and shall be served in the same manner as subpoenas issued out of the Superior Court of this State. Upon the failure of any person to obey a subpoena as aforesaid, the superintendent may apply to the Superior Court for appropriate relief. L.1968,c.222,s.15; amended 1991,c.91,s.480.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-76 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-76
Seal
Status: in_force

Every weighmaster and certified weigher shall, at his own expense, provide himself with a seal. His name and the words "New Jersey" , shall be inscribed on the outer margin and the words "public weigher" , in the center thereof. The seal shall be impressed upon each weight certificate issued by him.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-114 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-114
License and registration to engage in business
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of selling, trading-in, receiving, installing or repairing condemned, rebuilt or used weighing or measuring devices in this State without first obtaining from the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures a license and registration to so engage in any said business. L.1938, c. 182, p. 393, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 51:4-29 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-29
Misrepresentation, mislabeling or misbranding; misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Any person who misrepresents, mislabels or misbrands any lumber, wood product or building material or who causes a deviation from the applicable standards, rules or regulations, where such deviation misrepresents any lumber, wood product or building material so as to mislead or deceive a purchaser of the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.1968, c. 222, s. 7, approved July 30, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 51:10-1 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-1
Terms defined
Status: in_force

1. For the purpose of this act the following words shall be deemed to have the meaning herein given them: (a) "Liquefied petroleum gas" shall mean and include any material or substance which is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of the same: Propane, propylene, butane, normal or iso-, and butylene. (b) "Superintendent" shall mean the Superintendent of the Division of Weights and Measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety. (c) "Weights and measures officer" shall mean and include the superintendent of weights and measures or his deputy or assistant superintendents, county superintendents of weights and measures or their assistants, and municipal superintendents of weights and measures or their assistants. (d) "Court" shall be construed to mean and to include the Superior Court or municipal court. L.1952,c.143,s.1; amended 1953,c.48,s.35; 1991,c.91,s.488.
N.J. Stat. § 51:11-8 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-8
Applications; renewals; forms
Status: in_force

Applications for a license or for renewal of a license shall be in writing, under oath, on forms prescribed and furnished by the superintendent and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee. L.1968, c. 450, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 51:7-9 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-9
Procedure for recovery of penalties; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

51:7-9. Any penalty incurred under the provisions of this chapter shall be sued for in the name of the State of New Jersey by any weights and measures officer. Jurisdiction of all cases arising out of violations of the provisions of this chapter is hereby conferred upon the Superior Court and the municipal courts in the county in which such violations are committed. Amended 1938,c.242,s.6; 1953,c.48,s.16; 1991,c.91,s.483.
N.J. Stat. § 51:8-16 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-16
Arrest without warrant
Status: in_force

51:8-16. For violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, done within the view of any weights and measures officer, such weights and measures officer is authorized, without warrant, to arrest the offender or offenders and to conduct him or them before the Superior Court or any municipal court having jurisdiction in the county wherein such arrest is made or the offense is committed. Amended 1953,c.48,s.19; 1991,c.91,s.484.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-54 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-54
State superintendent as administrator
Status: in_force

The State superintendent shall have general supervision of the administration of the provisions of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes. He shall have general supervision over the work of county and municipal superintendents. He shall make such rules for the administration of the affairs of his office and of the offices of the county and municipal superintendents as may be necessary for the proper enforcement of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes. State weights and measures officials shall be under his direct control. Amended by L. 1986, c. 167, s. 5, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 51:3-10 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-10
§ 51:3-10
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article contained shall be interpreted as requiring any purchaser or mortgagee to rely on a description based wholly upon the aforesaid system.
N.J. Stat. § 51:8-12 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-12
Who may issue weight certificates; certificate of designation as weighmaster; application; period; revocation; substitution of weighmaster
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to make or issue a weight certificate for solid fuel unless certified as a weighmaster by the superintendent of the department under the provisions of sections 51:1-73 to 51:1-80 of this title, and duly designated by said superintendent to weigh solid fuel in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and a public weigher shall not be permitted to weigh solid fuel unless designated to do so under the provisions of this chapter. Application for a certificate of designation shall be made upon a form prescribed by the superintendent; the applicant shall furnish satisfactory evidence of good moral character and of ability to weigh accurately, and to make correct weight certificates, and shall indicate the place where the applicant shall perform his function as a weighmaster designated to weigh solid fuel and the type and capacity of the scale or scales to be used by the applicant. When the applicant is an equipped dealer or an employee of an equipped dealer having two or more yards, he may be designated to weigh upon any or all of the scales in the said yard or yards. No certificate of designation shall be issued to any applicant unless he is the owner or lessee of the scales at the place designated in his application, or a bona fide employee of the owner or lessee of such scales; provided, however, that not more than three certificates of designation shall be issued for the same scale, unless the superintendent in his discretion deems it advisable that more than three persons shall be designated to weigh solid fuel on said scale. The period of the certificate of designation to weigh solid fuel shall run concurrently with the term of the applicant as weighmaster and shall expire on the date of the expiration of said term. Each certificate of designation shall be kept at the place where the weighmaster is engaged in weighing solid fuel and shall be open to inspection, and shall state the type, capacity and location of the scale or scales upon which he is designated to weigh solid fuel. Upon notice to a weighmaster, his certificate of designation may be revoked by the superintendent of the department, after hearing, for dishonesty, incompetency, inaccuracy or for any violation of the provisions of this chapter, or for any misrepresentation in his application for the said certificate; and the said certificate shall become invalid when for any reason he is no longer employed at the place of weighing for which the certificate was issued. In any case where a certificate of designation has been revoked any person shall be authorized to substitute, at the place for which said revocation was made, another weighmaster in his employ and duly designated as such under the provisions of this chapter, pending disposition by the superintendent of the department of a new application for designation of a new applicant as weighmaster to weigh solid fuel at the place for which the certificate of designation has been revoked; provided, that the said new application must be forwarded to the superintendent of the department within five days of the substitution of another weighmaster designated to weigh solid fuel. In case of the death, absence or inability to act of a weighmaster designated to weigh solid fuel, any person may substitute for such deceased or absent weighmaster another weighmaster in his employ and duly designated as such under the provisions of this chapter; provided, that immediate notice of such substitution be reported by said person to the superintendent of the department and that any such substitution shall not be authorized to continue as weighmaster at the place of substitution for a period in excess of thirty days unless with the written consent of the superintendent of the department. Amended by L.1938, c. 44, p. 121, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 51:4-12 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-12
§ 51:4-12
Status: in_force

No person shall sell under the name of boiled linseed oil or boiled oil, any article unless the oil from which said article was made be wholly the product of commercially pure linseed or flaxseed, and unless the same has been heated to at least two hundred and twenty-five degrees Fahrenheit.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-121 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-121
Licenses and registrations; term; renewal; contents
Status: in_force

Licenses and registrations shall be issued for a term of one year from the date of issue and shall be renewable at the expiration thereof. Each license issued shall state the name, business address of the person to whom it is issued, whether it is a limited or unlimited license, and if limited, the classes or kinds of weighing or measuring devices the licensee is authorized to repair, and shall continue in effect for the prescribed period unless revoked or suspended for reasons hereinafter specified in this act. L.1938, c. 182, p. 395, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 51:13-2 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-2
Violations, fines
Status: in_force

2. Any person violating the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1991, c.487 (C.51:13-1) by selling, offering for sale, giving, transferring, or otherwise assigning, furnishing or making available a lighter that does not conform to the standards adopted under the provisions of section 3 of P.L.1991, c.487 (C.51:13-3) shall be fined $100 for each offense. Each lighter not conforming to those standards that is so sold, offered for sale, given, transferred, or otherwise assigned, furnished or made available shall constitute a separate offense. L.1991,c.487,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-47 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-47
§ 51:1-47
Status: in_force

No person, other than a superintendent, assistant superintendent or honorary or special assistant superintendent appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article, shall be engaged, or act, in any capacity as superintendent or assistant superintendent, sealer or inspector of weights and measures.
N.J. Stat. § 51:3-9 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-9
§ 51:3-9
Status: in_force

No survey of lands hereinafter made shall have indorsed thereon any legend or other statement indicating that it is based upon the New Jersey system of plane co-ordinates unless the co-ordinates have been established on that system as herein defined.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-63 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-63
§ 51:1-63
Status: in_force

All superintendents and all assistant superintendents are hereby charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. They shall have full power to weigh or have weighed any grain, coal or other commodities while in transit from dealer to purchaser. They shall have authority to bring actions or proceedings in their official capacities within their respective jurisdictions to enforce penalties.
N.J. Stat. § 51:10-5 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-5
Removal of container from premises; weighing liquefied petroleum gas remaining
Status: in_force

When liquefied petroleum gas is sold or delivered in package form and the cylinder or container is connected to the consumer's apparatus, the said cylinder or container shall neither be disconnected nor removed from the premises before it becomes empty, except as may be provided hereafter or by contract with the purchaser or consumer. When removed before becoming empty said cylinder or container shall be weighed by the seller to determine the quantity of liquefied petroleum gas remaining in such cylinder or container and a written receipt issued to the purchaser or consumer stating such quantity. When weighed on the customer's premises, weight shall be subject to verification by the seller at the dealer distribution point or the filling plant to determine whether credit is due the customer; provided, however , that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply where they are inconsistent with the terms of a written contract of sale. A cylinder or container shall be considered empty when the gross weight of the cylinder or container does not exceed the tare weight as marked within the tolerance allowed. L.1952, c. 143, p. 496, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 51:8-14 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-14
Violations; penalties
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful: a. For any weighmaster to issue a false or incorrect weight certificate or for any person to solicit him so to do. b. For any weighmaster to permit any weight certificate to be issued or used which purports to bear his signature or seal but which was not in fact signed or sealed by him or which expresses a weight not ascertained by him. c. For any person to use a false or incorrect weight certificate or to use a certificate not bearing the signature and seal of a weighmaster designated to weigh solid fuel. d. For any person to deliver solid fuel in any vehicle not having securely and conspicuously attached thereto a license plate as provided in this act. e. For any person to deliver solid fuel without a weight certificate. f. For any person to fail, neglect, or refuse to deliver a correct and lawful weight certificate to the purchaser of solid fuel. g. For any person to permit any diminution of the load of solid fuel after the weight thereof has been certified by a weighmaster designated to weigh solid fuel and before its delivery to the purchaser or purchasers thereof. h. For any person to deliver or cause to be delivered less than the quantity of solid fuel represented in the weight certificate accompanying such solid fuel as provided in this chapter. Any person violating any of the provisions of paragraphs "a," "b," "c" of this section shall, upon being found guilty of such offense, pay a fine of not less than $250.00, nor more than $1,000.00. Any person violating any of the provisions of paragraphs "d," "e," or "f" of this section shall, upon being found guilty of such offense, pay a fine of not less than $50.00, nor more than $100.00. Any person violating any of the provisions of paragraphs "g" or "h" of this section shall, upon being found guilty of such offense, pay a fine of not less than $50.00, nor more than $100.00, and shall, upon being found guilty of a second similar offense, pay a fine of not less than $100.00, nor more than $250.00, and shall, upon being found guilty of any subsequent similar offense, pay a fine of not less than $250.00, nor more than $500.00. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter not specified in this section shall, upon being found guilty of such offense, pay a fine of not less than $50.00, nor more than $100.00. Any person unable to pay a fine imposed under the provisions of this chapter shall be committed to jail for a period of not to exceed 6 months. Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 32, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 51:11-4 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-4
Delivery in bulk lots exceeding 100 pounds; sale in liquid or gaseous form; delivery ticket
Status: in_force

No person shall deliver, start out for delivery or cause to be delivered soil amendments in bulk lots exceeding 100 pounds and not in package form unless he complies with the provisions of sections 51:1-82 and 51:1-83 of the Revised Statutes. Where soil amendments are sold in either liquid or gaseous form, the delivery ticket shall contain the number of gallons or cubic feet as the case may be, and the unit avoirdupois weight of the gallon or cubic foot measurement. L.1968, c. 450, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 51:11-26 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-26
Application of chapter
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal, amend, or alter in any way the provisions concerning horse manure contained in chapter 43 of the laws of 1944. L.1968, c. 450, s. 26.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-99.1 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-99.1
Prior violations not included
Status: in_force

No conviction of a violation of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes prior to the effective date of this 1986 amendatory and supplementary act shall be considered for the purpose of assessing a penalty for a second or subsequent offense pursuant to R.S. 51:1-29, R.S. 51:1-91, R.S. 51:1-96, or R.S. 51:1-97. L. 1986, c. 167, s. 22, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 51:9-4 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-4
§ 51:9-4
Status: in_force

If the volume be calculated by weight, the net weight shall be determined by means of a scale of approved type and capacity, tested and sealed by any weights and measures official. For the conversion of weight to volume and for temperature corrections, the National Standard Petroleum Oil Tables as approved by the United States Bureau of Standards shall be used.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-16 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-16
§ 51:1-16
Status: in_force

The standard bushel shall contain two thousand one hundred and fifty and forty-two one-hundredths cubic inches which capacity shall apply to all articles usually sold by the bushel and not weighed.
N.J. Stat. § 51:9-9.1 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9.1
Residential oil fill pipe, regulations, violations, fees
Status: in_force

a. The owner of any residential dwelling served by a home heating oil tank shall provide that the cap of any exterior heating oil fill pipe be colored green or that the tank fill pipe be equipped with a fill tightness system with a fill cap stamped or engraved in clear letters with the words "Fuel Oil." b. No person may pump, pour, or otherwise place home heating oil into any exterior heating oil tank fill pipe of a residential dwelling unit unless that pipe is capped with a tank fill pipe cap that is colored green, or unless the tank fill pipe is equipped with a fill tightness system with a fill cap stamped or engraved in clear letters with the words "Fuel Oil." c. A person who violates the provisions of this section is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500. The penalty may be collected in a summary proceeding brought pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law," (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). The Superior Court and the municipal court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of "the penalty enforcement law" in connection with this act. L.1991,c.163,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 51:6A-2 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-2
Registration of buyer; transient buyer; additional requirements; violation; penalty
Status: in_force

A buyer of precious metals as provided for in this act shall, before buying, attempting to buy or offering to buy any precious metals, register with the police of the municipality in which he intends to conduct his business and give his name and address. A transient buyer of precious metals shall, in addition to the information required of a buyer of precious metals, provide the address at which he intends to do business in the municipality and shall reregister if he changes his location of doing business in the municipality or if he discontinues doing business for more than 20 days in the municipality and subsequently wants to resume doing business therein. Any person who violates any provision of this section is a disorderly person. L.1981, c. 96, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 51:4-34 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-34
Revocation, suspension, restriction or refusal to issue or renew license; hearing
Status: in_force

The superintendent may, after proper notice and hearing, revoke, suspend, restrict or otherwise limit, or refuse to issue or renew any license issued or granted pursuant to the provisions of this act for any of the following reasons: (a) fraud or misrepresentation in the application for or in the procuring of a license; (b) the violation of any rule, regulation or order promulgated by the superintendent; (c) any dishonest, deceptive, or any fraudulent practice, conduct or transaction; and (d) the loaning or the giving of any license. Any licensee or applicant for license, may request, and shall be granted a hearing before the Attorney General or his designee upon any order, revocation or allegation of any weights and measures official. L.1968, c. 222, s. 12, approved July 30, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-80.1 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-80.1
Weighing on scales outside state authorized
Status: in_force

The state superintendent of weights and measures may designate any weighmaster duly appointed under the provisions of sections 51:1-73 to 51:1-80 of this title, to weigh commodities on approved scales at points located not more than one mile outside of the state, and certificates of weight issued by such weighmasters shall have the same force and effect as certificates issued under the provisions of said sections 51:1-73 to 51:1-80; provided, that any weighmaster designated under this section shall at all times continue to be a resident of the state of New Jersey.
N.J. Stat. § 51:6-10 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-10
§ 51:6-10
Status: in_force

In any action relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, a certificate duly issued by an assay office of the treasury department of the United States, certifying the weight of any article, or any part thereof, or of the kind, weight, quality, fineness or quantity of any ingredient thereof, shall be receivable in evidence as constituting prima facie proof of the matter or matters so certified.
N.J. Stat. § 51:10-16 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-16
Disposition of penalties
Status: in_force

Penalties, when imposed or recovered in any action brought by the superintendent, deputy superintendent or assistant superintendents of the division of weights and measures of the Department of Law and Public Safety shall be payable to the State Treasurer. When such action is brought by a county superintendent or assistant county superintendent, they shall be payable to the treasurer of such county. When such action is brought by a municipal superintendent or assistant municipal superintendent, they shall be paid into the treasury of such municipality. L.1952, c. 143, p. 499, s. 16.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-100 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-100
Separate violations
Status: in_force

The use, ownership or possession of each separate weight, measure, container or commodity in package form in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed as separate violations thereof. Amended by L. 1986, c. 167, s. 15, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 51:7-4 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-4
Issuance of certificates; nontransferable; false certificate
Status: in_force

The certificates of origin as herein provided shall be issued only on forms to be supplied, on application therefor, by the superintendent of the department, shall be serially numbered and issued consecutively. A nominal charge to cover the cost of supplying such forms may be made by the superintendent. Said certificates of origin shall be nontransferable and any person who has in his possession or who files with a weighmaster or forwards to the superintendent a false certificate of origin shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this chapter. The superintendent of the department shall issue such blank certificates of origin to any person who is the owner or operator of a colliery, breaker or other place of production or who is the owner or operator of a yard, pocket or other place of storage, outside the State of New Jersey, upon application therefor by such person showing the necessity for the issuance of said certificates and upon proof satisfactory to the superintendent that all anthracite produced or stored is not stolen and is legally acquired at its source. Notification shall promptly be given to the superintendent in case of change of source or the obtaining of anthracite from new sources since the time said application is made, and satisfactory proof shall be furnished that the anthracite is legally acquired at the new sources. Whenever any person who transports or intends to transport anthracite into this State furnishes proof satisfactory to the superintendent that all anthracite so transported or to be transported is legally acquired at its source and is not stolen, and further, that such person is unable to obtain certificates of origin at the breaker, colliery or other place of production or at the yard, pocket or other place of storage, blank certificates shall be issued to such person in such number as the business of such person requires. Amended by L.1938, c. 242, p. 547, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 51:1-7 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-7
§ 51:1-7
Status: in_force

The standard gross ton shall consist of two thousand, two hundred and forty pounds. The standard net ton shall consist of two thousand pounds.
N.J. Stat. § 51:4-13 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-13
Adulterated linseed oil to be labeled
Status: in_force

Compounds, mixtures and preparations of raw or boiled linseed oil to which some other substance has been added may be manufactured, mixed and sold only in packages or containers plainly marked in solid letters not less than two inches high "adulterated linseed oil" , or "adulterated boiled oil" as the case may be, together with the true name and amount of adulterants contained in the mixture.
N.J. Stat. § 51:10-14 — NJ Code / Title 51 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-14
Recovery of penalty, jurisdiction
Status: in_force

14. Any penalty shall be recovered as specified in sections 51:1-103 and 51:1-105 to 51:1-107 of the Revised Statutes. An action for the recovery of a penalty for violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be within the jurisdiction of and may be brought before the Superior Court or a municipal court in the county in which the offense is committed or where the defendant may reside. In any proceeding process shall be the same as that provided for in said sections of the Revised Statutes, and any weights and measures officer shall have power to arrest any offender without warrant where there is a violation of this act within his view, and conduct him before any court having jurisdiction in the county where the arrest is made or the offense committed. L.1952,c.143,s.14; amended 1953,c.48,s.36; 1991,c.91,s.489.