N.J. Stat. § 2A:42-134 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 42 / Section 42-134
Manner in which building sold, alternatives.
Status: in_force

21. In its application to the court, the receiver shall specify the manner in which it proposes the building to be sold, which alternatives shall include, but not be limited to the following: a. Sale on the open market to an entity qualified to own and operate multifamily rental property; b. Sale at a negotiated price to a not-for-profit entity qualified to own and operate multifamily rental property; c. Sale to an entity for the purpose of conversion of the property to condominium or cooperative ownership pursuant to the provisions of "The Planned Real Estate Development Full Disclosure Act," P.L.1977, c.419 (C.45:22A-21 et seq.), provided that that option shall not be approved except with the approval in writing of a majority of the tenants of the building, and provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of "The Planned Real Estate Development Full Disclosure Act," P.L.1977, c.419 (C.45:22A-21 et seq.), no tenant in residence prior to the date the plan of conversion is approved by the court shall be subject to eviction by reason of that conversion; or d. In the case of a one to four family building, sale to a household that will occupy one of the units as an owner occupant, which may be a sitting tenant. L.2003,c.295,s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:16-52 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-52
Declaration of rights, status and other legal relations
Status: in_force

All courts of record in this state shall, within their respective jurisdictions, have power to declare rights, status and other legal relations, whether or not further relief is or could be claimed; and no action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment is demanded. The enumeration in other sections of this article of the questions determinable and rights declarable in a proceeding brought under the provisions of this article does not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred by this section in a proceeding for declaratory relief, in which a judgment will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-67 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-67
Powers and duties of receiver
Status: in_force

The receiver so appointed shall be vested with the title to the said rights and credits and shall have authority to receive and take into possession the remaining property specified in section 2A:17-65 of this title. The receiver shall liquidate by sale or otherwise, pursuant to the order of the court, and apply the same in payment of the judgment against the judgment debtor, the costs of the proceedings thereon and his reasonable compensation, to be taxed by the court, and pay the residue into the court in which the judgment was recovered or docketed, for disposal according to law. The court shall order the judgment debtor to convey and deliver to such receiver all the property and rights in action and the evidence thereof. The receiver may sue or take proper judicial proceedings, in his own name as receiver, against any person to obtain such recovery or relief as defendant would be entitled to if no execution had issued.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4A-80 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-80
Law enforcement referral
Status: in_force

A law enforcement officer taking a juvenile into short-term custody pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-31) shall immediately notify the juvenile-family crisis intervention unit and shall promptly bring the juvenile to the unit or place designated by the unit when: a. The officer has reason to believe that it is not in the best interests of the juvenile or the family for the officer to return the juvenile to his home; b. The juvenile resides in another county and the officer is unable to make arrangements to return the juvenile to his home; c. The juvenile resides in another state; d. The juvenile has run away from a placement and the juvenile refuses to return home or the juvenile, through his past behavior, has demonstrated an inability to remain at home; e. The law enforcement officer is unable, by all reasonable efforts to identify or locate a parent, relative or other such appropriate person; f. The juvenile requires immediate emergency services, such as medical or psychiatric care; or g. No identification can be obtained from the juvenile. L.1982, c. 80, s. 5, eff. Dec. 31, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:62A-31 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 62A / Section 62A-31
Requirements of health clubs relative to defibrillators.
Status: in_force

2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act: a. The owner or operator of a health club registered with the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety pursuant to P.L.1987, c.238 (C.56:8-39 et seq.) shall: (1) acquire at least one automated external defibrillator as defined in section 2 of P.L.1999, c.34 (C.2A:62A-24), and store it in an accessible location within the health club that is known and available to the employees of the health club for the purposes of this act; and (2) ensure that the automated external defibrillator is tested and maintained, and provide notification to the appropriate first aid, ambulance, or rescue squad, or other appropriate emergency medical services provider regarding the defibrillator, the type acquired, and its location, pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1999, c.34 (C.2A:62A-25); and b. The owner or operator of a health club that is subject to the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall: (1) arrange and pay for training in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator for the employees of that health club in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection; (2) ensure that the health club has at least one employee on site during its normal business hours who holds current certification from the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, or other training program recognized by the Department of Health and Senior Services in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and use of a defibrillator; and (3) ensure that an employee who uses a defibrillator requests emergency medical assistance from the appropriate first aid, ambulance, or rescue squad as soon as practicable. L.2005, c.346, s.2; amended 2012, c.6, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:55-9 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 55 / Section 55-9
Several acts in condition in bond, bill, or contract
Status: in_force

When the condition of a bond, bill or contract provides for the performance of more than a single act, an action brought thereon with respect to a breach or breaches occurring prior to the commencement of the action shall not bar the bringing of other actions for any breach or breaches occurring thereafter.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:42-13 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 42 / Section 42-13
Action for use and occupation; parol agreement for rent
Status: in_force

The landlord, his heirs or assigns, may, where the agreement is not in writing, recover a reasonable satisfaction for the real estate, held or occupied by the defendant, in an action for the use and occupation of what was so held or enjoyed. No such action shall be defeated by a parol lease or agreement whereon a certain rent was reserved, but no damages may be recovered in excess of the amount of the rent so reserved.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-56.11a — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-56.11a
Responsibilities of employer relative to medical support of employee's child
Status: in_force

1. When an obligor is eligible for health benefits plan coverage which includes dependents and is available through an employer in this State, and the obligor is required by a court or administrative order to provide medical support coverage for his child, the employer who is the payor shall: a. Permit the obligor to enroll his child under the health benefits plan as a dependent, without regard to any enrollment season restrictions; b. Permit the child's other parent, or the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services as the State Medicaid agency or the Division of Family Development as the State IV-D agency, in the Department of Human Services, to enroll the child under the health benefits plan if the obligor, who is the covered person, fails to enroll the child; c. Not terminate coverage of the child unless: (1) the obligor provides the payor with satisfactory written evidence that the court or administrative order is no longer in effect, or the child is or will be enrolled in a comparable health benefits plan whose coverage will be effective on the date of the termination of coverage, or (2) the payor is no longer providing or making available to its employees health benefits plan coverage which includes dependents; and d. Withhold from the obligor's compensation the obligor's share, if any, of premiums for health benefits plan coverage for the obligor and the obligor's dependent and pay the withheld amount to the health benefits plan carrier or administrator, as appropriate, subject to federal regulations. The amount withheld shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted to be withheld under section 303(b) of the federal "Consumer Credit Protection Act," 15 U.S.C. 1673(b). L.1995,c.287,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:42-84.5 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 42 / Section 42-84.5
Exemptions from rent control, leveling, stabilization; legislative intent
Status: in_force

5. a. It is the intent of P.L.1987, c.153 (C.2A:42-84.1 et seq.), that the exemption from rent control or rent leveling ordinances afforded under P.L.1987, c.153 (C.2A:42-84.1 et seq.) shall apply to any form of rent control, rent leveling or rent stabilization, whether adopted now or in the future, and by whatever name or title adopted, which would limit in any manner the periodic or regular increases in base rentals of dwelling units of multiple dwellings constructed after the effective date of P.L.1987, c.153 (C.2A:42-84.1 et seq.). No municipality, county or other political subdivision of the State, or agency or instrumentality thereof, shall adopt any ordinance, resolution, or rule or regulation, or take any other action, to limit, diminish, alter or impair any exemption afforded pursuant to P.L.1987, c.153 (C.2A:42-84.1 et seq.). b. The Legislature deems it to be necessary for the public welfare to increase the supply of newly constructed rental housing to meet the need for such housing in New Jersey. In an effort to promote this new construction, the Legislature enacted P.L.1987, c.153 (C.2A:42-84.1 et seq.), the purpose of which was to exempt new construction of rental multiple dwelling units from municipal rent control so that the municipal rent control or rent leveling ordinances would not deter the new construction. Although this legislation was initially made effective only for a temporary five-year period, it was expanded for a second five-year period by P.L.1992, c.206 until 1997, and then in that year made permanent by P.L.1997, c.56. At the time P.L.1987, c.153 (C.2A:42-84.1 et seq.) was introduced, the uniform method of financing construction of new apartments was through project-based mortgage loans. There was little, if any, new construction financed in any other way. Recently, however, there has been increased utilization of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and other public companies which could potentially be an important new source of construction of rental housing in New Jersey. These entities generally do not utilize project-based mortgages but instead obtain comprehensive financing not secured by individual mortgages as a more efficient and lower cost means of financing new construction. There has been confusion as to whether new construction undertaken by REITs and other such entities would be exempted from municipal rent control under the terms of section 2 of P.L.1987, c.153 (C.2A:42-84.2) when there is no initial mortgage financing. To eliminate any confusion and to facilitate the construction of new rental units for which there is no initial mortgage financing, section 1 of P.L.1999, c.291 amends section 2 of P.L.1987, c.153 (C.2A:42-84.2) to add a subsection b. to that section in order to clarify the Legislature's intent of providing an exemption from municipal rent control ordinances, except those adopted under the authority of P.L.1966, c.168 (C.2A:42-74 et seq.), by specifying that the period of time for exemption from rent control in such instances shall be 30 years following completion of construction. L.1987,c.153,s.5; amended 1999, c.291, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:84A-26 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 84A / Section 84A-26
Trade secret
Status: in_force

Rule 32. The owner of a trade secret has a privilege, which may be claimed by him or his agent or employee, to refuse to disclose the secret and to prevent other persons from disclosing it if the judge finds that the allowance of the privilege will not tend to conceal fraud or otherwise work injustice. L.1960, c. 52, s.26, p. 459, eff. July 1, 1960.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:19-18 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 19 / Section 19-18
Assignee to sell real estate; manner of sale
Status: in_force

Whenever any assignee shall take any real estate of the assignor under a general assignment, he shall, except as hereinafter provided, proceed to sell the same, at public or private sale, in the manner prescribed for an executor or administrator directed by the court to sell lands for the payment of the debts of a decedent.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-44 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-44
Reversal of judgment or execution; effect as to purchaser of real estate sold
Status: in_force

If any judgment or execution, the execution having been recorded as required by law, by virtue whereof a sale shall be made of real estate, shall be reversed, such reversal shall only operate against the respondent on review, his heirs, executors and administrators, to compel compensation to be made to the party aggrieved to the full value of the real estate so sold, and shall not be given in evidence, or be of any force or avail against any bona fide purchaser under such judgment or execution; but such purchaser, his heirs and assigns, shall hold the real estate so bona fide purchased, notwithstanding such reversal, if it be after such purchase.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:152-19 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 152 / Section 152-19
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect January 1, 1957. L.1956, c. 134, p. 556, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:160-32 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 160 / Section 160-32
Application to governor for requisition; by whom made; contents; verification of application; execution in duplicate; certified copies of indictment, information and affidavit filed, or complaint to accompany application; copy filed with secretary of state; copy forwarded with requisition
Status: in_force

1. When the return to this state of a person charged with crime in this state is required, the prosecuting attorney shall present to the governor his written application for a requisition for the return of the person charged, in which application shall be stated the name of the person so charged, the crime charged against him, the approximate time, place and circumstances of its commission, the state in which he is believed to be, including the location of the accused therein at the time the application is made and certifying that, in the opinion of the said prosecuting attorney, the ends of justice require the arrest and return of the accused to this state for trial and that the proceeding is not instituted to enforce a private claim. 2. When the return to this state is required of a person who has been convicted of a crime in this state and has escaped from confinement or broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the offense was committed, the parole board, or the warden of the institution or sheriff of the county from which escape was made, shall present to the governor a written application for a requisition for the return of such person, in which application shall be stated the name of the person, the crime of which he was convicted, the circumstances of his escape from confinement or of the breach of the terms of his bail, probation or parole, the state in which he is believed to be, including the location of the person therein at the time application is made. 3. The application shall be verified by affidavit, shall be executed in duplicate and shall be accompanied by 2 certified copies of the indictment returned, or information and affidavit filed, or of the complaint made to the judge or magistrate, stating the offense with which the accused is charged, or of the judgment of conviction or of the sentence. The prosecuting officer, parole board, warden or sheriff may also attach such further affidavits and other documents in duplicate as he or it shall deem proper to be submitted with such application. One copy of the application, with the action of the governor indicated by indorsement thereon, and 1 of the certified copies of the indictment, complaint, information, and affidavits, or of the judgment of conviction or of the sentence shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state to remain of record in that office. The other copies of all papers shall be forwarded with the governor's requisition.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:160-5 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 160 / Section 160-5
Return of person extradited from and imprisoned in another state to such state in certain cases
Status: in_force

If any person charged with the crime of murder in this state is undergoing imprisonment in any other state, territory or district of the United States for a term less than imprisonment for life, and the governor of this state shall make demand for the return to this state of the person so charged, the governor may agree with the executive authority of such state, territory or district that, if the person so charged shall, on his trial in this state, be acquitted, or shall be convicted of the crime of manslaughter, or any degree of murder the punishment for which is less than death or imprisonment for life, such person shall be returned immediately to such other state, territory or district, at the expense of this state. The costs incident to the return of such person shall be borne by the county in which such person was tried for the crime of murder. This section shall be subject to the provisions of the constitution of the United States controlling, and the acts of congress enacted in pursuance thereof.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-61.31 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-61.31
Rent increase restrictions
Status: in_force

In a municipality which does not have a rent control ordinance in effect, no evidence of increased costs which are solely the result of the conversion, including but not limited to any increase in financing or carrying costs, and which do not add services or amenities not previously provided shall be used as a basis to establish the reasonableness of a rent increase under section 2f. of P.L. 1974, c. 49 (C. 2A:18-61.1). In a municipality which has a rent control ordinance in effect, a rent increase for a tenant with a protected tenancy status, or for any tenant to whom notice of termination pursuant to section 3g. of P.L. 1974, c. 49 (C. 2A:18-61.2) has been given, shall not exceed the increase authorized by the ordinance for rent controlled units. Increased costs which are solely the result of a conversion, including but not limited to any increase in financing or carrying costs, and which do not add services or amenities not previously provided shall not be passed directly through to these tenants as surcharges or pass-throughs on the rent, shall not be used as the basis for a rent increase, and shall not be used as a basis for an increase in a fair return or hardship hearing before a municipal rent board or on any appeal from such determination. L. 1981, c. 226, s. 10; amended by L. 1987, c. 287, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 2B:12-38 — NJ Code / Title 2B / Chapter 12 / Section 12-38
Certain regional municipal courts to begin hearing cases.
Status: in_force

5. Any regional municipal court established in a county that is included in the pilot program pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.2021, c.191 (C.2B:12-34), because that qualified county considered municipal court consolidation on a county-wide basis prior to the enactment of P.L.2021, c.191 (C.2B:12-34 et seq.) and submitted information on that previous consideration to the Administrative Director of the Courts, shall begin hearing cases no later than January 1, 2022, and any regional municipal court in any other qualified county selected by the Administrative Director of the Courts for the pilot program shall begin hearing cases no later than one year following enactment.
L.2021, c.191, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-51 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-51
Tenancy created by agent; termination by owner; recovery of possession or rentals
Status: in_force

2A:18-51. If real estate is leased by an agent of the owner thereof, in his own name or as agent, the owner, his assignee or grantee may terminate the tenancy as the agent might do. The owner or his duly authorized agent, assignee or grantee may institute and maintain proceedings to recover the possession or the rentals thereof in their own names or in the name of the former agent, in the same manner and with the same effect as though the real estate had been leased in their own names. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.63.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4-30.193 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-30.193
Foreign support agreement.
Status: in_force

70. Foreign support agreement. a. Except as otherwise provided in subsections c. and d., a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this State. b. An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement shall be accompanied by: (1) a complete text of the foreign support agreement; and (2) a record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country. c. A tribunal of this State may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy. d. In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this State may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds: (1) recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy; (2) the agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification; (3) the agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this State, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this act in this State; or (4) the record submitted under subsection b. lacks authenticity or integrity. e. A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement shall be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country. L.2016, c.1, s.70.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:66-3 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-3
Assessment of property by court; lien of assessment; exception
Status: in_force

If, in a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ to review an assessment for a local or public improvement, the assessment is set aside or reversed only as to the plaintiff in such proceeding, and the property in which such assessment was assessed is in fact liable to assessment in respect to the purpose for which such assessment was made, the superior court shall, upon application for that purpose, determine for what sum such property is liable to be assessed, and by its judgment fix the amount of such assessment. The assessment so fixed shall be and remain a first lien upon such property and collectible in the same manner as the balance of the original assessment. This section shall not apply to any assessment set aside or reversed more than three years prior to the making of the application.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:50-2.4 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 50 / Section 50-2.4
Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision or section of this act shall be held to be unconstitutional, said provision or section shall be exscinded and the remainder of the provisions and sections of the act as amended or supplemented shall be and remain valid with the same effect as if said provision so held to be unconstitutional had never been a part of the act. L.1979, c. 286, s. 14.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:62-20 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-20
Persons entitled to maintain action
Status: in_force

A person in the peaceable possession of lands in this state, claiming ownership thereof in fee simple under a deed therefor, or by or under descent or devise from the grantee thereof, which deed contains no covenants, conditions or agreements for the forfeiture and payment of money or penalties on breach thereof, or restrictions therein, may, when it is claimed or asserted by anyone that such lands are subject to covenants, conditions or agreements for the forfeiture and payment of money or penalties on breach thereof, or restrictions, contained in earlier deeds in the chain of title, and no action is pending to enforce or test the existence or validity of such covenants, conditions, agreements or restrictions, maintain an action in the superior court to settle the existence and validity thereof, and to clear up all doubts and disputes concerning the same.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:44-5 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 44 / Section 44-5
Process out of court; aircraft delivered to owner
Status: in_force

When the amount claimed to be due and the costs are deposited with the clerk of the court as provided in section 2A:44-4 of this title, the claimant shall be entitled to possession of such aircraft or part thereof pursuant to process out of said court.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:40-6 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-6
Informer action to recover money or property lost at gaming; limitation; costs
Status: in_force

If the person who shall lose and pay such money, or lose and deliver such thing or things as aforesaid, shall not, within the time aforesaid, without collusion, sue for the money or other thing or things so lost and paid, or delivered, any other person may sue for and recover the same, with costs of suit, from such winner, depositary or stakeholder as aforesaid; the one moiety thereof to the use of the person suing for the same, and the other moiety to the use of the state; provided the action is instituted within 6 calendar months from and after the expiration of the time limited in section 2A:40-5 of this title for the loser to sue for the same.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:160-24 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 160 / Section 160-24
Bail of accused for appearance, when authorized; bond or undertaking; surrender of accused to be arrested on warrant
Status: in_force

Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment under the laws of the state in which it was committed, a judge or magistrate in this state may admit the person arrested to bail by bond or undertaking, with sufficient sureties, and in such sum as he deems proper, conditioned for his appearance before him at a time specified in such bond or undertaking, and for his surrender, to be arrested upon the warrant of the governor of this state.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:42A-2 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 42A / Section 42A-2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in P.L.1968, c.73 (C.2A:42A-2 et seq.): "All-terrain vehicle" means a motor vehicle, designed to travel over any terrain, of a type possessing between three and six non-highway tires, but shall not include golf carts. "Dirt bike" means a motor powered vehicle possessing two or more tires, designed to travel over any terrain and capable of traveling off of paved roads, whether or not the vehicle is subject to registration with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. "Snowmobile" means any motor vehicle, designed primarily to travel over ice or snow, of a type which uses sled type runners, skis, an endless belt tread, cleats or any combination of these or other similar means of contact with the surface upon which it is operated, but does not include any farm tractor, highway or other construction equipment, or any military vehicle. "Sport and recreational activities" means and includes: hunting; fishing; trapping; horseback riding; training of dogs; hiking; camping; picnicking; swimming; skating; skiing; sledding; tobogganing; operating or riding snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles or dirt bikes; and any other outdoor sport, game and recreational activity including practice and instruction in any of these activities. L.1968, c.73, s.1; amended 1991, c.496, s.1; 2015, s.155, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:21-27.3 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 21 / Section 21-27.3
Revocation or reduction of penalty assessment.
Status: in_force

10. Revocation or reduction of penalty assessment. The court shall not revoke or reduce a penalty imposed pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1999, c.25 (C.2C:21-27.2). An anti-money laundering profiteering penalty imposed pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1999, c.25 (C.2C:21-27.2) shall not be deemed a fine for purposes of N.J.S.2C:46-3. L.1999,c.25,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:61-13 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 61 / Section 61-13
Conveyances by public or municipal authority; collateral attack
Status: in_force

The provisions of section 2A:61-12 of this title shall apply to all deeds, declarations of sale and conveyance, duly acknowledged or proved, heretofore or hereafter made by or under the authority of any public or municipal authority, authorized or empowered by any law of this state to make and execute or to direct the making and execution of any deed, declaration of sale or conveyance; and the proceedings upon which such deeds, declarations of sale and conveyances are founded shall not be subject to be questioned collaterally, but may be, at any time, reviewed by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ or other proper proceedings.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:158-21 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 158 / Section 158-21
Prohibited political activity of county prosecutors, assistant prosecutors or legal assistants
Status: in_force

No county prosecutor, assistant prosecutor or legal assistant to a prosecutor, while holding any such office or position, shall (1) be a candidate for election to, or hold, any elective public office or any office or position with any political party or club, or (2) in connection with the candidacy of any person for public office, sign or authorize the use of his name in connection with political or campaign literature or material, or print or publish in order to distribute such political or campaign literature or material; provided, however, that the prohibition against holding office contained in this act shall not prevent any individual, holding or filling any such office as of the effective date of this act, from completing any term of office for which he has heretofore been elected or chosen; and provided further that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit any such prosecutor, assistant prosecutor or legal assistant from being a candidate for election to, or from holding, the office or position of delegate or alternate to the national convention of any political party. L.1964, c. 168, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:45-6 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 45 / Section 45-6
Program to record, analyze recidivism of persons sentenced to probation.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall establish a program to record and analyze the recidivism of all persons sentenced to a period of probation pursuant to N.J.S.2C:43-2 and N.J.S.2C:45-1 et seq. The purpose of this program shall be to assist in measuring the effectiveness of the State's rehabilitation initiatives and programs. b. The program shall record data regarding types of crimes committed by offenders that result in a sentence of probation, the arrests for all offenses committed by probationers within three years following their sentence of probation and any convictions resulting from the arrests, crimes committed while on probation, the number of repeat offenders and the number of probationers concurrently serving a parole sentence. These data shall be analyzed to determine whether the rates and nature of rearrests and convictions differ according to the criminal histories and personal characteristics of probationers, the treatment they received during the period of probation, participation and involvement in rehabilitation initiatives and programs, and such other factors as may be relevant to the purposes of this section, including, but not limited to, race, gender, ethnicity, and age. c. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall prepare and disseminate to the public annual reports summarizing the recidivism rates, patterns, and other findings and analyses resultant of the information gathered pursuant to this section. These reports shall include summaries of the treatment received by the probationers and shall make recommendations concerning the effectiveness of the rehabilitation initiatives and programs. These reports shall be available to the general public and shall not contain personally identifying information. To facilitate the accessibility of these reports to the general public, the administrative director shall, to the greatest extent possible, utilize the Internet. d. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall annually prepare and transmit to the Governor and the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), the reports prepared, along with any recommendations the Administrative Office of the Courts may have for legislation to improve the effectiveness of the State's rehabilitation initiatives and programs. L.2015, c.144, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4-30.167 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-30.167
Administrative enforcement of orders.
Status: in_force

44. Administrative enforcement of orders. a. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this State. b. Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this State to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this act. L.2016, c.1, s.44.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:67-22 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 67 / Section 67-22
Contents of return; verification
Status: in_force

The return shall set forth, fully and explicitly, whether the defendant has or has not the party in his power or custody or under his restraint and, if he has, the authority and true cause of the confinement or restraint. If a party is detained by virtue of any writ, warrant or other written authority, a copy thereof shall be annexed to the return. If the party, upon whom the writ shall have been served, shall have had the party in his power or custody or under his restraint, but shall have transferred such custody or restraint to another, the return shall set forth fully the facts relating thereto. The return shall be verified unless the same is made by a public officer in his official capacity.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:33-29 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 33 / Section 33-29
Crime of gang criminality; "criminal street gang" defined; grading of offense.
Status: in_force

1. a. A person is guilty of the crime of gang criminality if, while knowingly involved in criminal street gang activity, he commits, attempts to commit, or conspires to commit, whether as a principal or an accomplice, any crime specified in chapters 11 through 18, 20, 33, 35 or 37 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes; N.J.S.2C:34-1; N.J.S.2C:39-3; N.J.S.2C:39-4; section 1 of P.L.1998, c.26 (C.2C:39-4.1); N.J.S.2C:39-5; or N.J.S.2C:39-9. A crime is committed while involved in a criminal street gang related activity if the crime was committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal street gang. "Criminal street gang" means three or more persons associated in fact. Individuals are associated in fact if: (1) two of the following seven criteria that indicate criminal street gang membership apply: (a) self-proclamation; (b) witness testimony or official statement; (c) written or electronic correspondence; (d) paraphernalia or photographs; (e) tattoos; (f) clothing or colors; (g) any other indicia of street gang activity; and (2) individually or in combination with other members of a criminal street gang, while engaging in gang related activity, have committed or conspired or attempted to commit, within the preceding five years from the date of the present offense, excluding any period of imprisonment, one or more offenses on separate occasions of robbery, carjacking, aggravated assault, assault, aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, arson, burglary, kidnapping, extortion, tampering with witnesses and informants or a violation of chapter 11, section 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 of chapter 35 or chapter 39 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes. b. Grading. Gang criminality is a crime of one degree higher than the most serious underlying crime referred to in subsection a. of this section, except that where the underlying crime is a crime of the first degree, gang criminality is a first degree crime and the defendant, upon conviction, and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:43-6, shall be sentenced to an ordinary term of imprisonment between 15 and 30 years. A sentence imposed upon conviction of the crime of gang criminality shall be ordered to be served consecutively to the sentence imposed upon conviction of any underlying offense referred to in subsection a. of this section. L.2007, c.341, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:15-6 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 15 / Section 15-6
Written notice of pendency of action; contents
Status: in_force

2A:15-6. In every action, instituted in any court of this State having civil jurisdiction or in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the object of which is to enforce a lien upon real estate or to affect the title to real estate or a lien or encumbrance thereon, plaintiff or his attorney shall, after the filing of the complaint, file in the office of the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, of the county in which the affected real estate is situate, a written notice of the pendency of the action, which shall set forth the title and the general object thereof, with a description of the affected real estate. No notice of lis pendens shall be filed under this article in an action to recover a judgment for money or damages only. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1960,c.159; 1993,c.318,s.39.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:98-3 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 98 / Section 98-3
Allocations
Status: in_force

Pending enactment of acts to revise, repeal or to compile the same in Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, the following sections, acts or parts of acts, together with all amendments and supplements thereto, shall remain in full force and effect for use, administration and enforcement as heretofore: New Jersey Statutes sections: 2A:127-4; 2A:149-1; 2A:151-10 and 2A:151-11; 2A:152-1; 2A:152-2; 2A:152-3; 2A:152-4; 2A:152-12; 2A:152-13; 2A:153-1 to 2A:153-3 both inclusive; 2A:154-1 to 2A:154-3 both inclusive; 2A:155-1 to 2A:156-4 both inclusive; 2A:157-1 to 2A:158-1 both inclusive; 2A:158-2 to 2A:158-10 both inclusive; 2A:158-13; 2A:158-15; 2A:158-16; 2A:158-18; 2A:158-19 and 2A:158-20; 2A:160-1 to 2A:162-8 both inclusive; 2A:163-1; 2A:164-1; 2A:164-24; 2A:166-8 to 2A:166-10 both inclusive; 2A:166-12 and 2A:166-13; 2A:166-17 to 2A:166-19 both inclusive; 2A:167-4 to 2A:167-12 both inclusive; 2A:168-5 to 2A:168-17 both inclusive; 2A:169-3; 2A:170-20; 2A:170-51; 2A:170-77; 2A:170-78 to 2A:170-85 both inclusive; 2A:170-91 and 2A:170-92; Pamphlet Laws: Laws of 1952, c. 121 (C. 2A:96-5); Laws of 1966, c. 12 (C. 2A:96-5.1); Laws of 1957, c. 182 (C. 2A:102-13 to C. 2A:102-17 both inclusive); Laws of 1952, c. 95 (C. 2A:108-9); Laws of 1953, c. 267 (C. 2A:123-3 to C. 2A:123-15 both inclusive); Laws of 1971, c. 412 (C. 2A:150A-1 to C. 2A:150A-5 both inclusive); Laws of 1973, c. 354 (C. 2A:150A-6); Laws of 1956, c. 134 (C. 2A:152-17 to C. 2A:152-19 both inclusive); Laws of 1968, c. 427 (C. 2A:154-4); Laws of 1967, c. 171 (C. 2A:153-4); Laws of 1968, c. 409 (C. 2A:156A-1 to C. 2A:156A-26); Laws of 1970, c. 6 (C. 2A:158-1.1 and C. 2A:158-1.2); Laws of 1970, c. 6 (C. 2A:158-15.1 and C. 2A:158-15.2); Laws of 1957, c. 128 (C. 2A:158-16.1); Laws of 1953, c. 307 (C. 2A:158-18.1 and C. 2A:158-18.2); Laws of 1964, c. 168 (C. 2A:158-21); Laws of 1967, c. 43 (C. 2A:158A-1 to C. 2A:158A-5 both inclusive); Laws of 1974, c. 33 (C. 2A:158A-5.1 and C. 2A:158A-5.2); Laws of 1967, c. 43 (C. 2A:158A-6 to C. 2A:158A-20 both inclusive); Laws of 1967, c. 43 (C. 2A:158A-22); Laws of 1968, c. 371 (C. 2A:158A-23 to C. 2A:158A-25 both inclusive); Laws of 1958, c. 12 (C. 2A:159A-1 to 2A:159A-15 both inclusive); Laws of 1952, c. 163 (C. 2A:162-9 and C. 2A:162-10); Laws of 1960, c. 24 (C. 2A:166A-1 to 2A:166A-4 both inclusive); Laws of 1953, c. 83 (C. 2A:168-18 to C. 2A:168-25 both inclusive); Laws of 1968, c. 282 (C. 2A:168A-1 to C. 2A:168A-3 both inclusive); Laws of 1954, c. 181 (C. 2A:170-20.1 to C. 2A:170-20.4 both inclusive); Laws of 1956, c. 230 (C. 2A:170-20.9 and C. 2A:170-20.10); Laws of 1975, c. 183 (C. 2A:170-20.11 and C. 2A:170-20.12); Laws of 1952, c. 106 (C. 2A:170-25.1); Laws of 1965, c. 41 (C. 2A:170-25.9 to C. 2A:170-25.13 both inclusive); Laws of 1972, c. 143 (C. 2A:170-25.17); Laws of 1955, c. 48 (C. 2A:170-77.2); Laws of 1962, c. 174 (C. 2A:170-77.2a and C. 2A:170-77.2b); Laws of 1955, c. 277 (C. 2A:170-77.3 to C. 2A:170-77.7 both inclusive); Laws of 1962, c. 113 (C. 2A:170-77.8 to C. 2A:170-77.11 both inclusive); Laws of 1964, c. 230 (C. 2A:170-77.12 to C. 2A:170-77.14 both inclusive); Laws of 1966, c. 314 (C. 2A:170-77.15); Laws of 1977, c. 215 (C. 2A:170-77.16 to C. 2A:170-77.18 both inclusive); Laws of 1966, c. 114 (C. 2A:170-90.1 and C. 2A:170-90.2); Laws of 1975, c. 182 (C. 2A:170-90.3 to C. 2A:170-90.5 both inclusive); Laws of 1955, c. 254 (C. 2A:171-1.1 and C. 2A:171-1.2); Laws of 1959, c. 119 (C. 2A:171-5.8 to C. 2A:171-5.18 both inclusive). L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:98-3, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by L.1979, c. 178, s. 146, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:156A-11 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 156A / Section 156A-11
Orders affecting public and certain private communication facilities; privileged communications
Status: in_force

11. If the facilities from which a wire or electronic communication is to be intercepted are public, no order shall be issued unless the court, in addition to the matters provided in section 10 of P.L.1968, c.409 (C.2A:156A-10), determines that there is a special need to intercept wire or electronic communications over such facilities. If the facilities from which, or the place where, the wire, electronic or oral communications are to be intercepted are being used, or are about to be used, or are leased to, listed in the name of, or commonly used by, a licensed physician, a licensed practicing psychologist, an attorney-at-law, a practicing clergyman, or a newspaperman, or is a place used primarily for habitation by a husband and wife, no order shall be issued unless the court, in addition to the matters provided in section 10 of P.L.1968, c.409 (C.2A:156A-10), determines that there is a special need to intercept wire, electronic or oral communications over such facilities or in such places. Special need as used in this section shall require in addition to the matters required by section 10 of P.L.1968, c.409 (C.2A:156A-10), a showing that the licensed physician, licensed practicing psychologist, attorney-at-law, practicing clergyman or newspaperman is personally engaging in or was engaged in over a period of time as a part of a continuing criminal activity or is committing, has or had committed or is about to commit an offense as provided in section 8 of P.L.1968, c.409 (C.2A:156A-8) or that the public facilities or the place used primarily for habitation by a husband and wife are being regularly used by someone who is personally engaging in or was engaged in over a period of time as a part of a continuing criminal activity or is committing, has or had committed or is about to commit such an offense. No otherwise privileged wire, electronic or oral communication intercepted in accordance with, or in violation of, the provisions of this act, shall lose its privileged character. L.1968,c.409,s.11; amended 1975,c.131,s.7; 1978,c.51,s.4; 1993,c.29,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:53A-16 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 53A / Section 53A-16
Parental liability for certain acts of minor.
Status: in_force

1. The parents of any minor who shall maliciously or willfully injure any property of a railroad, street railway, traction railway or autobus public utility shall be liable for damages in the amount of the injury to a limit of $5,000, to be collected by the property owner in the Superior Court, together with costs of suit. L.1970,c.246,s.1; amended 2001, c.413, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:33-23 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 33 / Section 33-23
Remedy where rent apportionable
Status: in_force

Wherever rent is legally or equitably apportionable between successive owners or landlords or their representatives, any person entitled to a proportion of such rent shall be entitled to distrain therefor in the same manner as though such person was entitled to receive the full rent.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-56 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-56
Limitation on amount specified in execution.
Status: in_force

2A:17-56. a. In no case shall the amount specified in an execution issued out of any court against the wages, debts, earnings, salary, income from trust funds or profits due and owing, or which may thereafter become due and owing to a judgment debtor, exceed 10%, unless the income of such debtor shall exceed 250 % of the poverty level for an individual taking into account the size of the individual's family, in which case the court out of which the execution shall issue may order a larger percentage. b. Notwithstanding subsection a. or any other law to the contrary, for all wage execution applications filed by the State pursuant to subsection b. of N.J.S.2A:17-50 after the effective date of P.L.2005, c.124 (C.2A:16-11.1 et al.), the State may seek a wage execution of up to 25% of the debtor's gross earnings, provided that after the execution the debtor's income will not be less than 250 % of the poverty level for an individual taking into account the size of the individual's family. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to violate any provision of federal law. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1970, c.287, ss.1,3; 2005, c.124, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:39-18 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 39 / Section 39-18
Inapplicability.
Status: in_force

4. The provisions of P.L.2018, c.39 (C.2C:39-17 et al.) shall not apply to the possession of a large capacity ammunition magazine solely used as a prop for a motion picture, television, or video production, provided the large capacity ammunition magazine has been reconfigured to fire blank ammunition and remains under the control of a federal firearms license holder. L.2018, c.39, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4A-81 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-81
Other referrals
Status: in_force

a. The juvenile-family crisis intervention unit shall also receive referrals on a continuous basis in situations where a juvenile-family crisis exists and there has been either: (1) A request by a parent or juvenile for intervention; or (2) A referral by a public or private agency, educational institution, or any other organization serving children, which has contact with the juvenile or family, and has reasonable cause to believe that a family crisis exists. b. Any agency or organization making such a referral shall indicate whether their agency is capable of providing the appropriate services to the family or juvenile and indicate their present ability and willingness to do so in the particular case referred. c. Any public agency making the referral which is under a legal obligation to provide services to the family or juvenile, shall, where it is unable to provide appropriate services in the particular case referred, state the reasons therefor. L.1982, c. 80, s. 6, eff. Dec. 31, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:37-5 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-5
Certificate of sale; payment of purchase price
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall give to the purchaser at the sale a certificate, containing the name of the purchaser, a description of the boundaries of the real estate purchased and the price to be paid therefor. Within 30 days after the delivery to him of the certificate the purchaser shall pay to the state treasurer the price designated in the certificate, and the state treasurer shall thereupon indorse upon the certificate a receipt for the purchase price.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:166-17 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 166 / Section 166-17
No fees or costs payable to judge or officer receiving salary
Status: in_force

No fees or costs shall be paid by the county treasurer for the services of any judge, magistrate or officer of any criminal court, where such judge, magistrate or officer receives a salary.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:25-32.3 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 25 / Section 25-32.3
Sentencing.
Status: in_force

3. Pursuant to the pilot program established by P.L.2025, c.291 (C.2C:25-32.1 et al.), whenever a defendant is convicted of contempt of a domestic violence order entered pursuant to P.L.1981, c.426 (C.2C:25-1 et al.) or P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-17 et al.), the court may, in addition to any other disposition: a. sentence the defendant to electronic monitoring with victim notification for a period of time not to exceed the expiration of the pilot program established pursuant to P.L.2025, c.291 (C.2C:25-32.1 et al.); or b. sentence the defendant to probation and, concurrent to a disposition of probation, order electronic monitoring with victim notification. L.2025, c.291, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-39 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 82 / Section 82-39
Interpretation and construction
Status: in_force

This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose of making uniform the law of those states which enact it.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
N.J. Stat. § 2C:43-13.8 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 43 / Section 43-13.8
Conditional dismissal assessment, restitution and other assessments.
Status: in_force

8. Conditional Dismissal Assessment, Restitution and Other Assessments. A defendant applying for admission to the conditional dismissal program pursuant to P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.1 et al.) shall pay to the court an application fee of $75 which, upon collection, shall be deposited into the "Municipal Court Diversion Fund" established pursuant to section 9 of P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.9). Monies in the fund shall be used to defray the cost of intake and monitoring services related to the defendant's participation in the conditional dismissal program as provided by the Probation Division of the Superior Court. If admitted into the program, the defendant shall be required to pay any restitution, costs, and other mandatory assessments that would have been imposed by law for a conviction of the offense charged. A municipal court judge may impose an assessment, based on the nature of the offense and the character of the defendant, that shall not exceed the amount of a fine that would have been imposed for conviction of the offense charged. Such assessment shall be distributed in the same manner as a fine for the offense charged. A defendant shall be advised of these financial conditions prior to seeking entry into the program. A defendant may apply for a waiver of the fee, by reason of poverty, pursuant to the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey, or the court may permit the defendant to pay the conditional dismissal fee and other assessments in installments or may order other alternatives pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2009, c.317 (C.2B:12-23.1). L.2013, c.158, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:19-33 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 19 / Section 19-33
Assignee to proceed to make dividends
Status: in_force

If no exceptions to any claim or demand are filed, or in case any exceptions are filed, then after they have been adjudicated or settled, the assignee shall proceed to make, from time to time, fair and equal dividends among said creditors from the assets which shall come to hand in proportion to their claims.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:12-5.2 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-5.2
Annual report to Legislature.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Administrative Director of the Courts, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall submit an annual report to the Legislature evaluating the effectiveness of the school-based probation program. The report shall include, but need not be limited to: information on the cost-effectiveness of the program as compared to the more traditional model of juvenile probation; the methods by which the confidentiality of the child involved in the program has been protected and any information-sharing protocols which have been developed between school and probation staff; information on the impact of the program in such areas as drop-out rates, disciplinary referrals, tardiness, absenteeism and academic performance; recommendations as to the preferred model or models of school-based probation to implement on a Statewide basis or any specific parameters of the program that should be mandated; and any other recommendations regarding the expansion of the program. b. For the purposes of compiling the report required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the Administrative Director of the Courts shall have access to the pupil record of any child who has been assigned to school-based probation. Information which is provided to the Administrative Director of the Courts pursuant to this subsection regarding a student who has been assigned to school-based probation shall be used under strict conditions of anonymity and confidentiality. No liability shall attach to any member, officer or employee of any board of education for the furnishing of any pupil records pursuant to this subsection. L.2001,c.406,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:156A-19 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 156A / Section 156A-19
Unlawful use, disclosure, third degree crime
Status: in_force

19. Except as specifically authorized pursuant to this act any person who knowingly uses or discloses the existence of an order authorizing interception of a wire, electronic or oral communication or the contents of, or information concerning, an intercepted wire, electronic or oral communication or evidence derived therefrom, is guilty of a crime of the third degree. L.1968,c.409,s.19; amended 1989,c 85,s.5; 1993,c.29,s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:21-7 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 21 / Section 21-7
Deceptive business practices
Status: in_force

Deceptive business practices. A person commits an offense if in the course of business he: a. Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure, or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity; b. Sells, offers or exposes for sale, or delivers less than the represented quantity of any commodity or service; c. Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any commodity or service when as buyer he furnishes the weight or measure; d. Sells, offers or exposes for sale adulterated or mislabeled commodities; e. Makes a false or misleading statement in any advertisement addressed to the public or to a substantial segment thereof for the purpose of promoting the purchase or sale of property or services; f. Deleted by amendment (P.L.1981, c. 290). g. Deleted by amendment (P.L.1981, c. 290). h. Makes a false or misleading written statement for the purpose of obtaining property or credit; or i. Makes a false or misleading written statement for the purpose of promoting the sale of securities, or omits information required by law to be disclosed in written documents relating to securities. The offense is a crime of the fourth degree if subsection h. or i. is violated. Otherwise it is a disorderly persons offense. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section if the defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that his conduct was not knowingly or recklessly deceptive. "Adulterated" means varying from the standard of composition or quality prescribed by or pursuant to any statute providing criminal penalties for such variance, or set by established commercial usage. "Mislabeled" means varying from the standard of truth or disclosure in labeling prescribed by or pursuant to any statute providing criminal penalties for such variance, or set by established commercial usage. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:21-7, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by L.1979, c. 178, s. 36A, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; L.1981, c. 290, s. 23A, eff. Sept. 24, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 2B:12-32 — NJ Code / Title 2B / Chapter 12 / Section 12-32
Purging of records for violators of certain municipal ordinances.
Status: in_force

1. a. Upon a court ruling that a municipal ordinance is unconstitutional, or approving a settlement of a civil action contesting the constitutionality of a municipal ordinance and when the ruling is considered final because the time for appeal has expired: (1) the municipality that enacted the ordinance and any judicial or law enforcement agency or agency in the criminal justice system that maintains a written or automated record or file concerning the subject of the order shall purge that record or file of all information identifying any person arrested, charged or convicted of violating the ordinance; (2) the municipality shall notify any person arrested, charged or convicted of violating the ordinance that such record or file has been purged; and (3) the municipality shall refund any fines, penalties or court costs paid by any person arrested, charged or convicted of violating the ordinance. The refund shall not be required in any case where, by settlement of a civil action contesting the constitutionality of the ordinance, the person has received or will receive monetary compensation in an amount equal to or greater than any fines, penalties or court costs the person paid. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, purging of identifying information pursuant to this act shall not require any action by the defendant or the payment of any fee. c. The Supreme Court of New Jersey may adopt rules and the Administrative Director of the Courts may issue directives and guidelines to be followed by municipal courts to implement the purposes of this act. d. The Attorney General may issue any guidelines which may be necessary concerning procedures for law enforcement agencies or any agency in the criminal justice system for purging records or files of municipal ordinance violations as required by this act. L.2000,c.108,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:47-5 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 47 / Section 47-5
Parole
Status: in_force

2C:47-5. Parole
a. Any offender committed to confinement under the terms of this chapter shall become eligible for parole consideration upon referral to the State Parole Board of the offender's case by a special classification review board appointed by the commissioner. The referral shall be based on the determination by the special classification review board that the offender has achieved a satisfactory level of progress in sex offender treatment. The offender shall be released on parole unless the State Parole Board determines that the information supplied in the report filed pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C. 30:4-123.54) or developed or produced at a hearing held pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.55) indicates by a preponderance of the evidence that the offender has failed to cooperate in his or her own rehabilitation or that there is a reasonable expectation that the offender will violate conditions of parole imposed pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.59) if released on parole at that time. b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1998, c.73.) c. Any offender paroled pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes governing parole and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. d. When an offender confined under the terms of this chapter has not been paroled in accordance with subsection a. of this section and is scheduled for release, not less than 90 days prior to the date of the offender's scheduled release the Chief Executive Officer shall: (1) Notify the Attorney General and the prosecutor of the county from which the offender was committed of the scheduled release; (2) Provide the Attorney General and the county prosecutor with the officer's opinion as to whether the offender may be "in need of involuntary commitment" within the meaning of section 2 of P.L. 1987, c. 116 (C. 30:4-27.2) and as to whether the person may be a "sexually violent predator" within the meaning of section 3 of P.L.1998, c.71 (C.30:4-27.26); and (3) Without regard to classification as confidential pursuant to regulations of the State Parole Board or the Department of Corrections, provide the Attorney General and county prosecutor with all reports, records and assessments relevant to determining whether the offender is "in need of involuntary commitment" and whether the person is a "sexually violent predator." All information received shall be deemed confidential and shall be disclosed only as provided in section 4 of P.L.1994, c.134 (C.30:4-82.4). e. Upon receipt of the notice, advice and information required by subsection d. of this section, the Attorney General or county prosecutor shall proceed as provided in section 4 of P.L.1994,c.134 (C.30:4-82.4) or section 5 of P.L.1998, c.71 (C.30:4-27.28), as appropriate. f. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1998, c.71). L.1978, c.95; amended 1994, c.134, s.3; 1997, c.60, s.2; 1998, c.71, s.16; 1998, c.73, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:170-51.8 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 170 / Section 170-51.8
Listing of products containing dextromethorphan on Internet website.
Status: in_force

2. The Department of Health shall include on its Internet website a comprehensive list of products that contain dextromethorphan as an active ingredient. This requirement may be satisfied by including on the Department of Health website a link to the list of products containing dextromethorphan as an active ingredient that is published by the National Institutes of Health, provided that such list is current and accurate. L.2015, c.114, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2B:10-8 — NJ Code / Title 2B / Chapter 10 / Section 10-8
Determination of county tax levy
Status: in_force

8. For the purpose of determining the county tax levy upon which a county shall calculate its permissible tax levy, any amounts appropriated for the purposes described in section 6 of P.L.1993, c.275 (C.2B:10-6), shall be an exception pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1976, c.68 (C.40A:4-45.4). For the calculation of the local fiscal year 1995 permissible tax levy, the 1994 county tax levy prior to modification pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1976, c.68 (C.40A:4-45.4) shall be reduced by the base year amount calculated pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1993, c.275 (C.2B:10-5). The director is also authorized to make such adjustments to county budget cap calculations for matters unforeseen by this act, in a manner not inconsistent with the constitutional amendment authorizing this act, and section 4 of P.L.1976, c.68 (C.40A:4-45.1). L.1993,c.275,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:50-55 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 50 / Section 50-55
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Deed in lieu of foreclosure" means a voluntary, knowing and uncoerced conveyance by the residential mortgage debtor to the residential mortgage lender of all claim, interest and estate in the property subject to the mortgage. In order for a conveyance to be voluntary, the debtor shall have received notice of, and been fully apprised of the debtor's rights as specified in section 4 of this act. For purposes of this act, "voluntarily surrendered" has the same meaning as "deed in lieu of foreclosure." "Immediate family" means the debtor, the debtor's spouse, or the mother, father, sister, brother or child of the debtor or debtor's spouse. "Non-residential mortgage" means a mortgage, security interest or the like which is not a residential mortgage. If a mortgage document includes separate tracts or properties, those portions of the mortgage document covering the non-residential tracts or properties shall be a non-residential mortgage. "Obligation" means a promissory note, bond or other similar evidence of a duty to pay. "Office" means the Office of Foreclosure within the Administrative Office of the Courts. "Residential mortgage" means a mortgage, security interest or the like, in which the security is a residential property such as a house, real property or condominium, which is occupied, or is to be occupied, by the debtor, who is a natural person, or a member of the debtor's immediate family, as that person's residence. This act shall apply to all residential mortgages wherever made, which have as their security such a residence in the State of New Jersey, provided that the real property which is the subject of the mortgage shall not have more than four dwelling units, one of which shall be, or is planned to be, occupied by the debtor or a member of the debtor's immediate family as the debtor's or member's residence at the time the loan is originated. "Residential mortgage debtor" or "debtor" means any person shown on the record of the residential mortgage lender as being obligated to pay the obligation secured by the residential mortgage. "Residential mortgage lender" or "lender" means any person, corporation, or other entity which makes or holds a residential mortgage, and any person, corporation or other entity to which such residential mortgage is assigned. "Servicer" means the person, corporation or other entity responsible for servicing a residential mortgage loan, including a residential mortgage lender who makes or holds a loan if the lender also services the loan. "Servicing" means managing the mortgage loan account on a daily basis, including collecting and crediting periodic loan payments, managing escrow accounts, or enforcing the terms of the mortgage or note. "Short sale" means the sale of real property in which the lender or servicer agrees to release the lien that is secured by a residential mortgage on the property upon receipt of a lesser amount than is owed on the mortgage. L.1995, c.244, s.3; amended 2017, c.157, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:12-8 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-8
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Approved community organization" means a community organization which applies to the director for participation in the program and is approved for participation; b. "Director" means the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts; c. "Program" means the Supervised Visitation Program created pursuant to this act. L.1983, c. 424, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:28-5 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 28 / Section 28-5
Tampering with witnesses and informants; retaliation against them.
Status: in_force

2C:28-5. a. Tampering. A person commits an offense if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted or has been instituted, he knowingly engages in conduct which a reasonable person would believe would cause a witness or informant to: (1) Testify or inform falsely; (2) Withhold any testimony, information, document or thing; (3) Elude legal process summoning him to testify or supply evidence; (4) Absent himself from any proceeding or investigation to which he has been legally summoned; or (5) Otherwise obstruct, delay, prevent or impede an official proceeding or investigation. Witness tampering is a crime of the first degree if the conduct occurs in connection with an official proceeding or investigation involving any crime enumerated in subsection d. of section 2 of P.L.1997, c.117 (C.2C:43-7.2) and the actor employs force or threat of force. Witness tampering is a crime of the second degree if the actor employs force or threat of force. Otherwise it is a crime of the third degree. Privileged communications may not be used as evidence in any prosecution for violations of paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (5). b. Retaliation against witness or informant. A person commits an offense if he harms another by an unlawful act with purpose to retaliate for or on account of the service of another as a witness or informant. The offense is a crime of the second degree if the actor employs force or threat of force. Otherwise it is a crime of the third degree. c. Witness or informant taking bribe. A person commits a crime of the third degree if he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit in consideration of his doing any of the things specified in subsection a. (1) through (5) of this section. d. Bribery of a witness or informant. A person commits a crime of the second degree if he directly or indirectly offers, confers or agrees to confer upon a witness or informant any benefit in consideration of the witness or informant doing any of the things specified in subsection a. (1) through (5) of this section. e. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:1-8, N.J.S.2C:44-5 or any other provision of law, a conviction arising under this section shall not merge with a conviction of an offense that was the subject of the official proceeding or investigation and the sentence imposed pursuant to this section shall be ordered to be served consecutively to that imposed for any such conviction. Amended 1981, c.290, s.27; 1991, c.33; 2008, c.81, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:43-19 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 43 / Section 43-19
Adoption of rules at such time, or with such effective date, or without presentation at judicial conference, as may be provided in joint resolution
Status: in_force

By joint resolution adopted by the Senate and General Assembly and signed by the Governor with respect to a particular rule or rules therein specified the Supreme Court may adopt such rule or rules at such time or times, or with such effective date, or without presentation at a Judicial Conference, as may be provided in the joint resolution. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:43-19, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:44-46 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 44 / Section 44-46
Discharge of lien; procedure; fees
Status: in_force

Any hospital, nursing home, physician or dentist having filed a lien under this article, shall upon payment or release thereof, file or cause to be filed in the office of the county clerk wherein the lien is filed, a duly acknowledged certificate of such payment or release and authorizing the county clerk to discharge the lien. Thereupon such clerk shall file said certificate in the name of the injured person, and the lien shall be discharged. For this service the clerk shall be paid the fee fixed by law. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1953, c. 163, p. 1416, s. 8, eff. May 15, 1953; L.1970, c. 135, s. 7, eff. July 9, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:62A-32 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 62A / Section 62A-32
Violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

3. A person who violates the provisions of section 2 of this act shall be liable to a civil penalty of not less than $250 for the first violation, not less than $500 for the second violation, and not less than $1,000 for the third and each subsequent violation. The penalty shall be collected pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.), in a summary proceeding before the municipal court having jurisdiction. An official authorized by statute or ordinance to enforce the State or local health codes or a law enforcement officer having enforcement authority in that municipality may issue a summons for a violation of the provisions of section 2 of this act, and may serve and execute all process with respect to the enforcement of this section consistent with the Rules of Court. A penalty recovered under the provisions of this section shall be recovered by and in the name of the State by the local health agency. The penalty shall be paid into the treasury of the municipality in which the violation occurred for the general uses of the municipality. L.2005,c.346,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:162-6 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 162 / Section 162-6
Revival of judgment on forfeited recognizances; limitation
Status: in_force

Judgments in any court of record, entered upon forfeited recognizances in criminal cases, may be revived by scire facias, or a civil action may be brought thereon within 6 years next after the date of such judgment and not after.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:21-29 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 21 / Section 21-29
Investigative interrogatives
Status: in_force

7. a. Whenever the Attorney General, by the Attorney General's own inquiry or as the result of a complaint, determines that there exists reasonable suspicion that a violation of this act is occurring, has occurred or is about to occur, or, whenever the Attorney General believes it to be in the public interest that an investigation be made, the Attorney General may, prior to the institution of any criminal or civil action, issue in writing and cause to be served upon any person investigative interrogatories requiring the person to answer and produce material for examination. b. Any investigative interrogatories issued pursuant to this subsection and all procedures related to such interrogatories shall comply with the provisions of N.J.S.2C:41-5. L.1994,c.121,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:50-7 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 50 / Section 50-7
Record of notice of proposed judgment by confession or action on bond; fees
Status: in_force

The county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, shall forthwith record the notice required to be given by section 2A:50-6 of this Title, together with the time of the filing thereof, in the book by him kept for the record of notices of lis pendens. For the filing and recording of such notice the clerk or register shall receive the fees provided by P.L.1965, c. 123, s. 2 (C. 22A:4-4.1), which fees shall be included with the other costs to be taxed and recovered in the judgment or action for deficiency. Amended by L.1979, c. 286, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:19-20 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 19 / Section 19-20
Limitation of actions against assignee for taking or disposing of property
Status: in_force

All actions at law or in equity which may be brought against any assignee on account of the taking, appropriating, selling or disposing of any property by him as a part of the trust estate, shall be commenced within 9 months from the time when the cause of action shall arise, and not afterwards.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:84A-22.1 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 84A / Section 84A-22.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act, (a) "patient" means a person who, for the sole purpose of securing preventive, palliative, or curative treatment, or a diagnosis preliminary to such treatment, of the patient's physical or mental condition, consults a physician, or submits to an examination by a physician; (b) "physician" means a person authorized or reasonably believed by the patient to be authorized, to practice medicine in the State or jurisdiction in which the consultation or examination takes place; (c) "holder of the privilege" means the patient while alive and not under the guardianship or the guardian of the person of a patient who is incapacitated, or the personal representative of a deceased patient; (d) "confidential communication between physician and patient" means such information transmitted between physician and patient, including information obtained by an examination of the patient, as is transmitted in confidence and by a means which, so far as the patient is aware, discloses the information to no third persons other than those reasonably necessary for the transmission of the information or the accomplishment of the purpose for which it is transmitted. L.1968, c.185, s.1; amended 2013, c.103, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:10-5 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-5
Civil contempt; punishment
Status: in_force

2A:10-5. Any person who shall be adjudged in contempt of the Superior Court by reason of his disobedience to a judgment, order or process of the court, shall, where the contempt is primarily civil in nature and before he is discharged therefrom, pay to the clerk of the court, for every such contempt, a sum not exceeding $50 as a fine, to be imposed by the court, together with the costs incurred. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 2B:2-3 — NJ Code / Title 2B / Chapter 2 / Section 2-3
Judge seeking elective office
Status: in_force

2B:2-3. Judge Seeking Elective Office. A justice or judge of any court of this State, who becomes a candidate for an elective public office, thereby forfeits judicial office, but this section shall not apply to a surrogate. Source: N.J.S.2A:11-2 L.1991,c.119,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2B:20-9 — NJ Code / Title 2B / Chapter 20 / Section 20-9
Excuses and deferrals by Assignment Judge
Status: in_force

a. A person may be excused from jury service or may have jury service deferred only by the Assignment Judge of the county in which the person was summoned, or by the Assignment Judge's designee. b. The Assignment Judge may require verification of any of the facts supporting the grounds for a request for excuse or deferral. Records shall be kept of all requests for excuses and deferrals, and of the granting of excuses and deferrals. Source: 2A:78-1 L.1995,c.44,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:23B-11 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 23B / Section 23B-11
Appointment of arbitrator; service as a neutral arbitrator.
Status: in_force

11. Appointment of Arbitrator; Service as a Neutral Arbitrator. a. If the parties to an agreement to arbitrate agree on a method for appointing an arbitrator, that method shall be followed, unless the method fails. If the parties have not agreed on a method, the agreed method fails, or an arbitrator appointed fails or is unable to act and a successor has not been appointed, the court, on application of a party to the arbitration proceeding, shall appoint the arbitrator. An arbitrator so appointed has all the powers of an arbitrator designated in the agreement to arbitrate or appointed pursuant to the agreed method. b. An individual who has a known, direct, and material interest in the outcome of the arbitration proceeding or a known, existing, and substantial relationship with a party may not serve as an arbitrator required by an agreement to be neutral. c. An individual who has a known, direct, and material interest in the outcome of the arbitration proceeding or a known, existing, and substantial relationship with a party may not serve as a party arbitrator if such information has not been disclosed pursuant to section 12 of this act. d. An individual appointed as a party arbitrator may be predisposed toward the appointing party. From and after the commencement of an arbitration, an arbitrator shall act in good faith and exercise the arbitrator's responsibilities in a manner consistent with the authority placed in the arbitrator by the courts of this State and this act. L.2003,c.95,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:44-176 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 44 / Section 44-176
Service or posting of notices
Status: in_force

Any notice prescribed by this article may be served upon the owner of the watch, clock or jewelry upon which the lien is claimed either personally or by registered mail, with return receipt demanded, directed to the last known address of the owner, or if the owner or his address is unknown, the notice may be posted in 2 public places in the municipality in which the lien claimant conducts his place of business.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:28-2 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 28 / Section 28-2
Duties and powers of commissioners
Status: in_force

Before entering upon their duties the commissioners shall take and subscribe an oath that they and each of them will fairly and impartially and to the best of their judgment ascertain the true location of the lines in dispute. The commissioners may enter upon any lands for the purpose of ascertaining and deciding the location of the disputed lines, and they shall have power to examine witnesses under oath and to inquire fully into the questions in dispute. The commissioners shall file a report thereof with the court within such time as the court shall prescribe and, unless otherwise ordered by the court, the report shall be final and conclusive against all of the parties and their heirs and assigns.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:50-22 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 50 / Section 50-22
Action against person assuming payment of mortgage debt
Status: in_force

No action to enforce an agreement, express or implied, to assume or guarantee the payment of any mortgage, or of any bond or note secured by a mortgage, shall be maintained against a person making such agreement unless the mortgage shall have been first foreclosed, or extinguished by the foreclosure of a prior mortgage or lien, provided no such action may be maintained unless: a. The person making such agreement was made a party defendant in the foreclosure action, and b. The action is commenced within 3 months from the date of sale, or if confirmation was or is required, from the date of the confirmation of the sale of the mortgaged premises, in the foreclosure action or in the case of the extinguishment of the mortgage lien by the foreclosure of a prior mortgage or lien, then within 12 months from the date of such extinguishment, and c. A notice of intention to bring the action, is filed in the office of the register or the clerk as the case may be, of the county wherein the mortgaged premises are located, before the commencement of the action, and d. The plaintiff shall in his complaint offer to credit upon the indebtedness the fair market value, which shall be specified, of the mortgaged premises as of the date of the sale in the foreclosure suit, in any case where the plaintiff was the purchaser of the mortgaged premises at such sale, and in such case the defendant may contest, in the action, the amount of such fair market value; and e. The plaintiff shall join in the action any and all persons within the jurisdiction of the State of New Jersey alleged to be liable upon the note or as obligors upon the bond and upon any other agreement of assumption of payment of the same note or bond, express or implied, and upon any and all agreements or covenants to pay the same note or bond, or any moneys alleged to be due thereon, as principal, guarantor, surety or otherwise, whether such persons are alleged to be liable directly, indirectly, jointly, severally, or in the alternative. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1979, c. 286, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:158A-2 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 158A / Section 158A-2
"Indigent defendant" defined
Status: in_force

As used herein "indigent defendant" means a person who is formally charged with the commission of an indictable offense, and who does not have the present financial ability to secure competent legal representation, as determined by the factors in section 14 of P.L. 1967, c. 43 (C. 2A:158A-14), and to provide all other necessary expenses of representation. Amended by L. 1987, c. 170, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-61.33 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-61.33
Termination upon purchase of unit by senior citizen or disabled tenant
Status: in_force

In the event that a senior citizen tenant or disabled tenant purchases the dwelling unit he occupies, the protected tenancy status shall terminate immediately upon purchase. L.1981, c. 226, s. 12, eff. July 27, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:43-1 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 43 / Section 43-1
Privileged communications
Status: in_force

The privileged character attaching to the publication of judicial or other proceedings shall extend to the publication in any newspaper of official statements issued by police department heads and county prosecutors in investigations in progress or completed by them, and which are accepted in good faith by the publisher of any newspaper, and the privileged character thereof shall be a good defense to any action for libel, unless malice in fact be shown by the plaintiff therein. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1971, c. 2, s. 3, eff. Jan. 15, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:44-153 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 44 / Section 44-153
Enforcement of lien by action and sale
Status: in_force

A lienor may, after service of the notice, as provided by section 2A:44-152 of this title, bring an action to recover the amount of the debt and to enforce his lien therefor against the person with whom the agreement was made for the purchase and erection of the monument or for the performance of labor thereon. The lienor may, if he recovers judgment, remove the monument from the cemetery and sell the same at public auction to satisfy the amount of such judgment.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:50-62 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 50 / Section 50-62
Nonapplicability of act
Status: in_force

10. The provisions of sections 1 through 9 of this act shall not apply to the foreclosure of a non-residential mortgage nor to collection of the obligation by means other than enforcing the lender's lien on the residential property. A lender shall not be required to foreclose a residential mortgage and a non-residential mortgage securing the same obligation in the same proceeding. L.1995,c.244,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:18-6 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 18 / Section 18-6
Degree of crime; penalties; restitution; liability to owner of property.
Status: in_force

3. a. An offense pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1983, c.522 (C.2C:18-5) is a crime of the third degree if the actor causes pecuniary loss of $2,000 or more; a crime of the fourth degree if the actor causes pecuniary loss of more than $500 but less than $2,000; and a disorderly persons offense if the actor causes pecuniary loss of $500 or less. b. The provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3 to the contrary notwithstanding, in addition to any other sentence which the court may impose pursuant to subsection c. of this section or any other provision of law, a person convicted of an offense under P.L.1983, c.522 (C.2C:18-4 et seq.) shall be sentenced to make restitution, and to pay a fine of not less than $500 if the offense is a crime of the third degree; to pay a fine of not less than $200 if the offense is a crime of the fourth degree; and to pay a fine of not less than $100 when the conviction is of a disorderly persons offense. c. A person who is convicted of an offense pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1983, c.522 (C.2C:18-5), in addition to any other fine, penalty, or restitution which may be imposed by law, shall be liable to the owner, occupant, lessee, or licensee of the lands or of the tangible property for any reasonable and necessary expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred by the owner, occupant, lessee, or licensee to ensure that the lands or the tangible property are restored to their condition prior to commission of the offense. The court shall order the defendant to pay as appropriate the amount of expenses incurred pursuant to this subsection, unless the amount cannot be ascertained or is subject to dispute in a manner that cannot be resolved without an evidentiary hearing, in which case the amount shall be determined in an action brought pursuant to R.S.4:17-2 . L.1983, c.522, s.3; amended 2018, c.121, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-61.43 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-61.43
Maximum qualifying income, adjustment
Status: in_force

4. As of the effective date of this act, maximum qualifying income for the purpose of determining qualified tenant status as defined in section 3 of this act shall be in the case of a household comprising one person, $31,400; two persons, $38,500; three persons, $44,800; four persons, $50,300; five persons, $55,000; six persons, $58,900; seven persons, $62,000; eight or more persons, $64,300. In the case of any application for protected tenancy filed more than one year from the effective date of this act, and upon any occasion when termination of a previously granted protected tenancy is sought pursuant to section 11 of this act upon the grounds set forth in paragraph (2) of subsection a. of that section, these figures shall be adjusted by the percentage change, if any, in the applicable index that has occurred since the effective date of this act. L.1991,c.509,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:44-150 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 44 / Section 44-150
Right of lien
Status: in_force

A person furnishing or placing a monument in a cemetery shall have a lien thereon for the agreed price thereof or the part remaining unpaid, with interest from the time the amount was due, upon filing a notice of lien with the superintendent or person in charge of the cemetery.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:42A-10 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 42A / Section 42A-10
Farmers immunity for invitees-pickers
Status: in_force

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, an owner, lessee or occupant of agricultural or horticultural land shall not have a legal duty to protect a person who is invited onto the land for the purposes of picking or taking agricultural or horticultural products from the natural risks or hazards that are inherent characteristics of agricultural or horticultural land, and shall not be liable if such a person invited onto the land is injured because of any natural risks or hazards that are inherent characteristics of agricultural or horticultural land. L.1997,c.378,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:35A-9 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-9
Security as condition for grant of injunction
Status: in_force

In any action in which a temporary restraining order or an interlocutory injunction is sought the court may, as a condition of granting such relief, require reasonable security, not exceeding $10,000.00 or cash not exceeding $500.00. L.1974, c. 169, s. 9, eff. Dec. 9, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-56.27 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-56.27
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Child Support Collection Reform Act." L.1993,c.110,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:28-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 28 / Section 28-5.1
Witness, victim protective orders
Status: in_force

If a court having jurisdiction under any criminal matter finds that the defendant in that criminal action or any other person connected in any way with the action has violated or is likely to violate N.J.S. 2C:28-5, N.J.S. 2C:29-3 or N.J.S. 2C:29-4 in regard to the pending offense, or that the defendant or other person has injured or intimidated or is threatening to injure or intimidate any witness in the pending offense or member of the witness' family with purpose to affect the testimony of the witness, the court may issue a protective order providing: a. That the defendant or other person not violate any provision of N.J.S. 2C:28-5, N.J.S. 2C:29-3, or N.J.S. 2C:29-4; b. That the defendant or other person maintain a prescribed geographic distance from any specified witness or victim; c. That the defendant or other person have no communication with any specified witness or victim, except through an attorney under any reasonable restrictions which the court may impose. L. 1985, c. 250, s. 1, eff. July 31, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:39-2 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-2
Forcible or unlawful entry and detainer defined
Status: in_force

If any person shall enter upon or into any real property and detain or hold the same with force, whether or not any person be in it, by any kind of violence whatsoever, or by threatening to kill, maim or beat the party in possession, or by such words, circumstances or action as have a natural tendency to excite fear or apprehension of danger, or by putting out of doors, or carrying away the goods of the party in possession, or by entering peaceably and then, by force or frightening by threats, or by other circumstances of terror, turning the party out of possession, such person shall be guilty of a forcible entry and detainer within the meaning of this chapter. With regard to any real property occupied solely as a residence by the party in possession, if any person shall enter upon or into said property and detain or hold same in any manner without the consent of the party in possession unless the entry is made pursuant to legal process as set out in N.J.S. 2A:18-53 et seq. or 2A:35-1 et seq., such person shall be guilty of an unlawful entry and detainer within the meaning of this chapter. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1971, c. 227, s. 2, eff. June 21, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:42-90 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 42 / Section 42-90
Contents of petition
Status: in_force

The petition shall: a. Set forth material facts showing that there exists in such dwelling or any housing space thereof one or more of the following: (1) a lack of heat or of running water or of light or electricity or of adequate sewage disposal facilities; (2) a wrongful diversion of electric, gas, or water utility service by the owner or other party from the tenant of the dwelling without the consent of the tenant; (3) the use by the owner or other party in the dwelling without the tenant's consent of electric, gas, or water utility service that is being charged to the tenant; (4) any other condition or conditions in substantial violation of the standards of fitness for human habitation established under the State or local housing or health codes or regulations; or (5) any other condition dangerous to life, health or safety. b. Set forth that the facts shown in subsection a. of this section have been brought to the attention of the owner or any individual designated by him as the manager of said dwelling and that he has failed to take any action thereon within a reasonable period. c. Set forth that the petitioner is a tenant of the subject dwelling or is the public officer of the municipality in which the subject dwelling is located, or, in a case involving wrongful diversion or unconsented use of utility services, that the petitioner is a public officer, a tenant whose utility service has been wrongfully diverted or a utility company providing utility services to the dwelling. d. Set forth a brief description of the nature of the work required to remove or remedy the condition and an estimate as to the cost thereof. e. Set forth the amount of rent due from each petitioning tenant, if any, monthly. f. State the relief sought. L. 1971, c. 224, s. 6, eff. June 21, 1971. Amended by L. 1985, c. 411, s. 5, eff. Jan. 13, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:44-188 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 44 / Section 44-188
Definitions.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Electronic mail" means an electronic message or an executable program or computer file that contains an image of a message that is transmitted between two or more computers or electronic terminals. The term includes electronic messages that are transmitted within or between computer networks. "Last known address" means that postal address or electronic mailing address provided by the occupant in the latest rental agreement, or the postal address or electronic mailing address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address. "Occupant" means a person, the person's sublessee, successor, or assignee, entitled to the use of the storage space at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement, to the exclusion of others. "Owner" means the proprietor, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage facility, the owner's agent, or any other person authorized by the owner to manage the facility, or to receive rent from an occupant under a rental agreement. "Personal property" means movable property not affixed to land, and includes, but is not limited to, goods, merchandise, and household items. "Rental agreement" means any written agreement or lease, that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules or any other provisions concerning the use and occupancy of a self-service storage facility. "Self-service storage facility" means any real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to occupants who are to have access for the purpose of storing and removing personal property. No occupant shall use a self-service storage facility for residential purposes. A self-service storage facility is not a warehouse as used in chapter 7 of Title 12A of the New Jersey Statutes. "Verified mail" means any method of mailing that is offered by the United States Postal Service or private delivery service that provides evidence of mailing. L.1983, c.136, s.2; amended 2013, c.128, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2B:1-13 — NJ Code / Title 2B / Chapter 1 / Section 1-13
Revision, supplementation of certain fees.
Status: in_force

19. a. The authority of the Supreme Court to revise or supplement filing fees and other statutory fees payable to the court pursuant to sections 12 and 13 of P.L.2014, c.31 (C.2B:1-7 and C.2B:1-8) shall expire on the first day of the seventh month next following the date of enactment of those sections, except that any filing fees and other statutory fees payable to the court that have been revised or supplemented pursuant to those sections shall continue in effect, subject to the provisions of this section. b. Within 30 days of the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the Rules of Court first adopted pursuant to sections 12 and 13 of P.L.2014, c.31 (C.2B:1-7 and C.2B:1-8), and additionally within 30 days of the tenth anniversary of that effective date, the Court may review all filing fees and other statutory fees revised or supplemented pursuant to sections 12 and 13 of P.L.2014, c.31 (C.2B:1-7 and C.2B:1-8) through its rulemaking process, which includes a reasonable opportunity for public comment, to determine if the fees should remain unchanged as originally adopted pursuant to those sections or be reduced to reflect the funding needs associated with the purposes set forth in section 14 of P.L.2014, c.31 (C.2B:1-9) for which the "21st Century Justice Improvement Fund" provides monies. L.2014, c.31, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4A-38 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-38
Detention hearing
Status: in_force

19. Detention hearing. a. When a juvenile is taken into custody and detained a complaint shall be filed forthwith as provided by the Rules of Court. The court shall determine whether detention is required pursuant to the criteria provided for in section 15 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-34). b. Notice of the detention hearing, either oral or written, stating the time, place, and purpose of the hearing shall be given to the juvenile and to the juvenile's parent or parents, or guardian, if any, if they can be contacted. c. The detention hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules of Court and shall be attended by the juvenile and one or both parents, or guardian, but may take place in the absence of parent or guardian if such notice or process fails to produce their attendance. d. When the judge finds that detention is not necessary or required, the court shall order the juvenile's release and may place such conditions, if any, upon release as are consistent with the purposes of this act, the Rules of Court, and as are provided for in section 15 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-34). e. The initial detention hearing shall be held no later than the morning following the juvenile's placement in detention including weekends and holidays. f. If a delinquency complaint has not been filed by the time the initial detention hearing has been held, the juvenile shall be released from custody immediately. g. When the court determines that detention is necessary pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-34), the court order continuing the juvenile's detention shall be supported by reasons and findings of fact on the record. h. If the juvenile is not represented by counsel at the initial detention hearing and if the court continues the juvenile's detention after the hearing, the court shall forthwith schedule a second detention hearing to be held within two court days thereafter at which time the juvenile shall be represented by counsel as provided by the Rules of Court. i. There shall be a probable cause determination where a juvenile has been charged with delinquency and has been placed in detention, within two court days after the initial hearing or, where a second detention hearing is necessary pursuant to subsection h. of this section, at that hearing. j. A detention review hearing with counsel shall be held within 14 court days of the prior detention hearing and if detention is continued, detention review hearings shall be held thereafter at intervals not to exceed 21 court days. k. When a juvenile is detained, an adjudicatory hearing shall be held no later than 30 days from the date of detention. If no adjudicatory hearing is held within 30 days, the court shall, within 72 hours of a motion by the juvenile, fix a date certain for the adjudicatory hearing unless an extension is granted by the court for good cause shown. Written notice of any application for a postponement shall be sent to the juvenile's counsel who shall have the right to be heard on the application. l. When a juvenile has been adjudicated delinquent and is awaiting transfer to a dispositional alternative that does not involve a secure residential or out-of-home placement and continued detention is necessary, the juvenile shall be transferred to a non-secure facility. L.1982,c.77,s.19; amended 1989,c.306,s.2; 1995,c.280,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:66-14 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-14
Certificate on recount of votes; prima facie evidence of right to office
Status: in_force

If there shall have been a recount of the votes cast at the election at which the plaintiff and defendant claim to have been elected, the certificate given by a judge of the superior court of the result of such recount pursuant to statute shall be prima facie evidence of the right of the person holding the same to the office and to a judgment accordingly.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:160-6 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 160 / Section 160-6
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the term "governor" includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law of this state. The term "executive authority" includes the governor and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state. The term "state" , referring to a state other than this state, includes any other state, territory or district, organized or unorganized, of the United States of America.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:11-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 11 / Section 11-5.1
Knowingly leaving scene of accident under certain circumstances; crime, sentencing.
Status: in_force

1. A motor vehicle operator who knows he is involved in an accident and knowingly leaves the scene of that accident under circumstances that violate the provisions of R.S.39:4-129 shall be guilty of a crime of the second degree if the accident results in the death of another person. If the evidence so warrants, nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude an indictment and conviction for aggravated manslaughter under the provisions of N.J.S.2C:11-4 , reckless vehicular homicide under the provisions of N.J.S.2C:11-5 or strict liability vehicular homicide under the provisions of section 1 of P.L.2017, c.165 (C.2C:11-5.3). Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:1-8 or any other provisions of law, a conviction arising under this section shall not merge with a conviction for aggravated manslaughter under the provisions of N.J.S.2C:11-4, reckless vehicular homicide under the provisions of N.J.S.2C:11-5 or strict liability vehicular homicide under the provisions of section 1 of P.L.2017, c.165 (C.2C:11-5.3) and a separate sentence shall be imposed upon each such conviction. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:44-5 or any other provisions of law, when the court imposes multiple sentences of imprisonment for more than one offense, those sentences shall run consecutively. For the purposes of this section, neither knowledge of the death nor knowledge of the violation are elements of the offense and it shall not be a defense that the operator of the motor vehicle was unaware of the death or of the provisions of R.S.39:4-129. L.1997, c.111, s.1; amended 2003, c.55, s.2; 2007, c.83, s.1; 2017, c.165, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:168-15 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 168 / Section 168-15
Constitutionality
Status: in_force

If any section, sentence, subdivision or clause of this act is for any reason held invalid or to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:35-30 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 35 / Section 35-30
Immunity from liability, certain circumstances, for persons seeking medical assistance for someone experiencing a drug overdose.
Status: in_force

7. a. A person who, in good faith, seeks medical assistance for someone experiencing a drug overdose shall not be: (1) arrested, charged, prosecuted, or convicted for obtaining, possessing, using, being under the influence of, or failing to make lawful disposition of, a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog pursuant to subsection a., b., or c. of N.J.S.2C:35-10; (2) arrested, charged, prosecuted, or convicted for inhaling the fumes of or possessing any toxic chemical pursuant to subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.1999, c.90 (C.2C:35-10.4); (3) arrested, charged, prosecuted, or convicted for using, obtaining, attempting to obtain, or possessing any prescription legend drug or stramonium preparation pursuant to subsection b., d., or e. of section 8 of P.L.1999, c.90 (C.2C:35-10.5); (4) arrested, charged, prosecuted, or convicted for acquiring or obtaining possession of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog by fraud pursuant to N.J.S.2C:35-13; (5) arrested, charged, prosecuted, or convicted for unlawfully possessing a controlled dangerous substance that was lawfully prescribed or dispensed pursuant to P.L.1998, c.90 (C.2C:35-24); (6) arrested, charged, prosecuted, or convicted for using or possessing with intent to use drug paraphernalia pursuant to N.J.S.2C:36-2 or for having under his control or possessing a hypodermic syringe, hypodermic needle, or any other instrument adapted for the use of a controlled dangerous substance or a controlled substance analog pursuant to subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:36-6; (7) subject to revocation of parole or probation based only upon a violation of offenses described in subsection a. (1) through (6) of this section, provided, however, this circumstance may be considered in establishing or modifying the conditions of parole or probation supervision. b. The provisions of subsection a. of this section shall only apply if: (1) the person seeks medical assistance for another person who is experiencing a drug overdose and is in need of medical assistance; and (2) the evidence for an arrest, charge, prosecution, conviction, or revocation was obtained as a result of the seeking of medical assistance. c. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the admissibility of any evidence in connection with the investigation or prosecution of a crime with regard to a defendant who does not qualify for the protections of this act or with regard to other crimes committed by a person who otherwise qualifies for protection pursuant to this act. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any seizure of evidence or contraband otherwise permitted by law. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit or abridge the authority of a law enforcement officer to detain or take into custody a person in the course of an investigation or to effectuate an arrest for any offense except as provided in subsection a. of this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, modify or remove any immunity from liability currently available to public entities or public employees by law. L.2013, c.46, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 2B:22-3 — NJ Code / Title 2B / Chapter 22 / Section 22-3
Selection of State grand jurors
Status: in_force

a. The Administrative Director of the Courts, upon receipt of an order directing the impaneling of a State grand jury, shall prepare a list of prospective jurors randomly drawn from the current jurors lists of the several counties. The list of prospective State grand jurors prepared by the Administrative Director of the Courts shall contain numbers of prospective jurors from each county in the same relative proportion as the population of each county bears to the total population of the State. b. The designated judge shall impanel a State grand jury from the prospective jurors on the list. The selection of jurors for service on the State grand jury shall be public and random. Source: 2A:73A-4 L.1995,c.44,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-22 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-22
Oath of appraisers
Status: in_force

The appraisers, before acting under their appointment, shall be severally sworn faithfully, honestly and impartially to appraise the property levied on, according to the true and intrinsic value thereof, without reference to what the same might be supposed to bring at a sale under the execution or process. The oaths of the appraisers may be administered by the sheriff or other officer of the county or by any person authorized to administer oaths, and shall be indorsed on the appointment, and, with the appointment, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of that county.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:16-55 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-55
Declaration of rights or legal relations of interested parties in relation to estate, wills and other writings.
Status: in_force

2A:16-55. A person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or cestui que trust, in the administration of a trust or the estate of a decedent, a minor, a person who is mentally incapacitated, a person who is insolvent, or other person, may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect thereto, to: a. Ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin, or others; or b. Direct the executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, or other fiduciary to do or abstain from doing any particular act in his fiduciary capacity; or c. Determine any question arising in the administration of the estate, trust, or guardianship, including the construction of wills and other writings. amended 2013, c.103, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:84A-21.12 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 84A / Section 84A-21.12
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Documentary materials" means materials upon which information is recorded and includes, but is not limited to, written or printed materials, photographs, tapes, videotapes, negatives, films, outtakes and interview files. b. "Work product" means any documentary materials created by or for a person in connection with his plans, or the plans of the person creating such materials, to gather, file procure, transmit, compile, edit, publish or disseminate news for the public, except such work product as constitutes contraband, or the fruits, instrumentalities or evidence of a crime. c. "Any other governmental unit" includes any branch, subdivision or agency of the government of the State or any locality within it. d. "Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, or his designee. e. "County prosecutor" means the duly appointed prosecutor of a county, or his designee. L.1979, c. 488, s. 4, eff. Feb. 28, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:53A-32 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 53A / Section 53A-32
Definitions relative to liability for certain health care treatment decisions
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Appropriate and medically necessary" means the standard for health care services as determined by health care providers in accordance with generally accepted standards of health care practice. "Carrier" means an insurance company, health, hospital or medical service corporation, or health maintenance organization authorized to issue health benefits plans in this State or a dental service corporation or dental plan organization authorized to issue dental benefits plans in this State. "Covered person" means a person on whose behalf a carrier or organized delivery system offering a health or dental benefits plan is obligated to pay benefits or provide services pursuant to the plan. "Covered service" means a health care service provided to a covered person under a health or dental benefits plan for which the carrier or organized delivery system is obligated to pay benefits or provide services. "Dental benefits plan" means a benefits plan which pays or provides dental expense benefits for covered services and is delivered or issued for delivery in this State by or through a dental carrier. "Health benefits plan" means a benefits plan which pays or provides hospital and medical expense benefits for covered services, and is delivered or issued for delivery in this State by or through a carrier. Health benefits plan includes, but is not limited to, Medicare supplement coverage and risk contracts to the extent not otherwise prohibited by federal law. For the purposes of this act, health benefits plan shall not include the following plans, policies or contracts: accident only, credit, disability, long-term care, CHAMPUS supplement coverage, coverage arising out of a workers' compensation or similar law, automobile medical payment insurance, personal injury protection insurance issued pursuant to P.L.1972, c.70 (C.39:6A-1 et seq.) or hospital confinement indemnity coverage. "Health care provider" means an individual or entity which, acting within the scope of its licensure or certification, provides a covered service defined by the health or dental benefits plan. Health care provider includes, but is not limited to, a physician, dentist and other health care professionals licensed pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes, and a hospital and other health care facilities licensed pursuant to Title 26 of the Revised Statutes. "Health care service" means a service or product provided by a health care provider to a covered person pursuant to a health or dental benefits plan. "Health care treatment decision" means a decision made by a health or dental benefits plan at the time health care services are provided or to be provided, which decision affects the diagnosis, care or treatment provided to a covered person. "Organized delivery system" means an organized delivery system certified or licensed pursuant to P.L.1999, c.409 (C.17:48H-1 et seq.). "Serious or significant harm" means death, serious and protracted or permanent impairment of a bodily function or system, loss of a body organ necessary for normal bodily function, loss of a body member, or exacerbation of a serious or life-threatening disease or condition that results in serious or significant harm or requires substantial medical treatment. L.2001,c.187,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:64-2 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 64 / Section 64-2
Forfeiture procedures; prima facie contraband
Status: in_force

Forfeiture Procedures; Prima Facie Contraband. Except as provided in N.J.S. 2C:35-21, prima facie contraband shall be retained by the State until entry of judgment or dismissal of the criminal proceeding, if any, arising out of the seizure. Thereafter, prima facie contraband shall be forfeited to the entity funding the prosecuting agency involved, subject to the rights of owners and others holding interests pursuant to section 2C:64-5. L.1978, c.95; amended by L. 1979, c. 344, s. 2; 1981, c. 290, s. 47; 1987, c. 106, s. 17.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:42-3 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 42 / Section 42-3
Goods and chattels removed openly and in daytime; notice to defendant
Status: in_force

No such goods and chattels shall be removed from the leased premises by the sheriff or other officer, except openly and in the daytime, and not then unless such officer shall, at the time of such removal, give notice thereof to the defendant, or, in his absence, to some person of his family residing on such premises, of such removal.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:34-12.5 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 34 / Section 34-12.5
Attendance at program required; fee; exceptions
Status: in_force

5. a. The court shall order every person who has filed an action for divorce, nullity or separate maintenance where the custody, visitation or support of the minor child is an issue to attend the "Parents' Education Program" established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1999, c.111(C.2A:34-12.3). Each party shall attend separate sessions of the program. b. Each party shall be required to pay a fee of $25 for registration in the "Parents' Education Program" which shall be forwarded by the Clerk of the Superior Court for deposit in the "Parents' Education Program Fund" established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1999, c.111(C.2A:34-12.2). c. Except as provided in subsections d. and e. of this section, the court shall require all parties who have filed an action for divorce, nullity or separate maintenance where the custody, visitation or support of the minor child is an issue to complete the program prior to entry of judgment. Failure of a party to participate in the program shall be considered as a factor by the court in making any custody and visitation determinations. d. The court may exempt a party from attending the program, if the court finds good cause for an exemption. e. The court shall not refer a party to the program if a temporary or final order restraining either party from contact with the other has been issued pursuant to the "Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991," P.L. 1991, c. 261 (C.2C:25-17 et seq.), or if either party is restrained from contact with the other party, or a child of the other party, under the criminal or civil laws of this or any other state. L.1999,c.111,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:19-6 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 19 / Section 19-6
Legality of assignments
Status: in_force

All general assignments for the benefit of creditors shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:35-10a — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 35 / Section 35-10a
Personal use of cannabis items.
Status: in_force

46. Personal Use of Cannabis Items. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following acts are not unlawful and shall not be an offense or a basis for seizure or forfeiture of assets under N.J.S.2C:64-1 et seq. or other applicable law for persons 21 years of age or older, provided the acts are consistent with the relevant definitions set forth in section 3 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-33), and when an act involves a cannabis item, it was first obtained directly from a licensed cannabis retailer or delivered by a licensed cannabis delivery service making delivery of a purchase order fulfilled by that licensed cannabis retailer for off-premises delivery, evidenced by it being in its original packaging or by a sales slip, invoice, receipt, or other statement or memorandum: a. Possessing, displaying, purchasing, or transporting: cannabis paraphernalia; one ounce (28.35 grams) or less of useable cannabis; the equivalent of one ounce (28.35 grams) or less of usable cannabis as a cannabis product in solid, liquid, or concentrate form, based upon an equivalency calculation for different product forms set by the Cannabis Regulatory Commission, established pursuant to section 31 of P.L.2019, c.153 (C.24:6I-24), in its regulations, and for which the commission may utilize research conducted in other states on the issue of product equivalency calculations when setting this equivalency; or 5 grams (0.176 ounce) or less of cannabis resin. Possessing, displaying, purchasing, or transporting at any one time any amount of any cannabis items described herein in an amount greater than as permitted pursuant to this subsection shall be considered a violation of the "Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987," P.L.1987, c.106 (N.J.S.2C:35-1 et al.), and subject the person to prosecution as if the person possessed, displayed, purchased, or transported marijuana or hashish in violation of that act; b. Transferring without remuneration: one ounce (28.35 grams) or less of usable cannabis; the equivalent of one ounce (28.35 grams) or less of usable cannabis as a cannabis product in solid, liquid, or concentrate form, based upon the equivalency calculation for different product forms set by the commission pursuant to subsection a. of this section; or five grams (0.176 ounce) or less of cannabis resin to a person who is of legal age for purchasing cannabis items, provided that such transfer is for non-promotional, non-business purposes. Transferring at any one time any amount of any cannabis items described herein in an amount greater than as permitted pursuant to this subsection shall be considered a violation of the "Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987," P.L.1987, c.106 (N.J.S.2C:35-1 et al.), and subject the person to prosecution as if the person distributed marijuana or hashish in violation of that act. Transferring to a person who is not of legal age that was done by a cannabis establishment, distributor, or delivery service licensed pursuant to P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31 et al.), or an employee or agent thereof, or by any other person, is subject to a civil penalty or other legal consequences as set forth in subsection b. of section 64 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.2C:35-10d) or section 6 of P.L.2021, c.25 (C.2A:170-51.11), as applicable, and a fine as set forth in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.90 (C.2C:33-13.1); c. Taking delivery of or consuming a lawfully possessed cannabis item, provided that nothing in this section shall permit a person to smoke, vape, or aerosolize any cannabis item in a public place. This prohibition includes the smoking, vaping, or aerosolizing of a cannabis item in any public place pursuant to law that prohibits the smoking of tobacco, including N.J.S.2C:33-13 and the "New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act," P.L.2005, c.383 (C.26:3D-55 et seq.), and any indoor public place, as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.2005, c.383 (C.26:3D-57), or portion thereof, even if the smoking of tobacco is otherwise permitted in that place or portion thereof pursuant to the "New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act"; except that the smoking, vaping, or aerosolizing of a cannabis item shall be permitted in a cannabis consumption area as set forth in section 28 of P.L.2019, c.153 (C.24:6I-21), and may be permitted by the person or entity that owns or controls a hotel, motel, or other lodging establishment as defined in section 1 of P.L.1967, c.95 (C.29:4-5) in up to 20 percent of its guest rooms. The smoking, vaping, or aerosolizing of a cannabis item may also be prohibited or otherwise regulated in multifamily housing that is a multiple dwelling as defined in section 3 of P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-3), as decided by the person or entity that owns or controls the multifamily housing, or prohibited or otherwise regulated in the structure or specific units of the structure of a cooperative as defined in section 3 of P.L.1987, c.381 (C.46:8D-3) by the corporation or other legal entity that owns the structure, or prohibited or otherwise regulated in the units of a condominium, as those terms are defined by section 3 of P.L.1969, c.257 (C.46:8B-3), if approved by the association for the condominium and a majority of all of the condominium's unit owners, as those terms are defined in that section. Except as otherwise provided by P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31 et al.), any penalties that may be assessed for the smoking of tobacco where prohibited under the "New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act" shall be applicable to the smoking, vaping, or aerosolizing of cannabis items where prohibited. Concerning the consumption of any cannabis item, other than by smoking, vaping, or aerosolizing: a person or entity that owns or controls a property, other than multifamily housing that is a multiple dwelling as defined in section 3 of P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-3), the structure or specific units of the structure of a cooperative as defined in section 3 of P.L.1987, c.381 (C.46:8D-3), a unit of a condominium, as those terms are defined by section 3 of P.L.1969, c.257 (C.46:8B-3), or a site in a mobile home park as defined in section 3 of P.L.1983, c.386 (C.40:55D-102), which site is leased to the owner of a manufactured home, as defined in that section, that is installed thereon, may prohibit or otherwise regulate the consumption of cannabis items on or in that property, including a casino hotel facility as defined in section 19 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-19) with respect to a hotel property, a casino as defined in section 6 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-6), or casino simulcasting facility authorized pursuant to the "Casino Simulcasting Act," P.L.1992, c.19 (C.5:12-191 et al.); and d. Assisting another person to engage in any of the acts described in subsections a. through c. of this section, provided that the person being assisted is of legal age to purchase cannabis items and the assistance being provided is without remuneration. L.2021, c.16, s.46; amended 2021, c.25, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:15-46 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 15 / Section 15-46
Recognizance filed; record book
Status: in_force

Every recognizance of bail shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which the action is pending, within 2 days after the approval of the bail, and the clerk shall thereupon deliver a bail piece to the bail. The clerk shall keep a properly indexed book for recording abstracts of recognizances of bail, which shall be accessible to all persons at all proper times. The abstract to be recorded in such book shall contain a statement of the name of the court, the names of plaintiff and defendant and the bail, the residence of the bail and the amount of the bail.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:162-23 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 162 / Section 162-23
Notification to eligible defendant by court, conditions of release.
Status: in_force

9. a. (1) If an eligible defendant is released from jail pursuant to section 3 or 8 of P.L.2014, c.31 (C.2A:162-17 or C.2A:162-22), the court shall, in the document authorizing the eligible defendant's release, notify the eligible defendant of: (a) all the conditions, if any, to which the release is subject, in a manner sufficiently clear and specific to serve as a guide for the eligible defendant's conduct; and (b) the penalties for and other consequences of violating a condition of release, which may include the immediate issuance of a warrant for the eligible defendant's arrest. The failure of the court to notify the eligible defendant of any penalty or consequence for violating a condition of release as required by this subparagraph shall not preclude any remedy authorized under the law for any violation committed by the eligible defendant. (2) If the court enters an order that is contrary to a recommendation made in a risk assessment when determining a method of release or setting release conditions, the court shall provide an explanation in the document that authorizes the eligible defendant's release. b. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an eligible defendant who is released from jail on personal recognizance or subject only to non-monetary conditions pursuant to section 3 or 8 of P.L.2014, c.31 (C.2A:162-17 or C.2A:162-22) shall not be assessed any fee or other monetary assessment related to processing the eligible defendant's release. L.2014, c.31, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:34-54 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 34 / Section 34-54
Definitions.
Status: in_force

2. Definitions. As used in this act: "Abandoned" means left without provision for reasonable and necessary care or supervision. "Child" means an individual who has not attained 18 years of age. "Child custody determination" means a judgment, decree, or other order of a court providing for the legal custody, physical custody or visitation with respect to a child. The term includes a permanent, temporary, initial and modification order. The term does not include a provision relating to child support or other monetary obligation of an individual. "Child custody proceeding" means a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody or visitation with respect to a child is an issue. The term includes a proceeding for divorce, separation, neglect, abuse, dependency, guardianship, paternity, termination of parental rights, and protection from domestic violence, in which the issue may appear. The term does not include a proceeding involving juvenile delinquency, contractual emancipation or enforcement under article 3 of this act. "Commencement" means the filing of the first pleading in a proceeding. "Court" means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish, enforce or modify a child custody determination. "Home state" means the state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least six consecutive months immediately before the commencement of a child custody proceeding. In the case of a child less than six months of age, the term means the state in which the child lived from birth with any of the persons mentioned. A period of temporary absence of any of the mentioned persons is part of the period. "Initial determination" means the first child custody determination concerning a particular child. "Issuing court" means the court that makes a child custody determination for which enforcement is sought under this act. "Issuing state" means the state in which a child custody determination is made. "Modification" means a child custody determination that changes, replaces, supersedes, or is otherwise made after a previous determination concerning the same child, whether or not it is made by the court that made the previous determination. "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity. "Person acting as a parent" means a person, other than a parent, who: a. has physical custody of the child or has had physical custody for a period of six consecutive months, including any temporary absence, within one year immediately before the commencement of a child custody proceeding; and b. has been awarded legal custody by a court or claims a right to legal custody under the laws of this State. "Physical custody" means the physical care and supervision of a child. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. "Tribe" means an Indian tribe or band, or Alaskan Native village, which is recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state. "Warrant" means an order issued by a court authorizing law enforcement officers to take physical custody of a child. L.2004,c.147,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:43-13.4 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 43 / Section 43-13.4
Violation of terms prior to dismissal.
Status: in_force

4. Violation of Terms Prior To Dismissal. If a defendant who is participating in the conditional dismissal program established pursuant to P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.1 et al.) is convicted of any petty disorderly persons offense, disorderly persons offense or crime under any law of the United States, this State or any other state, or otherwise fails to comply with the terms and conditions imposed by the court, the court may enter a judgment of conviction and impose a fine, penalty, or other assessment which may be imposed by the court in accordance with the defendant's prior plea of guilty or finding of guilt. L.2013, c.158, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:45-4 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 45 / Section 45-4
Notice and hearing on revocation or modification of conditions of suspension or probation
Status: in_force

The court shall not revoke a suspension of sentence or probation or delete, add or modify conditions of probation except after a hearing upon written notice to the defendant of the grounds on which such action is proposed. The defendant shall have the right to hear and controvert the evidence against him, to offer evidence in his defense, and to be represented by counsel. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:45-4, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-57 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-57
Judgment for possession; warrant for removal; issuance
Status: in_force

If no sufficient cause is shown to the contrary when the action comes on for trial, the court shall issue its warrant to any officer of the court, commanding him to remove all persons from the premises, and to put the claimant into full possession thereof, and to levy and make the costs out of the goods and chattels of the person in possession. No warrant of removal shall issue until the expiration of 3 days after entry of judgment for possession, except as provided for in chapter 42 of this Title. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1979, c. 392, s. 1, eff. Feb. 6, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:156A-33 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 156A / Section 156A-33
Defense to civil, criminal action
Status: in_force

27. It shall be a complete defense to any civil or criminal action brought pursuant to sections 21, 22, 23, 24 and 26 of P.L.1993, c.29 (C.2A:156A-27, C.2A:156A-28, C.2A:156A-29, C.2A:156A-30 and C.2A:156A-32) that the person made good faith reliance on: a. a court warrant or order, a legislative authorization or a statutory authorization; b. a request of an investigative or law enforcement officer under section 13 of P.L.1968, c.409 (C.2A:156A-13); or c. a good faith determination that section 4 of P.L.1968, c.409 (C.2A:156A-4) permitted the conduct which is the subject of the complaint. L.1993,c.29,s.27.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:62-22 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-22
Effect of final adjudication
Status: in_force

The final determination and judgment of the court in an action brought pursuant to section 2A:62-20 of this title shall fix and settle the rights of the parties with respect to the existence and validity of the covenants, conditions, agreements or restrictions in dispute, which shall be binding and conclusive upon all the parties to the action.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:38A-3 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 38A / Section 38A-3
Computer-related offenses; compensatory and punitive damages; costs and expenses
Status: in_force

A person or enterprise damaged in business or property as a result of any of the following actions may sue the actor therefor in the Superior Court and may recover compensatory and punitive damages and the cost of the suit including a reasonable attorney's fee, costs of investigation and litigation: a. The purposeful or knowing, and unauthorized altering, damaging, taking or destruction of any data, data base, computer program, computer software or computer equipment existing internally or externally to a computer, computer system or computer network; b. The purposeful or knowing, and unauthorized altering, damaging, taking or destroying of a computer, computer system or computer network; c. The purposeful or knowing, and unauthorized accessing or attempt to access any computer, computer system or computer network; d. The purposeful or knowing, and unauthorized altering, accessing, tampering with, obtaining, intercepting, damaging or destroying of a financial instrument; or e. The purposeful or knowing accessing and reckless altering, damaging, destroying or obtaining of any data, data base, computer, computer program, computer software, computer equipment, computer system or computer network. L.1984, c. 182, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:34-8 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 34 / Section 34-8
Jurisdiction stated.
Status: in_force

2A:34-8. Jurisdiction stated. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of all causes of divorce, dissolution of a civil union, bed and board divorce, legal separation from a partner in a civil union couple or nullity when either party is a bona fide resident of this State. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of an action for alimony and maintenance when the defendant is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the court, is a resident of this State, or has tangible or intangible real or personal property within the jurisdiction of the court. The Superior Court may afford incidental relief as in other cases of an equitable nature and by rule of court may determine the venue of matrimonial and civil union actions. Amended 1971, c.212, s.5; 2006, c.103, s.68.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4-30.169 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-30.169
Procedure to register order for enforcement.
Status: in_force

46. Procedure to register order for enforcement. a. Except as otherwise provided in section 66 of this act, a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this State by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in this State: (1) a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement; (2) two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification of the order; (3) a sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage; (4) the name of the obligor and, if known: (a) the obligor's address and social security number; (b) the name and address of the obligor's employer and any other source of income of the obligor; and (c) a description and the location of property of the obligor in this State not exempt from execution; and (5) except as otherwise provided in section 28 of this act, the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom support payments are to be remitted. b. On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order, together with one copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form. c. A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that shall be affirmatively sought under other law of this State may be filed at the same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading shall specify the grounds for the remedy sought. d. If two or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration shall: (1) furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section; (2) specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and (3) specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any. e. A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination. L.2016, c.1, s.46.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4A-43.1 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-43.1
Certain juveniles to submit to serological tests
Status: in_force

3. In accordance with section 4 of P.L.1993, c.364 (C.2C:43-2.2) and in addition to any other disposition authorized pursuant to N.J.S.2A:4A-43, a court shall order a juvenile charged with delinquency or adjudicated delinquent for an act which if committed by an adult would constitute aggravated sexual assault or sexual assault as defined in subsection a. or c. of N.J.S.2C:14-2 to submit to an approved serological test for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any other related virus identified as a probable causative agent of AIDS. L.1993,c.364,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:168A-9 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 168A / Section 168A-9
Certificate considered presumptive evidence of rehabilitation.
Status: in_force

3. A certificate issued pursuant to this act shall be presumptive evidence of the subject's rehabilitation when considered in regard to public employment as defined in this act, or in conjunction with any licensing, or certification process to which this act applies, which in any particular case may or may not be overcome by other evidence or information. A certificate granted under this act shall not prevent any judicial, administrative, licensing or other body, board, authority or public official from relying on grounds other than the fact of the criminal conviction in exercising any discretionary authority, if any, to suspend, revoke, refuse to issue or refuse to renew any license, permit or other authority or privilege or to determine eligibility or suitability for employment. L.2007, c.327, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:13-8 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-8
Clerk of board of bar examiners
Status: in_force

The supreme court may appoint a suitable person to be clerk to the board of bar examiners to hold office during the pleasure of the court and may appoint successors from time to time and may fix the compensation to be paid such clerk.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-61.2 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-61.2
Removal of residential tenants; required notice; contents; service.
Status: in_force

3. No judgment of possession shall be entered for any premises covered by section 2 of this act, except in the nonpayment of rent under subsection a. or f. of section 2, unless the landlord has made written demand and given written notice for delivery of possession of the premises. The following notice shall be required: a. For an action alleging disorderly conduct under subsection b. of section 2, or injury to the premises under subsection c. of section 2, or any grounds under subsection m., n., o., p., q., or r. of section 2, three days' notice prior to the institution of the action for possession; b. For an action alleging continued violation of rules and regulations under subsection d. of section 2, or substantial breach of covenant under subsection e. of section 2, or habitual failure to pay rent, one month's notice prior to the institution of the action for possession; c. For an action alleging any grounds under subsection g. of section 2, three months' notice prior to the institution of the action; d. For an action alleging permanent retirement under subsection h. of section 2, 18 months' notice prior to the institution of the action and, provided that, where there is a lease in effect, no action may be instituted until the lease expires; e. For an action alleging refusal of acceptance of reasonable lease changes under subsection i. of section 2, one month's notice prior to institution of action; f. For an action alleging any grounds under subsection l. of section 2, two months' notice prior to the institution of the action and, provided that where there is a written lease in effect no action shall be instituted until the lease expires; g. For an action alleging any grounds under subsection k. of section 2, three years' notice prior to the institution of action, and provided that where there is a written lease in effect, no action shall be instituted until the lease expires; h. In public housing under the control of a public housing authority or redevelopment agency, for an action alleging substantial breach of contract under paragraph (2) of subsection e. of section 2, the period of notice required prior to the institution of an action for possession shall be in accordance with federal regulations pertaining to public housing leases. The notice in each of the foregoing instances shall specify in detail the cause of the termination of the tenancy and shall be served either personally upon the tenant or lessee or such person in possession by giving him a copy thereof, or by leaving a copy thereof at his usual place of abode with some member of his family above the age of 14 years, or by certified mail; if the certified letter is not claimed, notice shall be sent by regular mail. L.1974, c.49, s.3; amended 1975, c.311, s.2; 1981, c.8, s.2; 1986, c.138, s.1; 1989, c.294, s.2; 1997, c.228, s.2; 2013, c.51, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:156A-6 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 156A / Section 156A-6
Lawful activities concerning devices
Status: in_force

6. It shall not be unlawful under this act for: a. A provider of wire or electronic communication service, or an officer, agent or employee of, or a person under contract with such a provider of wire or electronic communication service in the normal course of the business of providing that wire or electronic communication service; or b. A person under contract with the United States, a state or a political subdivision thereof, or an officer, agent or employee of a state or a political subdivision thereof; to possess, sell, distribute, manufacture or assemble any electronic, mechanical or other device, while acting in furtherance of the appropriate activities of the United States, a state or a political subdivision thereof or a provider of wire or electronic communication service. L.1968,c.409,s.6; amended 1975,c.131,s.3; 1993,c.29,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:19-45 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 19 / Section 19-45
Corporation deemed resident of what county
Status: in_force

2A:19-45. A corporation making a general assignment shall be deemed, for the purposes of this chapter, a resident of the county in which its principal office is located. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.72.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:34-13 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 34 / Section 34-13
Matrimonial or civil union action.
Status: in_force

2A:34-13. Matrimonial or civil union action. A person who has attained the age of 16 years may prosecute or defend any matrimonial or civil union action in person or by attorney. Amended 1988, c.153, s.1; 2006, c.103, s.73.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:157-5 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 157 / Section 157-5
County detectives in third-class counties of over 75,000 population
Status: in_force

In counties of the third class now or hereafter having a population in excess of 75,000 there may be appointed not in excess of 9 county detectives, of whom 1 may be designated chief of county detectives, 1 captain of county detectives; and 1 lieutenant of county detectives; their annual salaries shall be fixed as follows: chief of county detectives, not less than $7,500.00; captain of county detectives, not less than $7,000.00; lieutenant of county detectives, not less than $6,000.00; and other county detectives, not less than $5,500.00 L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1959, c. 161, p. 636, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:67-5 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 67 / Section 67-5
Penalty for signing and executing warrant for removal contrary to chapter
Status: in_force

If, after such commitment mentioned in section 2A:67-4 of this title, a person shall make out, sign or countersign a warrant for the removal of any person, so committed, contrary to this chapter, he and the officer or person obeying or executing the same shall, for every such offense, forfeit to the person aggrieved the sum of $500 to be recovered in a civil action.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:168-23 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 168 / Section 168-23
Costs and expenses
Status: in_force

Any receiving State incurring costs or other expenses under the compact shall be reimbursed in the amount of such costs or other expenses by the sending State unless the States concerned shall specifically otherwise agree. Any two or more States party to the compact may enter into supplementary agreements determining a different allocation of costs as among themselves. L.1953, c. 83, p. 1008, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-61.65 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-61.65
Violations considered as consumer fraud.
Status: in_force

4. Any violation of P.L.2002, c.133 (C.2A:18-61.62 et seq.) shall be considered a violation of the New Jersey consumer fraud act, P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.). L.2002,c.133,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-4 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-4
Actions on lease, specialty, recognizance or award; 16 years; effect of payments; action on instrument under seal brought by merchant or financial institution; 6 years
Status: in_force

Every action at law for rent or arrears of rent, founded upon a lease under seal, every action at law upon a single or penal bill under seal for the payment of money only, upon an obligation under seal conditioned for the payment of money only, upon a recognizance or upon an award under the hands and seals of arbitrators for the payment of money only shall be commenced within 16 years next after the cause of any such action shall have accrued. If, however, any payment is made on any such lease, specialty, recognizance or award within or after such period of 16 years, an action thereon may be commenced within 16 years next after such payment, and not thereafter. This section shall not apply to any action for breach of any contract for sale governed by N.J.S. 12A:2-725. This section shall also not apply to any action founded upon an instrument under seal brought by a merchant or bank, finance company, or other financial institution. Any such action shall be commenced within 6 years next after the cause of any such action shall have accrued. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1961, c. 121, p. 723, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1963; L.1979, c. 436, s. 1, eff. Feb. 14, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:47-1 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 47 / Section 47-1
Referral to adult diagnostic and treatment center; commitment; examination.
Status: in_force

2C:47-1. Referral to Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center; Commitment; Examination. Whenever a person is convicted of the offense of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, kidnapping pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection c. of N.J.S.2C:13-1, endangering the welfare of a child by engaging in sexual conduct which would impair or debauch the morals of the child pursuant to subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:24-4, endangering the welfare of a child pursuant to paragraph (4) or (5) of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:24-4, leader of a network to share child sexual abuse or exploitation material pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2017, c.141 (C.2C:24-4.1), or an attempt to commit any such crime, the judge shall order the Department of Corrections to complete a psychological examination of the offender, except the judge shall not require a psychological examination if the offender is to be sentenced to a term of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole. The examination shall include a determination of whether the offender's conduct was characterized by a pattern of repetitive, compulsive behavior and, if it was, a further determination of the offender's amenability to sex offender treatment and willingness to participate in such treatment. The court's order shall contain a determination of the offender's legal settlement in accordance with subdivision D of article 3 of chapter 4 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes. amended 1979, c.178, s.101; 1994, c.130, s.5; 1998, c.72, s.1; 2017, c.141, s.6; 2024, c.92, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4-30.126 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-30.126
State tribunal and support enforcement agency.
Status: in_force

3. State tribunal and support enforcement agency. a. The Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part is the tribunal of this State. b. The Probation Division of the Superior Court and the State IV-D Agency are the support enforcement agencies of this State. L.2016, c.1, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:52-3 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 52 / Section 52-3
Effect of change of name on actions or other proceedings
Status: in_force

No action, or other legal proceeding commenced in his former name against any person whose name shall have been changed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall, by reason of such misnomer, be abated, nor shall any relief of recovery sought thereby be prevented.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-56.9b — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-56.9b
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

a. The Commissioner of Human Services shall, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the implementation of this act. b. The Supreme Court shall promulgate rules and procedures as may be necessary for the implementation of this act by the courts and probation departments. L.1990,c.92,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:84A-18 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 84A / Section 84A-18
Definition of incrimination
Status: in_force

Rule 24. Within the meaning of this article, a matter will incriminate (a) if it constitutes an element of a crime against this State, or another State or the United States, or (b) is a circumstance which with other circumstances would be a basis for a reasonable inference of the commission of such a crime, or (c) is a clue to the discovery of a matter which is within clauses (a) or (b) above; provided, a matter will not be held to incriminate if it clearly appears that the witness has no reasonable cause to apprehend a criminal prosecution. In determining whether a matter is incriminating under clauses (a), (b) or (c) and whether a criminal prosecution is to be apprehended, other matters in evidence, or disclosed in argument, the implications of the question, the setting in which it is asked, the applicable statute of limitations and all other factors, shall be taken into consideration. L.1960, c. 52, p. 455, s. 18, eff. July 1, 1960.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:58D-1 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 58D / Section 58D-1
Invasion of privacy, liability, civil action; damages, costs.
Status: in_force

2. a. An actor who, in violation of section 1 of P.L.2003, c.206 (C.2C:14-9), photographs, films, videotapes, records, or otherwise reproduces in any manner, the image of another person who is engaged in an act of sexual penetration or sexual contact, the exposed intimate parts of another person, or the undergarment-clad intimate parts of another person shall be liable to that person, who may bring a civil action in the Superior Court. b. An actor who, in violation of section 1 of P.L.2003, c.206 (C.2C:14-9), discloses any photograph, film, videotape, recording or any other reproduction of the image of another person who is engaged in an act of sexual penetration or sexual contact, the exposed intimate parts of another person, or the undergarment-clad intimate parts of another person shall be liable to that person, who may bring a civil action in the Superior Court. For purposes of this section: (1) "disclose" means sell, manufacture, give, provide, lend, trade, mail, deliver, transfer, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, advertise, offer, share, or make available via the Internet or by any other means, whether for pecuniary gain or not; and (2) "intimate parts" has the meaning ascribed to it in N.J.S.2C:14-1. c. The court may award: (1) actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages computed at the rate of $1,000 for each violation of this act; (2) punitive damages upon proof of willful or reckless disregard of the law; (3) reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred; and (4) such other preliminary and equitable relief as the court determines to be appropriate. A conviction of a violation of section 1 of P.L.2003, c.206 (C.2C:14-9) shall not be a prerequisite for a civil action brought pursuant to this section. L.2003, c.206, s.2; amended 2016, c.2, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:12-6 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-6
Distribution of law reports.
Status: in_force

2A:12-6. The Administrative Director of the Courts is authorized to distribute or cause to be distributed any bound volumes of the New Jersey Reports and the New Jersey Superior Court Reports heretofore or hereafter published and delivered to him, as follows: To each member of the Legislature, one copy of each volume of such reports. To the following named, for official use, to remain the property of the State, the following number of copies of each volume of such reports: a. To the Governor, four copies; b. To the Department of Law and Public Safety, for the Division of Law, four copies; and the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, one copy; c. To the Department of the Treasury, for the State Treasurer, one copy; the Division of Taxation, three copies; and the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, one copy; d. To the Department of State, one copy; e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2008, c.29); f. To the Department of Banking and Insurance, two copies; g. To the Board of Public Utilities in the Department of the Treasury, one copy; h. To the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, for the commissioner, one copy; the Division of Workers' Compensation, five copies; the State Board of Mediation, one copy; and the Division of Employment Security, three copies; i. To the Department of Education, for the commissioner, one copy; j. To the Department of Transportation, one copy; k. To the Department of Human Services, one copy; the Department of Corrections, one copy; and the Department of Children and Families, one copy; l. To each judge of the federal courts in and for the district of New Jersey, one copy; m. To each justice of the Supreme Court, one copy; n. To each judge of the Superior Court, one copy; o. To the Administrative Director of the Courts, one copy; p. To each standing master of the Superior Court, one copy; q. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1983, c.36.) r. To the clerk of the Supreme Court, one copy; s. To the clerk of the Superior Court, one copy; t. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1983, c.36.) u. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1983, c.36.) v. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1991, c.91.) w. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1991, c.91.) x. To each county prosecutor, one copy; y. To the Central Management Unit in the Office of Legislative Services, one copy; z. To each surrogate, one copy; aa. To each county clerk, one copy; ab. To each sheriff, one copy; ac. To Rutgers, The State University, two copies; and the law schools, five copies each; ad. To the law school of Seton Hall University, five copies; ae. To Princeton University, two copies; af. To the Library of Congress, four copies; ag. To the New Jersey Historical Society, one copy; ah. To every library provided by the board of chosen freeholders of any county at the courthouse in each county, one copy; ai. To the library of every county bar association in this State, one copy; aj. To each incorporated library association in this State, which has a law library at the county seat of the county in which it is located, one copy; ak. To each judge of the tax court, one copy; al. The State Library, 60 copies, five of which shall be deposited in the Law Library, and 55 of which shall be used by the State Librarian to send one copy to the state library of each state and territory of the United States, the same to be in exchange for the law reports of such states and territories sent to the State Library, which reports shall be deposited in and become part of the collection of the Law Library. The remaining copies of such reports shall be retained by the administrative director for the use of the State and for such further distribution as he may determine upon. Amended 1983, c.36, s.1; 1991, c.91, s.29; 2001, c.137, s.1; 2006, c.47, s.21; 2008, c.29, s.84.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:56-55 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 56 / Section 56-55
Appointed broker, sale of heirs property, open-market sale.
Status: in_force

11. a. Unless otherwise required to do so within a shorter time, a broker appointed under subsection b. of section 10 of this act to offer heirs property by open-market sale shall file a report with the court not later than seven days after receiving an offer to purchase the property for at least the value determined under section 6 or 10 of this act. b. The report required by subsection a. of this section shall contain the following information: (1) A description of the property to be sold to each buyer; (2) The name of each buyer; (3) The proposed purchase price; (4) The terms and conditions of the proposed sale, including the terms of any owner financing; (5) The amounts to be paid to lienholders; (6) A statement of contractual or other arrangements or conditions of the broker's commission; and (7) Any other material facts relevant to the sale. L.2025, c.88, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4-30.136 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-30.136
Child support orders for two or more obligees.
Status: in_force

13. Child support orders for two or more obligees. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this State shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this State. L.2016, c.1, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:168-36 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 168 / Section 168-36
Compacting states, effective date and amendment.
Status: in_force

11. Article XI. Compacting States, Effective Date and Amendment. a. Any state, as defined in Article II of this compact, is eligible to become a Compacting State. b. The Compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the Compact into law by no less than 35 of the States. The initial effective date shall be the later of July 1, 2001, or upon enactment into law by the 35th jurisdiction. Thereafter it shall become effective and binding, as to any other Compacting State, upon enactment of the Compact into law by that State. The governors of Non-member states or their designees will be invited to participate in Interstate Commission activities on a non-voting basis prior to adoption of the compact by all states and territories of the United States. c. Amendments to the Compact may be proposed by the Interstate Commission for enactment by the Compacting States. No amendment shall become effective and binding upon the Interstate Commission and the Compacting States unless and until it is enacted into law by unanimous consent of the Compacting States. L.2002,c.111,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:65D-3 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 65D / Section 65D-3
Permission required for sending unsolicited advertisement via text messaging.
Status: in_force

3. No person may send an unsolicited advertisement by means of text messaging without first receiving permission from the intended recipient. Permission may be granted only with prior express authorization from the intended recipient that includes the number to which the text message advertisement may be sent. The permission may be revoked at any time with a request that includes the number for which permission is being revoked. L.2015, c.119, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:158-7 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 158 / Section 158-7
Expenses of prosecutor in enforcement of laws.
Status: in_force

2A:158-7. Except as provided in section 2 of P.L.2019, c.233 (C.2A:158-7.1), all necessary expenses incurred by the prosecutor for each county in the detection, arrest, indictment and conviction of offenders against the laws shall, upon being certified to by the prosecutor and approved, under his hand, by a judge of the Superior Court, be paid by the county treasurer whenever the same shall be approved by the board of chosen freeholders of such county. The amount or amounts to be expended shall not exceed the amount fixed by the board of chosen freeholders in its regular or emergency appropriation, unless such expenditure is specifically authorized by order of the assignment judge of the Superior Court for such county; however, the assignment judge shall consider the financial impact of such an order on the governing body of the county, its residents, the limitations imposed upon the local unit's property tax levy pursuant to subsection b. of section 10 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.40A:4-45.45), and county taxpayers. amended 1991, c.91, s.126; 2015, c.249, s.1; 2019, c.233, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:62A-30 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 62A / Section 62A-30
Findings, declarations relative to use of defibrillators in health clubs.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. According to the American Heart Association, when a person suffers sudden cardiac arrest, the person's chance of survival decreases by 7% to 10% for each minute that passes without defibrillation; and with defibrillation given in the first minute after cardiac arrest, the survival rate can be as high as 90%; b. The greatest risk for cardiac arrest is among men over 45 and women over 55 years of age, as well as among persons who smoke, are overweight or have diabetes; c. Studies have shown that while exercise helps the heart in the long run, the risk of physical activity is not zero and the risk for cardiac arrest may increase during the time that the person is engaging in moderate or vigorous exercise, particularly for those who are sporadic exercisers or have underlying cardiovascular disease; d. The number of Americans who exercise regularly at health clubs has increased steadily in recent years, as has the age of persons who exercise at these clubs; as many as 30 million people now visit health and exercise centers in this country, and it is estimated that about 55% percent of these people are over age 35; e. As the age of persons who use health clubs increases, it is reasonable to assume that the number of members with cardiovascular disease is rising as well; f. In recognition of the increasing risk of cardiac arrest at health clubs and the effectiveness of readily accessible automated external defibrillators in saving lives, it is, therefore, in the best interest of the residents of this State to require health clubs to maintain defibrillators on their premises. L.2005,c.346,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:15-18 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 15 / Section 15-18
Action by taxpayer on failure of county or municipality to sue
Status: in_force

If the board of chosen freeholders of a county or the governing body of a municipality fails to prosecute a claim or demand of the county or municipality, any court in which an action on such claim or demand is cognizable may, upon terms, allow a taxpayer and resident of the county or municipality to commence and prosecute an action upon the claim or demand in the name and on behalf of the county or municipality, if in the opinion of the court the interests of the county or municipality would be promoted thereby.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:66-4 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 66 / Section 66-4
Duty of financial institutions
Status: in_force

4. Duty of financial institutions. Upon receipt of the order authorized by this act, a financial institution shall not permit any funds or assets that were frozen by the order to be withdrawn or disposed of until further order of the court. L.2003,c.22,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:42-117 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 42 / Section 42-117
Action to appoint receiver.
Status: in_force

4. A summary action or otherwise to appoint a receiver to take charge and manage a building may be brought by a party in interest or qualified entity in the Superior Court in the county in which the building is situated. Any receiver so appointed shall be under the direction and control of the court and shall have full power over the property and may, upon appointment and subject to the provisions of P.L.2003, c.295 (C.2A:42-114 et al.), commence and maintain proceedings for the conservation, protection or disposal of the building, or any part thereof, as the court may deem proper. A building shall be eligible for receivership if it meets one of the following criteria: a. The building is in violation of any State or municipal code to such an extent as to endanger the health and safety of the tenants as of the date of the filing of the complaint with the court, and the violation or violations have persisted, unabated, for at least 90 days preceding the date of the filing of the complaint with the court; or b. The building is the site of a clear and convincing pattern of recurrent code violations, which may be shown by proofs that the building has been cited for such violations at least four separate times within the 12 months preceding the date of the filing of the complaint with the court, or six separate times in the two years prior to the date of the filing of the complaint with the court and the owner has failed to take action as set forth in section 9 of P.L.2003, c.295 (C.2A:42-122). A court, upon determining that the conditions set forth in subsection a. or b. of this section exist, based upon evidence provided by the plaintiff, shall appoint a receiver, with such powers as are herein authorized or which, in the court's determination, are necessary to remove or remedy the condition or conditions that are a serious threat to the life, health or safety of the building's tenants or occupants. L.2003,c.295,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:168-25 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 168 / Section 168-25
Effective when other states enact similar legislation
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect when any two or more States party to the compact shall enact substantially similar legislation to this act. L.1953, c. 83, p. 1008, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:26-16 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-16
Death of defendant not to abate proceedings
Status: in_force

The death of defendant after the issue and filing of the attachment shall not abate the action or the lien created thereby.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:67-32 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 67 / Section 67-32
Penalty for reimprisoning; aiding or assisting; misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Any person, either solely or as a member of any court, or in the execution of any order, judgment or process, who shall knowingly recommit, imprison or restrain of his liberty, or cause to be recommitted, imprisoned or restrained of his liberty, for the same cause, except as provided by section 2A:67-31 of this title, any person so discharged or who shall knowingly aid or assist therein shall forfeit to the party aggrieved the sum of $1400, to be recovered in an action at law in the superior court and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-10 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-10
Time when execution effective
Status: in_force

No writ of execution shall bind the property or the goods of the person against whom such writ is sued forth, but from the time that such writ shall be delivered to the sheriff, under-sheriff, coroner or other officer, his deputy or agent, to be executed.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:156A-18 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 156A / Section 156A-18
Disclosure of intercepted communications relating to other offenses
Status: in_force

18. When an investigative or law enforcement officer, while engaged in intercepting wire, electronic or oral communications in the manner authorized herein, intercepts wire, electronic or oral communications relating to offenses other than those specified in the order of authorization, the contents thereof, and evidence derived therefrom, may be disclosed or used as provided in subsection a. of section 17 of P.L.1968, c.409 (C.2A:156A-17). Such contents and any evidence derived therefrom may be used under subsection b. of section 17 of P.L.1968, c.409 (C.2A:156A-17) when authorized or approved by a judge of competent jurisdiction where such judge finds on subsequent application that the contents were otherwise intercepted in accordance with the provisions of this act. Such application shall be made as soon as practicable. L.1968,c.409,s.18; amended 1993,c.29,s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:43-3.6 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 43 / Section 43-3.6
Additional penalty for sex offense for deposit in Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Fund.
Status: in_force

11. a. In addition to any fine, fee, assessment or penalty authorized under the provisions of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, a person convicted of a sex offense, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1994, c. 133 (C.2C:7-2), shall be assessed a penalty of $800 for each such offense. b. All penalties provided for in this section, collected as provided for the collection of fines and restitutions in section 3 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C.2C:46-4), shall be forwarded to the Department of the Treasury to be deposited in the "Statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Fund" established pursuant to section 12 of P.L.2001, c.81 (C.52:4B-59). L.2001,c.81,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-61.50 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-61.50
Termination of protected tenancy
Status: in_force

11. a. The administrative agency shall terminate the protected tenancy status authorized under the provisions of this act immediately upon finding that: (1) the dwelling unit is no longer the principal residence of the tenant, or (2) the tenant's annual household income exceeds the maximum amount permitted for qualification. b. Upon presentation to the administrative agency of credible evidence that a tenant is no longer qualified for protected tenancy status under this act, the administrative agency shall proceed, in accordance with such regulations and procedures as the department shall adopt and prescribe for use in such cases, to investigate and make a determination as to the continuance of that status. c. Upon the termination of the protected tenancy status by the administrative agency, the tenant may be removed from the dwelling unit pursuant to P.L.1974, c.49 (C.2A:18-61.1 et al.), except that all notice and other times set forth therein shall be calculated and extend from the date of the expiration or termination of the protected tenancy period, or the date of the expiration of the last lease entered into with the tenant during the protected tenancy period, whichever shall be later. d. Any protection afforded to a person under the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Protected Tenancy Act," P.L.1981, c.226 (C.2A:18-61.22 et al.) shall remain in full force and effect. If the administrative agency determines that a tenant is no longer qualified for protected tenancy under that act, the administrative agency shall proceed to determine the eligibility of that tenant under the "Tenant Protection Act of 1992," P.L.1991, c.509 (C.2A:18-61.40 et al.), or, in any case in which the administrative agency is not the same as the agency administering the "Tenant Protection Act of 1992" in the municipality, shall refer the case to the appropriate administrative agency for such determination. If the tenant is found by such determination to be eligible, his protected tenancy status shall be continued. The protected tenancy status of the tenant shall remain in full force pending such determination. L.1991,c.509,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-29 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-29
Limitation of lien of civil recognizance
Status: in_force

All recognizances of bail made or entered into before any court, judge or magistrate having civil jurisdiction, upon which no actions or proceedings to enforce or collect the same shall have been prosecuted to final judgment within a period of 6 years after the same shall have been filed and recorded in the clerk's office, shall no longer be a lien or charge upon or against any real estate of which any principal or surety named in any such recognizance was or shall have been seized at the time of his entering into such recognizance, or at any time thereafter.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:44-56 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 44 / Section 44-56
Rights and title of owners of lumber or boats taken up
Status: in_force

Any person, or his agent, presenting such a written claim and paying the compensation, together with the expenses of the advertisement thereof, pursuant to this article, shall be entitled to the immediate possession thereof, and, as against the person taking up any such lumber or craft, such claim shall, in all courts of this state, be conclusive evidence of title. This section shall not be construed to affect in any way the title to any such lumber or craft as between any person claiming ownership thereof and other claimants thereto.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:42-109 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 42 / Section 42-109
Rights of person with disabilities.
Status: in_force

7. Nothing in this act shall impair the rights of a person with disabilities to own, harbor or care for a domesticated animal, including guide dogs and service dogs, in accordance with the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.). L.1990,c.55,s.7; amended 2003, c.180, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4A-48 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-48
Effect of disposition
Status: in_force

No disposition under this act shall operate to impose any of the civil disabilities ordinarily imposed by virtue of a criminal conviction, nor shall a juvenile be deemed a criminal by reason of such disposition. The disposition of a case under this act shall not be admissible against the juvenile in any criminal or penal case or proceeding in any other court except for consideration in sentencing, or as otherwise provided by law. L.1982, c. 77, s. 29, eff. Dec. 31, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:63-1 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 63 / Section 63-1
What constitutes; notice; action; damages
Status: in_force

Any person who, while carrying a gun, shall trespass on any lands, except fresh meadow lands over which the tide has ebbed and flowed continuously for 20 years or more, after (a) having been forbidden so to trespass by the owner, occupant, lessee or licensee of such lands or (b) after such owner, occupant, lessee or licensee has given public notice forbidding such trespass, which notice has been conspicuously posted adjacent to the highway bounding on such lands or adjacent to a usual entry way thereto, shall be deemed guilty of trespass at the suit of such owner, occupant, lessee or licensee, in a civil action and liable for damages of not less than $10.00.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:34-3.1 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 34 / Section 34-3.1
Retailer defined
Status: in_force

"Retailer," as used in this act, means any person who operates a store, newsstand, booth, concession or similar business with unimpeded access for persons under 18 years old, who is in the business of making sales of periodicals or other publications at retail containing pictures, drawings or photographs. P.L. 1988, c. 17, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4-30.163 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-30.163
Employer's compliance with two or more income withholding orders.
Status: in_force

40. Employer's compliance with two or more income withholding orders. If an obligor's employer receives two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for two or more child support obligees. L.2016, c.1, s.40.
N.J. Stat. § 2B:12-16 — NJ Code / Title 2B / Chapter 12 / Section 12-16
Territorial jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

2B:12-16. Territorial jurisdiction. a. A municipal court of a single municipality shall have jurisdiction over cases arising within the territory of that municipality except as provided in section 10 of P.L.1997, c.357 (C.27:25-5.15). A joint municipal court shall have jurisdiction over cases arising within the territory of any of the municipalities which the court serves. The territory of a municipality includes any premises or property located partly in and partly outside of the municipality. A central municipal court shall have jurisdiction over cases arising within the territorial boundaries of the county. A regional municipal court established pursuant to the pilot program set forth in section 1 of P.L.2021, c.191 (C.2B:12-34) shall have territorial jurisdiction over cases arising within the territory of the municipalities participating in the regional municipal court pilot program. b. A municipal court judge, serving as an acting judge in any other municipal court in the county, may also hear matters arising out of that other court, while sitting in the court where the acting judge holds a regular appointment. L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.11; 1997, c.357, s.13; 2023, c.284, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:53A-27 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 53A / Section 53A-27
Affidavit of lack of care in action for professional, medical malpractice or negligence; requirements.
Status: in_force

2. In any action for damages for personal injuries, wrongful death or property damage resulting from an alleged act of malpractice or negligence by a licensed person in his profession or occupation, the plaintiff shall, within 60 days following the date of filing of the answer to the complaint by the defendant, provide each defendant with an affidavit of an appropriate licensed person that there exists a reasonable probability that the care, skill or knowledge exercised or exhibited in the treatment, practice or work that is the subject of the complaint, fell outside acceptable professional or occupational standards or treatment practices. The court may grant no more than one additional period, not to exceed 60 days, to file the affidavit pursuant to this section, upon a finding of good cause. In the case of an action for medical malpractice, the person executing the affidavit shall meet the requirements of a person who provides expert testimony or executes an affidavit as set forth in section 7 of P.L.2004, c.17 (C.2A:53A-41). In all other cases, the person executing the affidavit shall be licensed in this or any other state; have particular expertise in the general area or specialty involved in the action, as evidenced by board certification or by devotion of the person's practice substantially to the general area or specialty involved in the action for a period of at least five years. The person shall have no financial interest in the outcome of the case under review, but this prohibition shall not exclude the person from being an expert witness in the case. L.1995,c.139,s.2; amended 2004, c.17, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:123-24 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 123 / Section 123-24
Inapplicability of act to articles in transit or being held for delivery
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this act shall apply to tents or sleeping bags being transported upon vessels, vehicles or railroad cars, or being held for delivery; provided, such transport and delivery is subject to and in conformity with regulations now or hereafter prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. L.1975, c. 286, s. 9, eff. Jan. 12, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:23D-10 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 23D / Section 23D-10
Disclosure of information.
Status: in_force

10. Except as otherwise provided by law, during the family collaborative law process a party shall, in good faith, provide timely, full, and candid disclosure of information related to the family law dispute without formal discovery. A party shall also promptly update previously disclosed information that has materially changed. The parties may define the scope of disclosure during the collaborative family law process except as provided by law. L.2014, c.50, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:23C-1 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 23C / Section 23C-1
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Mediation Act." L.2004,c.157,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4-30.157 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-30.157
Assistance with discovery.
Status: in_force

34. Assistance with discovery. A tribunal of this State may: a. request a tribunal outside this State to assist in obtaining discovery; and b. upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this State. L.2016, c.1, s.34.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-23 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-23
Appraisement made
Status: in_force

The appraisers shall appoint a time and place where they will make their appraisement, and shall cause at least 5 days' notice in writing thereof to be given to the execution plaintiff or his attorney, at which time and place they shall, in the presence of the execution plaintiff or his attorney, if either see fit to attend, proceed with the appraisement, and set down in writing a particular account of the articles and things appraised, with their respective values annexed, and sign the same.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:16-49 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-49
Effect of entry of satisfaction on lien of attorney
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article as to the entry of satisfaction of a judgment shall not be deemed to deprive an attorney at law of a lien which he may have on the judgment.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:34-2 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 34 / Section 34-2
Obscenity for persons 18 years of age or older
Status: in_force

2C:34-2. Obscenity for Persons 18 Years of Age or Older. a. Definitions for purpose of this section: (1) "Obscene material" means any description, narrative account, display, or depiction of sexual activity or anatomical area contained in, or consisting of, a picture or other representation, publication, sound recording, live performance, or film, which by means of posing, composition, format or animated sensual details: (a) Depicts or describes in a patently offensive way, ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, masturbation, excretory functions, or lewd exhibition of the genitals, (b) Lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value, when taken as a whole, and (c) Is a part of a work, which to the average person applying contemporary community standards, has a dominant theme taken as a whole, which appeals to the prurient interest. (2) "Exhibit" means the sale of admission to view obscene material. b. A person who sells, distributes, rents or exhibits obscene material to a person 18 years of age or older commits a crime of the fourth degree. Sale of obscene material shall be deemed to include any form of transaction which results in the admission to a display or depiction of obscene material or temporary or permanent access to any obscene material. Nothing contained herein or in section 3 of P.L.1995, c.230 (C.2C:34-7) shall be construed to prohibit a municipality from adopting as a part of its zoning ordinances an ordinance permitting the sale, distribution, rental or exhibition of obscene material in which event such sale, distribution, rental or exhibition shall be deemed legal. L.1978, c.95; amended 1982,c.211; 1989,c.54,s.1; 1995,c.230,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:53A-13.1 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 53A / Section 53A-13.1
Liability of volunteer fire company, volunteer first aid, rescue or emergency squad or civil defense unit providing services
Status: in_force

No volunteer fire company or volunteer first aid, rescue or emergency squad, civil defense unit, incorporated or unincorporated, which provides services for the control and extinguishment of fires or emergency public first aid and rescue services, or both, shall be liable in any civil action to respond in damages as a result of any acts of commission or omission arising out of and in the course of the rendition in good faith of any such services, or arising out of and in the course of participation in any authorized drill, by any member of the volunteer fire company or the volunteer first aid, rescue or emergency squad, or civil defense unit, and in the case of a volunteer fire company within which a first aid or rescue squad has been created, by any authorized active volunteer first aid or rescue squad worker therefor, notwithstanding that he is not a member of the volunteer fire company. No such immunity from liability shall extend to the operation of any motor vehicle in connection with the rendering of any such services. L.1975, c. 196, s. 1, eff. Aug. 21, 1975. Amended by L.1983, c. 29, s. 2, eff. Jan. 25, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:35-5.5 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 35 / Section 35-5.5
Findings, declarations relative to removal, restraint of certain drug offenders.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature hereby finds and declares to be the public policy of this State, the following: a. By the enactment of the "Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987," N.J.S.2C:35-1 et seq., the Legislature recognized that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, possession and use of controlled dangerous substances poses a serious and pervasive threat to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of this State. b. In particular, the unlawful manufacture and distribution of controlled dangerous substances can undermine the quality of life enjoyed by all persons who live or work in a neighborhood where such unlawful activity occurs. c. Persons who engage in unlawful drug activity serve as negative role models for the young, enlist others to join in illicit enterprises, attract violent criminals who prey upon the innocent, and drive away law-abiding citizens, thus having an adverse impact upon legitimate businesses. d. Displacing those who engage in the unlawful manufacture and distribution of controlled dangerous substances from the situs of their offenses will disrupt drug trafficking by forcing offenders to abandon familiar and comfortable surroundings and requiring them to rely on more cumbersome techniques for conducting street-level transactions. Restraining orders will also protect the public by separating drug offenders from their known markets for sales and purchases of controlled dangerous substances. L.1999,c.334,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:40-8 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 40 / Section 40-8
Label cautioning and informing user
Status: in_force

A portable, oil-burning heating device shall not be sold, offered for sale, or used in this State unless a label is affixed to the device cautioning and informing the user concerning: a. The amount and source of ventilation that is adequate when the device is in operation; b. The type of fuel that should be used in the device; c. The steps that should be followed in order to refuel the device safely; d. The proper placement and handling of the device when it is in operation to prevent fire, burns, and other safety hazards; e. The proper procedures for lighting the device and regulating and extinguishing the flame. L.1983, c. 438, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 2B:24-2 — NJ Code / Title 2B / Chapter 24 / Section 24-2
Definitions relative to municipal public defenders
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Indigent defendant" means a person who is entitled to be represented by a municipal public defender pursuant to this act, and does not have the present financial ability to secure competent legal representation, as determined by section 9 of this act. "Municipal court" means a municipal, central or joint municipal court established pursuant to N.J.S.2B:12-1. "Municipal public defender" means a person, as defined in section 4 of this act, appointed to represent indigent defendants in proceedings over which the municipal court has jurisdiction. L.1997,c.256,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:34-59 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 34 / Section 34-59
Priority.
Status: in_force

7. Priority. If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under this act is raised in a child custody proceeding, the question, upon request of a party, shall be given priority on the calendar and handled expeditiously. L.2004,c.147,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:170-51.7 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 170 / Section 170-51.7
Sale of dextromethorphan to persons under 18 prohibited; violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

1. a. No person shall sell or offer for sale, either directly or indirectly by an agent or employee, any product containing dextromethorphan as an active ingredient to a person under 18 years of age. b. The establishment of all of the following shall constitute a defense to any prosecution brought pursuant to subsection a. of this section: (1) that the purchaser of the product falsely represented, by producing either a driver's license or non-driver identification card issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, a similar card issued pursuant to the laws of another state or the federal government or Canada, or a photographic identification card issued by a county clerk, that the purchaser was of legal age to make the purchase; (2) that the appearance of the purchaser of the product was such that an ordinary prudent person would believe the purchaser to be of legal age to make the purchase; and (3) that the sale of the product was made in good faith, relying upon the production of the identification set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the appearance of the purchaser, and the reasonable belief that the purchaser was of legal age to make the purchase. c. A person who violates the provisions of subsection a. of this section, including an employee of a retail establishment who actually sells a product containing dextromethorphan as an active ingredient to a person under 18 years of age, shall be liable to a civil penalty of not more than $750. In the case of a retail establishment that is part of a chain with two or more locations in the State, the violation shall be assessed against the particular retail establishment and not the chain. The civil penalty shall be collected pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.), in a summary proceeding before the municipal court having jurisdiction. An official authorized by statute or ordinance to enforce the State or local health codes or a law enforcement officer having enforcement authority in that municipality may issue a summons for a violation of the provisions of subsection a. of this section, and may serve and execute all process with respect to the enforcement of this section consistent with the Rules of Court. A penalty recovered under the provisions of this subsection shall be recovered by and in the name of the State by the local health agency. The penalty shall be paid into the treasury of the municipality in which the violation occurred for the general uses of the municipality. d. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any prescription medication containing dextromethorphan as an active ingredient that is dispensed by a pharmacist pursuant to a valid prescription. L.2015, c.114, s.1.