N.J. Stat. § 2C:33-3 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 33 / Section 33-3
False public alarms.
Status: in_force

2C:33-3. False Public Alarms. a. (1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person is guilty of a crime of the third degree if he initiates or circulates a report or warning of an impending fire, explosion, crime, catastrophe, emergency, or any other incident knowing that the report or warning is false or baseless and that it is likely to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transport, or to cause public inconvenience or alarm. (b) A person is guilty of a crime of the second degree if the false alarm involves a report or warning of an impending bombing, hostage situation, person armed with a deadly weapon as defined by subsection c. of N.J.S.2C:11-1, or any other incident that elicits an immediate or heightened response by law enforcement or emergency services. (c) A person is guilty of a crime of the second degree if the false alarm involves a report or warning about any critical infrastructure located in this State. For purposes of this subparagraph, "critical infrastructure" means any building, place of assembly, or facility that is indispensably necessary for national security, economic stability, or public safety. (2) A person is guilty of a crime of the third degree if he knowingly causes the false alarm to be transmitted to or within any organization, official or volunteer, for dealing with emergencies involving danger to life or property. b. A person is guilty of a crime of the second degree if in addition to the report or warning initiated, circulated or transmitted under subsection a. of this section, he places or causes to be placed any false or facsimile bomb in a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transport or in a place likely to cause public inconvenience or alarm. A violation of this subsection is a crime of the first degree if it occurs during a declared period of national, State or county emergency. c. A person is guilty of a crime of the second degree if a violation of subsection a. of this section in fact results in serious bodily injury to another person or occurs during a declared period of national, State or county emergency. A person is guilty of a crime of the first degree if a violation of subsection a. of this section in fact results in death. d. For the purposes of this section, "in fact" means that strict liability is imposed. It shall not be a defense that the death or serious bodily injury was not a foreseeable consequence of the person's acts or that the death or serious bodily injury was caused by the actions of another person or by circumstances beyond the control of the actor. The actor shall be strictly liable upon proof that the crime occurred during a declared period of national, State or county emergency. It shall not be a defense that the actor did not know that there was a declared period of emergency at the time the crime occurred. e. A person is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree if the person knowingly places a call to a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system without purpose of reporting the need for 9-1-1 service. f. A person is guilty of a crime of the third degree if the person knowingly places a call to a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system with purpose to intimidate or harass an individual or group of individuals because of race, color, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, or ethnicity. All local and county law enforcement authorities shall submit an annual report, on a form prescribed by the Attorney General, to the Uniform Crime Reporting Unit, within the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety, or to another designated recipient determined by the Attorney General, containing the number and nature of offenses under this section committed within their respective jurisdictions and the disposition of these offenses. Every two years, the Uniform Crime Reporting Unit or other designated recipient of the annual reports shall forward a summary of all reports received during the preceding two-year period, along with a summary of offenses investigated by the Division of State Police for the same period, to the State's Office of Emergency Management. amended 1987, c.6; 1994, c.115; 1996, c.63, s.1; 1999, c.195, s.1; 2002, c.26, s.16; 2015, c.156; 2020, c.73, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:11-5.2 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 11 / Section 11-5.2
Leaving scene of boating accident; crime, sentencing.
Status: in_force

1. a. Whenever any vessel, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1995, c.401 (C.12:7-71), is involved in an accident upon the waters of this State, and the operator of that vessel knows he is involved in an accident and knowingly leaves the scene of that accident under circumstances that violate the provisions of section 11 of P.L.1962, c.73 (C.12:7-34.46), that operator shall be guilty of a crime of the second degree if the accident results in the death of another person, and shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree if the accident results in serious bodily injury to another person. The presumption of nonimprisonment set forth in N.J.S.2C:44-1 shall not apply to persons convicted under the provisions of this section. b. 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). c. 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. d. 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. e. For the purposes of this section, knowledge of the death, knowledge of the serious bodily injury, or knowledge of the violation shall not be elements of the offense and it shall not be a defense that the operator of the vessel was unaware of the death or of the provisions of section 11 of P.L.1962, c.73 (C.12:7-34.46). L.2014, c.17, s.1; amended 2017, c.165, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-77 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-77
Against whom writ not to issue
Status: in_force

No capias ad satisfaciendum shall issue in a civil action or an action for a penalty to take the body of: a. A female; or b. An infant under the age of 16 years; or c. An infant above such age and under 21 years of age, if the court before which application for the writ is made, after determining the infant's age and the nature of the offense or action complained of, decides within its discretion that the writ shall not issue; or d. A defendant who has been arrested on a capias ad respondendum in an action on contract on the ground of fraud in the inception of the contract, and as to whom it has been determined by the court at the trial that such fraud did not exist.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:61-2 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 61 / Section 61-2
Publication in foreign language newspaper
Status: in_force

The officer or other person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title having charge of any sale of real estate may, whenever the sale, in his opinion, will be promoted by publication in such a newspaper, in addition to the publications required by section 2A:61-1, select a newspaper printed in a foreign language, circulating in the neighborhood of the property to be sold. The same fees shall be allowed and paid for publication in a newspaper printed and published in a foreign language as in other cases.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:16-4 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-4
Cash deposit in lieu of supersedeas bond
Status: in_force

When a cash deposit is made in lieu of a supersedeas bond on appeal, the cash deposit shall be retained until the final determination of the cause and shall be subject to the lien of the judgment appealed from and costs, interest thereon and the costs of the appeal.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:28-6 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 28 / Section 28-6
Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence
Status: in_force

A person commits a crime of the fourth degree if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he: (1) Alters, destroys, conceals or removes any article, object, record, document or other thing of physical substance with purpose to impair its verity or availability in such proceeding or investigation; or (2) Makes, devises, prepares, presents, offers or uses any article, object, record, document or other thing of physical substance knowing it to be false and with purpose to mislead a public servant who is engaged in such proceeding or investigation. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:28-6, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:42-133 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 42 / Section 42-133
Order for sale of building.
Status: in_force

20. Upon application of the receiver, the court may order the sale of the building if it finds that: a. Notice was given to each current record owner of the building, each mortgagee or lienholder of record, and any other party in interest; b. The receiver has been in control of the building for more than one year at the time of application and the owner has not successfully petitioned for reinstatement under section 24 of P.L.2003, c.295 (C.2A:42-137); and c. The sale would promote the sustained maintenance of the building as sound, affordable housing, consistent with codes and safety requirements. L.2003,c.295,s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:4-6 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 4 / Section 4-6
Determination of fitness to proceed; effect of finding of unfitness; proceedings if fitness is regained; post-commitment hearing
Status: in_force

2C:4-6. Determination of Fitness to Proceed; Effect of Finding of Unfitness; Proceedings if Fitness is Regained; Post-Commitment Hearing. a. When the issue of the defendant's fitness to proceed is raised, the issue shall be determined by the court. If neither the prosecutor nor counsel for the defendant contests the finding of the report filed pursuant to section 2C:4-5, the court may make the determination on the basis of such report. If the finding is contested or if there is no report, the court shall hold a hearing on the issue. If the report is received in evidence upon such hearing, either party shall have the right to summon and examine the psychiatrists or licensed psychologists who joined in the report and to offer evidence upon the issue. b. If the court determines that the defendant lacks fitness to proceed, the proceeding against him shall be suspended, except as provided in subsection c. of this section. At this time, the court may commit him to the custody of the Commissioner of Human Services to be placed in an appropriate institution if it is found that the defendant is so dangerous to himself or others as to require institutionalization, or it shall proceed to determine whether placement in an out-patient setting or release is appropriate; provided, however, that no commitment to any institution shall be in excess of such period of time during which it can be determined whether it is substantially probable that the defendant could regain his competence within the foreseeable future. If the court determines that the defendant is fit to proceed, but suffers from mental illness, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1987, c.116 (C.30:4-27.2), that does not require institutionalization, the court shall order the defendant to be provided appropriate treatment in the jail or prison in which the defendant is incarcerated. Where the defendant is incarcerated in a county correctional facility, the county shall provide or arrange for this treatment. The Department of Corrections shall reimburse the county for the reasonable costs of treatment, as determined by the Commissioner of Corrections, provided that the county has submitted to the commissioner such documentation and verification as the commissioner shall require. c. If the defendant has not regained his fitness to proceed within three months, the court shall hold a hearing on the issue of whether the charges against him shall be dismissed with prejudice or held in abeyance. The hearing shall be held only upon notice to the prosecutor and with an opportunity for the prosecutor to be heard. When the charges are not dismissed, each defendant's case shall be specifically reviewed by the court at six-month intervals until an order is made by the court that the defendant stand trial or that the charges be dismissed. There shall be a presumption that charges against a defendant who is not competent to proceed shall be held in abeyance. The presumption can be overcome only if the court determines, using the factors set forth in this subsection, that continuing the criminal prosecution under the particular circumstances of the case would constitute a constitutionally significant injury to the defendant attributable to undue delay in being brought to trial. In determining whether the charges shall be held in abeyance or dismissed, the court shall weigh the following factors: the defendant's prospects for regaining competency; the period of time during which the defendant has remained incompetent; the nature and extent of the defendant's institutionalization; the nature and gravity of the crimes charged; the effects of delay on the prosecution; the effects of delay on the defendant, including any likelihood of prejudice to the defendant in the trial arising out of the delay; and the public interest in prosecuting the charges. d. When the court, on its own motion or upon application of the commissioner, his designee or either party, determines after a hearing, if a hearing is requested, that the defendant has regained fitness to proceed, the proceedings shall be resumed. e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1996, c.133). f. The fact that the defendant is unfit to proceed does not preclude determination of any legal objection to the prosecution which is susceptible of fair determination prior to trial and without the personal participation of the defendant. L.1978, c.95; amended 1979, c.178, s.13B; 1996, c.133, s.1; 1997, c.77, s.2; 1999, c.16, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:16-44 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-44
Postponement of lien of judgment
Status: in_force

2A:16-44. All postponements of the lien of judgments appearing of record in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court shall contain a full description of the property as to which the judgment lien is proposed to be postponed, together with the book and page of the record of the judgment to be postponed. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.37.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:15-14 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 15 / Section 15-14
Marginal notation in record of notice of judgment for defendant; appeal; further lis pendens
Status: in_force

Whenever a final judgment is made in favor of the defendant or defendants in any action, notice of the pendency of which has been filed in the office of any county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages in whose office the notice has been filed shall, when a copy of such judgment, certified under the seal of the court in which the judgment shall have been obtained, is filed in his office, enter in the margin of the record of the notice a statement of the substance of the judgment. Thereafter the real estate described in the notice shall be discharged of all equities or claims set up in the complaint in the action, unless the plaintiff takes an appeal or institutes proceedings for relief from the judgment and files a similar notice of lis pendens in said office, stating in the notice the object of the appeal or proceedings. Such notice shall, during the pendency of such appeal or proceedings, have the effect of the notice first filed, and the real estate described in the notice may be discharged of all equities set up in the complaint, in the manner provided for the discharge of the notice first filed.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:58C-9 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 58C / Section 58C-9
Affidavit by seller indentifying manufacturer; product seller liability
Status: in_force

2. a. In any product liability action against a product seller, the product seller may file an affidavit certifying the correct identity of the manufacturer of the product which allegedly caused the injury, death or damage. b. Upon filing the affidavit pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the product seller shall be relieved of all strict liability claims, subject to the provisions set forth in subsection d. of this section. Due diligence shall be exercised in providing the plaintiff with the correct identity of the manufacturer or manufacturers. c. The product seller shall be subject to strict liability if: (1) The identity of the manufacturer given to the plaintiff by the product seller was incorrect. Once the correct identity of the manufacturer has been provided, the product seller shall again be relieved of all strict liability claims, subject to subsection d. of this section; or (2) The manufacturer has no known agents, facility, or other presence within the United States; or (3) The manufacturer has no attachable assets or has been adjudicated bankrupt and a judgment is not otherwise recoverable from the assets of the bankruptcy estate. d. A product seller shall be liable if: (1) The product seller has exercised some significant control over the design, manufacture, packaging or labeling of the product relative to the alleged defect in the product which caused the injury, death or damage; or (2) The product seller knew or should have known of the defect in the product which caused the injury, death or damage or the plaintiff can affirmatively demonstrate that the product seller was in possession of facts from which a reasonable person would conclude that the product seller had or should have had knowledge of the alleged defect in the product which caused the injury, death or damage; or (3) The product seller created the defect in the product which caused the injury, death or damage. e. The commencement of a product liability action based in whole or in part on the doctrine of strict liability against a product seller shall toll the applicable statute of limitations with respect to manufacturers who have been identified pursuant to the provisions of subsection a. of this section. L.1995,c.141,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-61.23 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-61.23
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that research studies have demonstrated that the forced eviction and relocation of elderly persons from their established homes and communities harm the mental and physical health of these senior citizens, and that these disruptions in the lives of older persons affect adversely the social, economic and cultural characteristics of communities of the State, and increase the costs borne by all State citizens in providing for their public health, safety and welfare. These conditions are particularly serious in light of the rising costs of home ownership, and are of increasing concern where rental housing is converted into condominiums or cooperatives which senior citizens on fixed limited incomes cannot afford, an occurrence which is becoming more and more frequent in this State under prevailing economic circumstances. The Legislature, therefore, declares that it is in the public interest of the State to avoid the forced eviction and relocation of senior citizen tenants wherever possible, specifically in those instances where rental housing market conditions and particular financial circumstances combine to diminish the ability of senior citizens to obtain satisfactory comparable housing within their established communities, and where the eviction action is the result not of any failure of the senior citizen tenant to abide by the terms of a lease or rental agreement, but of the owner's decision advantageously to dispose of residential property through the device of conversion to a condominium or cooperative. The Legislature further finds that it is in the public interest of the State to avoid the forced eviction and the displacement of the handicapped wherever possible because of their limited mobility and the limited number of housing units which are suitable for their needs. The Legislature further declares that in the service of this public interest it is appropriate that qualified senior citizen tenants and disabled tenants be accorded a period of protected tenancy, during which they shall be entitled to the fair enjoyment of the dwelling unit within the converted residential structure, to continue for such time, up to 40 years, as the conditions and circumstances which make necessary such protected tenancy shall continue. The Legislature further finds that the promotion of this public interest is possible only if senior citizen tenants and disabled tenants are protected during this period from alterations in the terms of the tenancy or rent increases which are the result solely of an owner's decision to convert. L.1981, c. 226, s. 2, eff. July 27, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-24 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-24
Acknowledgment or new promise
Status: in_force

In actions at law grounded on any simple contract, no acknowledgment or promise by words only shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract, so as to take any case out of the operation of this chapter, or to deprive any person of the benefit thereof, unless such acknowledgment or promise shall be made or continued by or in some writing to be signed by the party chargeable thereby. Where there shall be 2 or more joint contractors or executors or administrators of any contractor, no such joint contractor, executor or administrator shall lose the benefit of this chapter so as to be chargeable in respect or by reason only of any written acknowledgment or promise signed by another or others of them. If, in an action against 2 or more joint contractors, or executors or administrators of a contractor, it appears at the trial or otherwise that the plaintiff, although barred as to 1 or more of such joint contractors, or executors or administrators, shall, nevertheless be entitled to recover against any other or others of the defendants by virtue of a new acknowledgment or promise, or otherwise, judgment may be given, with costs, for the plaintiff as to such defendant or defendants, against whom he shall recover, and for the other defendant or defendants against the plaintiff. Nothing in this section shall take away, lessen or alter the effect of any payment of principal or interest made by any person whatsoever on the obligation in suit.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:23A-22 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 23A / Section 23A-22
Arbitrators
Status: in_force

a. The number or selection of arbitrators may be stipulated by mutual consent of all of the parties to the action, which stipulation shall be made in writing prior to or at the time notice is given that the controversy is to be submitted to arbitration. The assignment judge shall approve the arbitrators agreed to by the parties, whether or not the designated arbitrators satisfy the requirements of subsection b. of this section, upon a finding that the designees are qualified and their serving would not prejudice the interest of any of the parties. b. If the parties fail to stipulate the number or names of the arbitrators, the arbitrators shall be selected, in accordance with rules of court adopted by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, from a list of arbitrators compiled by the assignment judge, to be comprised of retired judges and qualified attorneys in this State with at least seven years' negligence experience and recommended by the county or State bar association. L. 1987,c.329, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:160-16 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 160 / Section 160-16
Execution of warrant of arrest
Status: in_force

Such warrant shall authorize the peace officer or other person to whom directed to arrest the accused at any time and any place where he may be found within the state and to command the aid of all peace officers or other persons in the execution of the warrant, and to deliver the accused, subject to the provisions of this article, to the duly authorized agent of the demanding state.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:44-156 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 44 / Section 44-156
Removal of monument after notice of lien filed; exception
Status: in_force

The superintendent or other person in charge of a cemetery shall not permit the removal, alteration or inscription of a monument against which a lien exists after the notice of the lien has been filed and served as prescribed by this article, except pursuant to the terms of a judgment recovered in an action brought to enforce the lien. No officer or person connected with a cemetery shall hinder or obstruct the removal, in a proper manner, of the monument pursuant to the terms of such judgment.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:13-5 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-5
Lien for services
Status: in_force

After the filing of a complaint or third-party complaint or the service of a pleading containing a counterclaim or cross-claim, the attorney or counsellor at law, who shall appear in the cause for the party instituting the action or maintaining the third-party claim or counterclaim or cross-claim, shall have a lien for compensation, upon his client's action, cause of action, claim or counterclaim or cross-claim, which shall contain and attach to a verdict, report, decision, award, judgment or final order in his client's favor, and the proceeds thereof in whosesoever hands they may come. The lien shall not be affected by any settlement between the parties before or after judgment or final order, nor by the entry of satisfaction or cancellation of a judgment on the record. The court in which the action or other proceeding is pending, upon the petition of the attorney or counsellor at law, may determine and enforce the lien.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:45-3 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 45 / Section 45-3
Summons or arrest of defendant under suspended sentence or on probation; commitment without bail; revocation and resentence.
Status: in_force

2C:45-3. a. At any time before the discharge of the defendant or the termination of the period of suspension or probation: (1) The court may summon the defendant to appear before it or may issue a warrant for his arrest; (2) A probation officer or peace officer, upon request of the chief probation officer or otherwise having probable cause to believe that the defendant has failed to comply with a requirement imposed as a condition of the order or that he has committed another offense, may arrest him without a warrant; (3) The court, if there is probable cause to believe that the defendant has committed another offense or if he has been held to answer therefor, may commit him without bail, pending a determination of the charge by the court having jurisdiction thereof; (4) The court, if satisfied that the defendant has inexcusably failed to comply with a substantial requirement imposed as a condition of the order or if he has been convicted of another offense, may revoke the suspension or probation and sentence or resentence the defendant, as provided in this section. No revocation of suspension or probation shall be based on: (a) failure to pay a fine or make restitution, unless the failure was willful; or (b) manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing, or possessing or having under control with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, marijuana or hashish in violation of paragraph (12) of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:35-5, or possession of marijuana or hashish in violation of paragraph (3) of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:35-10. b. When the court revokes a suspension or probation, it may impose on the defendant any sentence that might have been imposed originally for the offense of which he was convicted. c. The commencement of a probation revocation proceeding shall toll the probationary period until termination of such proceedings. In the event that the court does not find a violation of probation, this subsection shall not operate to toll the probationary period. amended 1979, c.178, s.99; 1979, c.180, s.3; 1981, c.290, s.41; 2021, c.19, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:28-5.3 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 28 / Section 28-5.3
Moving parties
Status: in_force

A motion for an order as provided by section 1 of this act may be made by the prosecuting authority, the defendant, or by any witness. L. 1985, c. 250, s. 3, eff. July 31, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:84A-32i — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 84A / Section 84A-32i
Violations, disorderly persons offense.
Status: in_force

5. Any person who by virtue of employment, or official position, has possession of, or access to, biological evidence and destroys that evidence in violation of the provisions of this act is guilty of a disorderly person's offense. L.2017, c.248, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:34-23e — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 34 / Section 34-23e
Delinquent child support obligors, community service in addition to incarceration for contempt.
Status: in_force

1. In addition to incarceration of a person found by the court to be in contempt of a support order issued by the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part, the court may order such person to perform community service for part, or all, of the person's period of incarceration. L.2000,c.19,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:21-4.2 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 21 / Section 21-4.2
Definitions relative to health care claims fraud.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Health care claims fraud" means making, or causing to be made, a false, fictitious, fraudulent, or misleading statement of material fact in, or omitting a material fact from, or causing a material fact to be omitted from, any record, bill, claim or other document, in writing, electronically or in any other form, that a person attempts to submit, submits, causes to be submitted, or attempts to cause to be submitted for payment or reimbursement for health care services. "Practitioner" means a person licensed in this State to practice medicine and surgery, chiropractic, podiatric medicine, dentistry, optometry, psychology, pharmacy, nursing, physical therapy, or law; any other person licensed, registered or certified by any State agency to practice a profession or occupation in the State of New Jersey or any person similarly licensed, registered, or certified in another jurisdiction. L.1997,c.353,s.2; amended 2005, c.259, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:42-121 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 42 / Section 42-121
Action of court relative to complaint.
Status: in_force

8. a. The court shall act upon any complaint submitted pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2003, c.295 (C.2A:42-117) in a summary manner; b. At the discretion of the court, any party in interest may intervene in the proceeding and be heard with regard to the complaint, the requested relief or any other matter which may come before the court in connection with the proceedings; c. Any party in interest may present evidence to support or contest the complaint at the hearing. L.2003,c.295,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:159A-11 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 159A / Section 159A-11
Enforcement of agreement; co-operation
Status: in_force

All courts, departments, agencies, officers and employees of this State and its political subdivisions are hereby directed to enforce the agreement on detainers and to co-operate with one another and with the other party States in enforcing the agreement and effectuating its purposes. L.1958, c. 12, p. 42, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:21-8 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 21 / Section 21-8
Misrepresentation of mileage of motor vehicle
Status: in_force

A person commits a disorderly persons offense when he sells, exchanges, offers for sale or exchange or exposes for sale or exchange a used motor vehicle on which he has changed or disconnected the mileage registering instrument on the vehicle to show a lesser mileage reading than that actually recorded on the vehicle or on the instrument with purpose to misrepresent the mileage of the vehicle. This provision shall not prevent the servicing, repair or replacement of a mileage registering instrument which by reason of normal wear or through damage requires service, repair or replacement if the instrument is then set at zero or at the actual previously recorded mileage. In addition to the penalty authorized for violation of this section, the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles may, after notice and hearing, revoke the license of any motor vehicle dealer as defined in R.S. 39:1-1 so convicted. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:21-8, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:43-40 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 43 / Section 43-40
Attorney General, Mental Health Diversion Program, report, Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

13. The Attorney General, in cooperation with the Administrative Director of the Courts, Commissioner of the Department of Human Services and county prosecutors shall, no later than two years after the establishment of the Mental Health Diversion Program, prepare and submit a report to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature regarding the program. The report shall assist policymakers in determining whether the Mental Health Diversion Program should be modified or expanded to achieve the goals of recovery for eligible persons and public safety. The report shall include statistics regarding the number of applications, the number of eligible persons accepted into the Mental Health Diversion Program and the number who successfully completed this program; and other relevant information and recommendations at the discretion of the Attorney General. L.2023, c.188, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:20-6 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 20 / Section 20-6
Assignment of property to assignee; exemptions
Status: in_force

The debtor shall forthwith execute to the assignee a general assignment of all his real and personal property, with an inventory of his estate and a list of creditors as provided by chapter 19 of this title. The assignee shall have all the rights and powers and shall perform all the duties with respect to an assignee under said chapter 19, and all proceedings and other matters shall be governed by said chapter.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:7-8 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 7 / Section 7-8
Guidelines, procedures for notification
Status: in_force

3. a. After consultation with members of the advisory council established pursuant to section 6 of this act and within 60 days of the effective date, the Attorney General shall promulgate guidelines and procedures for the notification required pursuant to the provisions of this act. The guidelines shall identify factors relevant to risk of re-offense and shall provide for three levels of notification depending upon the degree of the risk of re-offense. b. Factors relevant to risk of re-offense shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Conditions of release that minimize risk of re-offense, including but not limited to whether the offender is under supervision of probation or parole; receiving counseling, therapy or treatment; or residing in a home situation that provides guidance and supervision; (2) Physical conditions that minimize risk of re-offense, including but not limited to advanced age or debilitating illness; (3) Criminal history factors indicative of high risk of re-offense, including: (a) Whether the offender's conduct was found to be characterized by repetitive and compulsive behavior; (b) Whether the offender served the maximum term; (c) Whether the offender committed the sex offense against a child; (4) Other criminal history factors to be considered in determining risk, including: (a) The relationship between the offender and the victim; (b) Whether the offense involved the use of a weapon, violence, or infliction of serious bodily injury; (c) The number, date and nature of prior offenses; (5) Whether psychological or psychiatric profiles indicate a risk of recidivism; (6) The offender's response to treatment; (7) Recent behavior, including behavior while confined or while under supervision in the community as well as behavior in the community following service of sentence; and (8) Recent threats against persons or expressions of intent to commit additional crimes. c. The regulations shall provide for three levels of notification depending upon the risk of re-offense by the offender as follows: (1) If risk of re-offense is low, law enforcement agencies likely to encounter the person registered shall be notified; (2) If risk of re-offense is moderate, organizations in the community including schools, religious and youth organizations shall be notified in accordance with the Attorney General's guidelines, in addition to the notice required by paragraph (1) of this subsection; (3) If risk of re-offense is high, the public shall be notified through means in accordance with the Attorney General's guidelines designed to reach members of the public likely to encounter the person registered, in addition to the notice required by paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection. d. In order to promote uniform application of the notification guidelines required by this section, the Attorney General shall develop procedures for evaluation of the risk of re-offense and implementation of community notification. These procedures shall require, but not be limited to, the following: (1) The county prosecutor of the county where the person was convicted and the county prosecutor of the county where the registered person will reside, together with any law enforcement officials that either deems appropriate, shall assess the risk of re-offense by the registered person; (2) The county prosecutor of the county in which the registered person will reside, after consultation with local law enforcement officials, shall determine the means of providing notification. e. The Attorney General's guidelines shall provide for the manner in which records of notification provided pursuant to this act shall be maintained and disclosed. L.1994,c.128,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-42 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-42
No execution on docketed judgments pending application for new trial or appeal
Status: in_force

2A:18-42. If a judgment has been docketed before the grant of a new trial or an appeal taken, no execution shall issue thereon pending the final determination of such proceedings. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.60.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:23C-12 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 23C / Section 23C-12
Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

12. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing this act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. L.2004,c.157,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:168A-8 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 168A / Section 168A-8
Issuance of certificate; conditions.
Status: in_force

2. A certificate may be issued pursuant to this act as follows: a. (1) A court, in its discretion, may issue a certificate at the time of sentencing if the applicant: (a) is a qualified offender, who is being sentenced to a non-incarcerative sentence for a second, third, or fourth degree crime; (b) has established that a specific licensing or employment disqualification, forfeiture, or bar, will apply to the applicant, and may endanger the applicant's ability to maintain existing public employment or employment for which the applicant has made application, or to engage in a business enterprise for which a license or certification is required; (c) has no pending criminal charges, and there is no information presented that such a charge is imminent; and (d) has established that the relief is consistent with the public interest. (2) A certificate issued under this subsection shall apply only to the specific disability, forfeiture or bar that is affected, which must be specifically described in the certificate document. b. (1) A supervising authority may issue a certificate in regard to a qualified offender who is, or had previously been, under supervision by the supervising authority if the supervising authority determines that: (a) the applicant is convicted of a second, third, or fourth degree offense and is eligible for relief under subsection c. of this section; (b) the applicant has not been convicted of a crime since the conviction for which the offender is under supervision, has no pending criminal charge, and there is no information presented that such a charge is imminent; (c) issuing the certificate will not pose a substantial risk to public safety; and (d) issuing the certificate will assist in the successful reintegration of the offender and is consistent with the public interest. (2) A certificate issued pursuant to this subsection may suspend disabilities, forfeitures, and bars generally within the limits of this act, or only certain disabilities, forfeitures, and bars, specifically named in the certificate document. c. A qualified offender is eligible for relief under subsection b. of this section if the offender has not been convicted of: (1) a first degree crime; (2) an offense to which section 2 of P.L.1997, c.117 (C.2C:43-7.2) applies; (3) a second degree offense defined in chapters 13, 14, 15, 16, 24, 27, 30, 33, 38 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes; (4) a violation of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:24-4 or paragraph (4) of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:24-4; (5) a crime requiring registration pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-2); (6) a crime committed against a public entity or against a public officer; (7) a crime enumerated in subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.2007, c.49 (C.43:1-3.1) committed by a public employee, which involves or touches upon the employee's office, position, or employment, such that the crime was related directly to the person's performance in, or circumstances flowing from, the specific public office or employment held by the person; (8) any crime committed against a person 16 years of age or younger, or a person with a disability; or (9) a conspiracy or attempt to commit any of the crimes described in this subsection. d. (1) A supervising authority may issue a certificate in regard to a qualified offender, when three years have passed since the applicant has completed the incarcerative or supervisory portion of the applicant's sentence, whichever is later, and the supervising authority finds that: (a) the applicant is eligible for such relief as defined in subsection e. of this section; (b) issuing the certificate does not pose a substantial risk to public safety; and (c) issuing the certificate will assist in the successful reintegration of the offender and is consistent with the public interest. (2) The certificate issued pursuant to this subsection may suspend disabilities, forfeitures and bars generally within the limits of this act, or only certain disabilities, forfeitures, and bars specifically named in the certificate document. e. A qualified offender is eligible for relief under subsection d. of this section if the offender has remained without criminal involvement since the offender's conviction, including that the offender has not subsequently been convicted of a crime, has no pending charges for any crime, and there is no information presented that such a charge is imminent; and is applying for relief from a conviction other than: (1) a first degree crime; (2) any of the offenses to which section 2 of P.L.1997, c.117 (C.2C:43-7.2) applies; (3) a violation of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:24-4 or paragraph (4) of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:24-4; (4) a crime requiring registration pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-2); (5) a crime enumerated in subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.2007, c.49 (C.43:1-3.1) committed by a public employee, which involves or touches upon the employee's office, position, or employment, such that the crime was related directly to the person's performance in, or circumstances flowing from, the specific public office or employment held by the person; (6) a crime committed against a person 16 years of age or younger, or a person with a disability; or (7) a conspiracy or attempt to commit any offense described in this paragraph. L.2007, c.327, s.2; amended 2017, c.131, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:170-20.1 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 170 / Section 170-20.1
Issuing honorary membership cards or courtesy cards on behalf of law enforcement organizations.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, for or on behalf of any organization or association of law enforcement officers, or otherwise, to issue, offer, give, deliver or distribute any honorary membership card, courtesy card, or card of a similar nature, certificate, emblem, plaque, or article of a similar nature, of such organization or association, except to bona fide members or former members of the law enforcement agency represented by such organization or association or to such other persons who have performed outstanding or meritorious public service, and then only in accordance with formal authorization therefor prescribed by resolution duly adopted by such organization or association. The term "outstanding or meritorious public service" as used in this section shall in no event be construed to mean or include the contribution or payment of money to such organization or association for any purpose whatsoever. Any person who violates any provision of this section is a disorderly person. L.1954, c. 181, p. 701, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:7-3 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 7 / Section 7-3
Notice of obligation to register.
Status: in_force

3. Notice of the obligation to register shall be provided as follows: (1) A court imposing a sentence, disposition or order of commitment following acquittal by reason of insanity shall notify the defendant of the obligation to register pursuant to section 2 of this act. (2) The Department of Corrections, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Youth Justice Commission established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.284 (C.52:17B-170) and the Department of Human Services shall (a) establish procedures for notifying persons under their supervision of the obligation to register pursuant to this act and (b) establish procedures for registration by persons with the appropriate law enforcement agency who are under supervision in the community on probation, parole, furlough, work release or similar program outside the facility, and registration with the appropriate law enforcement agency of persons who are released from the facility in which they are confined without supervision. (3) The Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall provide notice of the obligation to register pursuant to this section in connection with each application for a license to operate a motor vehicle and each application for an identification card issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1980, c.47 (C.39:3-29.3). (4) The Attorney General shall cause notice of the obligation to register to be published in a manner reasonably calculated to reach the general public within 30 days of the effective date of this act. L.1994,c.133,s.3; amended 1995,c.280,s.19; 2025, c.35, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:61-9 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 61 / Section 61-9
Affidavit of selling officer indorsed on or added to conveyances
Status: in_force

When a sheriff or other officer shall make a sale of real estate pursuant to a judgment, execution or order of any court, he shall make and sign an affidavit indorsed on or added to the conveyance of the real estate sold, to the following effect: "I, A. B., sheriff, et cetera, do solemnly swear that the real estate described in this deed made to C. D., was sold by me by virtue of an execution (or as the case may be) as is therein recited, that the money ordered to be paid has not been paid, to my knowledge or belief, that the time and place of the sale of said real estate were duly advertised as required by law, and that the same was sold to a bona fide purchaser for the best price that could be obtained. A. B., Sheriff. Sworn before me, one of the, et cetera, on this day of , 19 A. D., and I having examined the deed above mentioned do approve the same and order it to be recorded as a good and sufficient conveyance of the real estate therein described." The affidavit shall be taken before a judge of the superior court or an attorney-at-law of this state, for which taking the attorney before whom the affidavit is taken shall be entitled to a fee of $1. If there has been a new sheriff elected and qualified, or where the sheriff may have been incapacitated by death, resignation or otherwise, after a sale made by the former or incapacitated sheriff, the affidavit required by this section may be made by such former or incapacitated sheriff or by the deputy of such former or incapacitated sheriff.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:16-36 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-36
Effect of docketing in superior court
Status: in_force

A judgment duly docketed in the superior court shall, from the time it is docketed, operate as a judgment obtained in the superior court.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:43-9 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 43 / Section 43-9
Release of all offenders; length of recommitment and reparole after revocation of parole
Status: in_force

Release of offenders on parole, recommitment and reparole after revocation shall be governed by the "Parole Act of 1979," P.L.1979, c. 441 (C. 30:4-123.45 et seq.). L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:43-9, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by L.1979, c. 178, s. 86A, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; L.1981, c. 290, s. 39, eff. Sept. 24, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:37-6 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 37 / Section 37-6
Lottery offenses; no defense
Status: in_force

Any offense defined in this article which consists of the commission of acts relating to a lottery is no less criminal because the lottery itself is drawn or conducted without the State. This section shall not apply to any person who has in his possession or custody any paper, document, slip or memorandum of a lottery which is authorized, sponsored and operated by any state of the United States, provided that the paper, document, slip or memorandum was purchased by the holder thereof in the State wherein such lottery was authorized, sponsored and operated. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:37-6, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:158-1 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 158 / Section 158-1
Appointment of county prosecutor; general duties
Status: in_force

There shall be appointed, for each county, by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate to serve for a term of 5 years and until the appointment and qualification of his successor, some fit person who shall have been admitted to the practice of law in this state for at least 5 years, who shall be known as the county prosecutor and who, except as otherwise provided by law, shall prosecute the pleas of the state in such county and shall have all of the powers and perform all of the duties formerly had and performed by the prosecutor of the pleas of such county. As the term of the prosecutor of the pleas of any county shall expire there shall be appointed in his place and stead such county prosecutor.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:42-87 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 42 / Section 42-87
Deposit of rents into court
Status: in_force

A proceeding by a public officer, tenant, or tenants of a dwelling for a judgment directing the deposit of rents into court and their use for the purpose of remedying conditions in substantial violation of the standards of fitness for human habitation established under the State or local housing codes or regulations or a proceeding by a public officer, a tenant whose utility service has been diverted or a utility company for a judgment directing the deposit of rents into court and their use for correcting any wrongful diversion of utility service in a dwelling may be maintained in a court of competent jurisdiction. The place of trial of the proceeding shall be within the county in which the real property or a portion thereof from which the rents issue is situated. In cases involving real property located in municipalities in counties of the first class that have established full-time municipal housing courts, the proceedings may be brought in the municipal housing court of the municipality in which the property is located. L. 1971, c. 224, s. 3, eff. June 21, 1971. Amended by L. 1983, c. 207, s. 3, eff. June 10, 1983; L. 1985, c. 411, s. 3, eff. Jan. 13, 1986; L. 1986, c. 125, s. 4, eff. Oct. 9, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:56-51 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 56 / Section 56-51
Partition by sale, written notice sent to parties, special master.
Status: in_force

7. a. If any cotenant requests partition by sale, after the determination of value under section 6 of this act, the party filing the partition action shall send written notice to the parties and the special master within 30 days that any cotenant, except a cotenant that requested partition by sale, may buy all of the interests of the cotenants that requested partition by sale. b. Not later than 45 days after the written notice is sent under subsection a. of this section, any cotenant except a cotenant that requested partition by sale may give written notice to the parties and the special master that it elects to buy all of the interests of the cotenants that requested partition by sale. c. The purchase price for each of the interests of a cotenant that requested partition by sale is the value of the entire parcel determined under section 6 of this act multiplied by the cotenant's fractional ownership of the entire parcel. d. After expiration of the buyout notice period set in subsection b. of this section, the following shall apply: (1) If only one cotenant elects to buy all the interests of the cotenants that requested partition by sale, the cotenant shall notify all the parties and the special master in writing of that fact. (2) If more than one cotenant elects to buy all the interests of the cotenants that requested partition by sale, the special master shall allocate the right to buy those interests among the electing cotenants based on each electing cotenant's existing fractional ownership of the entire parcel divided by the total existing fractional ownership of all cotenants electing to buy and send written notice to all the parties of that fact and of the price to be paid by each electing cotenant. (3) If no cotenant elects to buy all the interests of the cotenants that requested partition by sale, the special master with notice to the parties shall report in writing to the court. The court shall resolve the partition action, by order, in accordance with subsections a. and b. of section 8 of this act. e. If the parties under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection d. of this section elect to buy all the interests, the cotenants shall be required to pay their apportioned price within 60 days to the Superior Court Trust Fund, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Rules of Court. After this date, the following shall apply: (1) If all electing cotenants timely pay their apportioned price, the special master shall issue an order reallocating all the interests of the cotenants and authorizing the disbursement of the amounts held by the Superior Court Trust Fund, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Rules of Court, to the persons entitled to them. (2) If no electing cotenant timely pays its apportioned price, the special master shall report to the court in writing with written notice to the parties. The court shall resolve the partition action, by order, under subsections a. and b. of section 8 of this act as if the interests of the cotenants that requested partition by sale were not purchased. (3) If one or more but not all of the electing cotenants fail to pay their apportioned price on time, the electing cotenants that paid their apportioned price of the interest may file a motion with the special master to determine the remaining interests and prices. f. Within 45 days following any order of the special master entered pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection e. of this section, any cotenant that paid may elect to purchase all of the remaining interest by paying the entire price with notice to the special master. After this date, the following shall apply: (1) If only one cotenant pays the entire price for the remaining interests, the special master shall issue an order reallocating the remaining interest to that cotenant and requiring refund of any excess payments. (2) If no cotenant pays the entire price for the remaining interests, the special master shall report to the court in writing with written notice to the parties. The court shall resolve the partition action under subsection a. and b. of section 8 of this act as if the interests of the cotenants that requested partition by sale were not purchased. (3) If more than one cotenant pays the entire price for the remaining interests, the special master shall reapportion the remaining interests among those paying cotenants, based on each paying cotenant's original fractional ownership of the entire parcel divided by the total original fractional ownership of all cotenants that paid the entire price for the remaining interests. The special master shall report to the court in writing with written notice to the parties. The court shall issue an order reallocating all of the cotenants' interests and requiring refund of any excess payments. g. Not later than 30 days after notices have been sent pursuant to subsection a. of this section, any cotenant entitled to buy an interest under this section may request the special master to authorize the sale as part of the pending action of the interests of cotenants named as defendants and served with the complaint, but that did not appear in the action. h. If the special master receives a timely request under subsection g. of this section, the special master, after a hearing, may deny the request or authorize the requested additional sale on terms as the special master determines are fair and reasonable, subject to the following limitations: (1) A sale authorized under this subsection may occur only after the purchase prices for all interests subject to sale under subsections a. through f. of this section have been paid into the Superior Court Trust Fund and those interests have been reallocated among the cotenants as provided in those subsections. Any funds deposited into the Trust Fund pursuant to this section shall be distributed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Rules of Court; and (2) The purchase price for the interest of a non-appearing cotenant is based on the special master's determination of value under section 6 of this act. L.2025, c.88, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:56-46 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 56 / Section 56-46
Definitions.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Ascendant" means an individual who precedes another individual in lineage, in the direct line of ascent from the other individual. "Collateral" means an individual who is related to another individual under the law of intestate succession of this State, but who is not the other individual's ascendant or descendant. "Descendant" means an individual who follows another individual in lineage in the direct line of descent from the other individual. "Determination of value" means a court order determining the fair market value of heirs property under section 6 or 10 of this act or adopting the valuation of the property agreed to by all cotenants. "Heirs property" means real property held in tenancy in common which satisfies all of the following requirements as of the filing of a partition action: (1) there is no agreement in a record binding all the cotenants which governs the partition of the property; (2) one or more of the cotenants acquired title from a relative, whether living or deceased; and (3) any of the following applies: (a) 20 percent or more of the interests are held by cotenants who are relatives; (b) 20 percent or more of the interests are held by an individual who acquired title from a relative, whether living or deceased; or (c) 20 percent or more of the cotenants are relatives. "Partition by sale" means a court-ordered sale of the entire heirs property, whether by auction, sealed bids, or open-market sale conducted under section 10 of this act. "Partition in kind" means the division of heirs property into physically distinct and separately titled parcels. "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. "Relative" means an ascendant, descendant, or collateral or an individual otherwise related to another individual by blood, marriage, adoption, or law of this State other than this act. L.2025, c.88, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:18-2.1 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 18 / Section 18-2.1
Home invasion burglary defined.
Status: in_force

1. a. A person is guilty of home invasion burglary if, with purpose to commit an offense therein or thereon, the person, without license or privilege to do so, enters or surreptitiously remains in a residential dwelling or accommodation, or a separately secured portion thereof, and in the course of committing the offense, the person: (1) Purposely, knowingly, or recklessly inflicts, attempts to inflict, or threatens to inflict bodily injury on anyone; or (2) Is armed with or displays what appear to be explosives or a deadly weapon. An act shall be deemed "in the course of committing" an offense if it occurs in an attempt to commit an offense or in immediate flight after the attempt or commission. b. Home invasion burglary is a crime of the first degree, subject to section 2 of P.L.1997, c.117 (C.2C:43-7.2). L.2024, c.83, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:33-21 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 33 / Section 33-21
Interception or use of official communications.
Status: in_force

1. Any person who intercepts any message or transmission made on or over any police, fire or emergency medical communications system, or any person who is the recipient of information so intercepted, and who uses the information obtained thereby to facilitate the commission of or the attempt to commit a crime or a violation of any law of this State, or uses the same in a manner which interferes with the discharge of police or firefighting operations or provision of medical services by first aid, rescue or ambulance squad personnel, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. L.1991,c.432,s.1; amended 1999, c.317.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:62-12 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-12
Sections 2A:62-1 to 2A:62-10 applicable
Status: in_force

The provisions of article 1 of this chapter (s. 2A:62-1 et seq.) shall so far as the same are consistent with the provisions of this article, extend to all cases in which the provisions of this article authorize an action to settle the title to lands in this state and clear up all doubts concerning the same.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:167-6 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 167 / Section 167-6
Form of application
Status: in_force

Applications for commutation of sentences, other than death sentences, or for the restoration of rights or privileges, or for the suspension or remission of any fine or forfeiture, shall be made upon forms prescribed by the governor.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:44-21 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 44 / Section 44-21
Garage keeper liens; detention of vehicles; notice; priority.
Status: in_force

2A:44-21. A garage keeper who shall tow, store, maintain, keep, or repair a motor vehicle or furnish gasoline, accessories or other supplies therefor, at the request or with the consent of the owner or the owner's representative, or at the request of a law enforcement officer of this State or any political subdivision of this State, shall have a lien upon the motor vehicle or any part thereof for the sum due for such towing, storing, maintaining, keeping, or repairing of such motor vehicle or for furnishing gasoline or other fuel, accessories or other supplies therefor, and may, without process of law, detain the same at any time it is lawfully in his possession until the sum is paid. A motor vehicle is considered detained when the owner or person entitled to possession of the motor vehicle is advised by the garage keeper, by a writing sent by certified mail return receipt requested to the address supplied by the owner or person entitled to possession of the motor vehicle, that goods or services have been supplied or performed, and that there is a sum due for those goods or services. The lien shall not be superior to, nor affect a lien, title or interest of a person held by virtue of a prior conditional sale or a prior chattel mortgage properly recorded or a prior security interest perfected in accordance with chapter 9 of Title 12A of the New Jersey Statutes. A garage keeper shall only require that reasonable fees, charged in accordance with a duly authorized fee schedule established by a municipality or other political subdivision of this State for non-consensual towing, authorized by a law enforcement officer of this State or by a political subdivision of this State, or for related storage services be paid by the operator, owner, lessor, or lienholder of the vehicle prior to the towing company's release of the vehicle. In the event the owner or operator of the vehicle defaults on payments to the lessor or lienholder of the vehicle, the lessor or lienholder shall be responsible for these reasonable towing and related storage fees. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1961, c.121, s.4; 1998, c.122, s.1; 2023, c.132, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2B:13-5 — NJ Code / Title 2B / Chapter 13 / Section 13-5
Locations; facilities
Status: in_force

2B:13-5. Locations; facilities. a. The Tax Court shall maintain permanent locations in Trenton and Newark and may hold sessions at other locations throughout the State. b. The State shall provide courtrooms, chambers and offices for the Tax Court at the required permanent locations in Trenton and Newark and shall arrange for courtrooms, chambers and offices or other appropriate facilities at other locations throughout the State. L.1993,c.74,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2B:12-7 — NJ Code / Title 2B / Chapter 12 / Section 12-7
Qualifications of judges; compensation
Status: in_force

2B:12-7. Qualifications of judges; compensation. a. Every judge, temporary judge and acting judge of a municipal court shall be a resident of this State and an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in this State for at least five years provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to any attorney-at-law serving as a judge of a municipal court on the effective date of this act. b. In lieu of any other fees, judges of municipal courts shall be paid annual salaries set by ordinance or resolution of the counties or municipalities establishing the court. L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:15-58 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 15 / Section 15-58
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this article: a. A case shall be held to involve or to grow out of a labor dispute when the case involves persons who are engaged in industry, trade, craft, employment, or occupation; or who are members of an affiliated organization of employers or employees; whether such dispute is (1) between 1 or more employees and 1 or more employers; (2) between 1 or more employees and an association or associations of employees or employers; (3) between an association or associations of employees and any other association or associations of employees; (4) between 1 or more associations of employees and 1 or more employers or associations of employers; or when the case involves any conflicting or competing interests in a "labor dispute" (as hereinafter defined) of "persons participating or interested" therein (as hereinafter defined). b. A person or association shall be held to be a person participating or interested in a labor dispute if relief is sought against him or it, and if he or it is engaged in the industry, trade, craft, or occupation in which such dispute occurs, or has a direct or indirect interest therein, or is a member, officer, or agent of any association of employers or employees engaged in such industry, trade, craft, or occupation. c. The term "labor dispute" includes any controversy concerning terms or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, or concerning employment relations, or any other controversy arising out of the respective interests of employer and employee, regardless of whether or not the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee. d. The word "person" as used in this article shall include the plural thereof and shall include and be taken to mean any organization of such persons. Wherever used in this article, the words "plaintiff" , "employer" , "employee" , and "proximate relation of employer and employee" shall include the plural thereof.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:123-7 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 123 / Section 123-7
Enforcement of act; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

This act, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be enforced by the department, and the commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to adopt, amend and enforce rules and regulations establishing the conditions under which, and the manner in which, articles of wearing apparel or fabric shall be tested to determine whether or not they are so highly flammable, as to be dangerous when worn by individuals, within the meaning of this act, if any uncovered or exposed part of such article of wearing apparel or fabric exhibits rapid and intense burning when so tested, if such conditions and manner of testing shall, in all respects, from time to time, conform to the conditions and manner prescribed in the Commercial Standard promulgated by the Secretary of Commerce of the United States of America effective January 30, 1953, and identified as "Flammability of Clothing Textiles, Commercial Standard 191-53," or in the Commercial Standard promulgated by the Secretary of Commerce effective May 22, 1953, and identified as "General Purpose Vinyl Plastic Film, Commercial Standard 192-53," and modifications or supplements thereto enacted by the Congress of the United States or promulgated by the Secretary of Commerce of the United States of America which shall result from, and be developed under, the same procedures as were in use and effect in connection with the establishment of "Flammability of Clothing Textiles, Commercial Standard 191-53," or "General Purpose Vinyl Plastic Film, Commercial Standard 192-53," and also to adopt, amend and enforce rules and regulations designed and intended to effectuate the general purposes of this act and the specific objectives herein set forth, which said rules and regulations shall include the authorization to the commissioner to cause inspections, analyses, tests and examinations to be made of any article of wearing apparel or fabric which he has reason to believe falls within the prohibitions of this act. L.1953, c. 267, p. 1788, s. 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1954. Amended by L.1954, c. 210, p. 777, s. 1, eff. Aug. 5, 1954.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:158A-5.3 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 158A / Section 158A-5.3
Office of the Public Defender, unit established, representation, parole revocation, violation.
Status: in_force

1. There is hereby established, within the Office of the Public Defender, a unit which shall provide for the legal representation of any person on parole from a correctional institution of this State or otherwise under the parole supervision of this State who is charged with violation of that parole or who is under consideration for revocation of parole. L.2023, c.157.
N.J. Stat. § 2B:23-1 — NJ Code / Title 2B / Chapter 23 / Section 23-1
Number of jurors
Status: in_force

a. Juries in criminal cases shall consist of 12 persons. Except in trials of crimes punishable by death, the parties in criminal cases may stipulate in writing, before the verdict and with court approval, that the jury shall consist of fewer than 12 persons. b. Juries in civil cases shall consist of 6 persons unless the court shall order a jury of 12 persons for good cause shown. Source: New L.1995,c.44,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:156A-2 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 156A / Section 156A-2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: a. "Wire communication" means any aural transfer made in whole or in part through the use of facilities for the transmission of communications by the aid of wire, cable or other like connection between the point of origin and the point of reception, including the use of such connection in a switching station, furnished or operated by any person engaged in providing or operating such facilities for the transmission of intrastate, interstate or foreign communication. "Wire communication" includes any electronic storage of such communication, and the radio portion of a cordless telephone communication that is transmitted between the cordless telephone handset and the base unit; b. "Oral communication" means any oral communication uttered by a person exhibiting an expectation that such communication is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying such expectation, but does not include any electronic communication; c. "Intercept" means the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any wire, electronic or oral communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical, or other device; d. "Electronic, mechanical or other device" means any device or apparatus, including an induction coil, that can be used to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication other than: (1) Any telephone or telegraph instrument, equipment or facility, or any component thereof, furnished to the subscriber or user by a provider of wire or electronic communication service in the ordinary course of its business and being used by the subscriber or user in the ordinary course of its business; or furnished by such subscriber or user for connection to the facilities of such service and used in the ordinary course of its business; or being used by a provider of wire or electronic communication service in the ordinary course of its business, or by an investigative or law enforcement officer in the ordinary course of his duties; or (2) A hearing aid or similar device being used to correct subnormal hearing to not better than normal; e. "Person" means that term as defined in R.S.1:1-2 and includes any officer or employee of the State or of a political subdivision thereof; f. "Investigative or law enforcement officer" means any officer of the State of New Jersey or of a political subdivision thereof who is empowered by law to conduct investigations of, or to make arrests for, any offense enumerated in section 8 of P.L.1968, c.409 (C.2A:156A-8) and any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of any such offense; g. "Contents," when used with respect to any wire, electronic or oral communication, includes any information concerning the identity of the parties to such communication or the existence, substance, purport, or meaning of that communication, except that for purposes of sections 22, 23, 24 and 26 of P.L.1993, c.29 (C.2A:156A-28, C.2A:156A-29, C.2A:156A-30, and C.2A:156A-32) contents, when used with respect to any wire, electronic, or oral communication means any information concerning the substance, purport or meaning of that communication; h. "Court of competent jurisdiction" means the Superior Court; i. "Judge," when referring to a judge authorized to receive applications for, and to enter, orders authorizing interceptions of wire, electronic or oral communications, means one of the several judges of the Superior Court to be designated from time to time by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to receive applications for, and to enter, orders authorizing interceptions of wire, electronic or oral communications pursuant to this act; j. "Communication common carrier" means any person engaged as a common carrier for hire, in intrastate, interstate or foreign communication by wire or radio or in intrastate, interstate or foreign radio transmission of energy; but a person engaged in radio broadcasting shall not, while so engaged, be deemed a common carrier; k. "Aggrieved person" means a person who was a party to any intercepted wire, electronic or oral communication or a person against whom the interception was directed; l. "In-progress trace" means the determination of the origin of a telephonic communication to a known telephone during the communication; m. "Electronic communication" means any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectric or photo-optical system that affects interstate, intrastate or foreign commerce, but does not include: (1) Any wire or oral communication; (2) Any communication made through a tone-only paging device; or (3) Any communication from a tracking device; n. "User" means any person or entity who: (1) Uses an electronic communication service; and (2) Is duly authorized by the provider of such service to engage in such use; o. "Electronic communication system" means any wire, radio, electromagnetic, photo-optical or photoelectronic facilities for the transmission of electronic communications, and any computer facilities or related electronic equipment for the electronic storage of such communications; p. "Electronic communication service" means any service which provides to the users thereof the ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications; q. "Electronic storage" means: (1) Any temporary, intermediate storage of a wire or electronic communication incidental to the electronic transmission thereof; and (2) Any storage of such communication by an electronic communication service for purpose of backup protection of the communication; r. "Readily accessible to the general public" means, with respect to a radio communication, that such communication is not: (1) Scrambled or encrypted; (2) Transmitted using modulation techniques whose essential parameters have been withheld from the public with the intention of preserving the privacy of such communication; (3) Carried on a subcarrier or other signal subsidiary to a radio transmission; (4) Transmitted over a communication system provided by a common carrier, unless the communication is a tone-only paging system communication; or (5) Transmitted on frequencies allocated under part 25, subpart D, E, or F of part 74, or part 94 of the Rules of the Federal Communications Commission, unless, in the case of a communication transmitted on a frequency allocated under part 74 that is not exclusively allocated to broadcast auxiliary services, the communication is a two-way voice communication by radio; s. "Remote computing service" means the provision to the public of computer storage or processing services by means of an electronic communication system; t. "Aural transfer" means a transfer containing the human voice at any point between and including the point of origin and the point of reception; u. "Tracking device" means an electronic or mechanical device which permits the tracking of the movement of a person or device; v. "Point of interception" means the site at which the investigative or law enforcement officer is located at the time the interception is made; w. "Location information" means global positioning system data, enhanced 9-1-1 data, cellular site information, and any other information that would assist a law enforcement agency in tracking the physical location of a cellular telephone or wireless mobile device. L.1968, c.409, s.2; amended 1978, c.51, s.1; 1993, c.29, s.1; 1999, c.151, s.2; 2009, c.184, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:18-3 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 18 / Section 18-3
Unlicensed entry of structures; defiant trespasser; peering into dwelling places; defenses.
Status: in_force

2C:18-3. a. Unlicensed entry of structures. A person commits an offense if, knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so, he enters or surreptitiously remains in any research facility, structure, or separately secured or occupied portion thereof, or in or upon utility company property, or in the sterile area or operational area of an airport. An offense under this subsection is a crime of the fourth degree if it is committed in a school or on school property. The offense is a crime of the fourth degree if it is committed in a dwelling. An offense under this section is a crime of the fourth degree if it is committed in a research facility, power generation facility, waste treatment facility, public sewage facility, water treatment facility, public water facility, nuclear electric generating plant or any facility which stores, generates or handles any hazardous chemical or chemical compounds. An offense under this subsection is a crime of the fourth degree if it is committed in or upon utility company property. An offense under this subsection is a crime of the fourth degree if it is committed in the sterile area or operational area of an airport. Otherwise it is a disorderly persons offense. b. Defiant trespasser. A person commits a petty disorderly persons offense if, knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so, he enters or remains in any place as to which notice against trespass is given by: (1) Actual communication to the actor; or (2) Posting in a manner prescribed by law or reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders; or (3) Fencing or other enclosure manifestly designed to exclude intruders. c. Peering into windows or other openings of dwelling places. A person commits a crime of the fourth degree if, knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so, he peers into a window or other opening of a dwelling or other structure adapted for overnight accommodation for the purpose of invading the privacy of another person and under circumstances in which a reasonable person in the dwelling or other structure would not expect to be observed. d. Defenses. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that: (1) A structure involved in an offense under subsection a. was abandoned; (2) The structure was at the time open to members of the public and the actor complied with all lawful conditions imposed on access to or remaining in the structure; or (3) The actor reasonably believed that the owner of the structure, or other person empowered to license access thereto, would have licensed him to enter or remain, or, in the case of subsection c. of this section, to peer. amended 1980, c.112, s.3; 1994, c.90; 1995, c.20, s.4; 1997, c.15; 2005, c.100; 2009, c.283, s.3; 2013, c.138, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:52-19 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 52 / Section 52-19
Order of superior court permitting inspection of records or release of information; limitations
Status: in_force

Inspection of the files and records, or release of the information contained therein, which are the subject of an order of expungement, or sealing under prior law, may be permitted by the Superior Court upon motion for good cause shown and compelling need based on specific facts. The motion or any order granted pursuant thereto shall specify the person or persons to whom the records and information are to be shown and the purpose for which they are to be utilized. Leave to inspect shall be granted by the court only in those instances where the subject matter of the records of arrest or conviction is the object of litigation or judicial proceedings. Such records may not be inspected or utilized in any subsequent civil or criminal proceeding for the purposes of impeachment or otherwise but may be used for purposes of sentencing on a subsequent offense after guilt has been established. L.1979, c. 178, s. 126, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:16-68 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-68
Application for approval of transfer, procedure
Status: in_force

6. a. An application under this act to a court or responsible administrative authority for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be made by the transferee and may be brought in the jurisdiction in which the payee resides, in the jurisdiction in which the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer maintains its principal place of business, or in any court or before any responsible administrative authority which approved the structured settlement agreement. b. Not less than 20 days prior to the scheduled hearing on any application for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under section 4 of this act, the transferee shall file with the court or responsible administrative authority and serve on all interested parties a notice of the proposed transfer and the application for its authorization, including with the notice: (1) a copy of the transferee's application; (2) a copy of the transfer agreement; (3) a copy of the disclosure statement required under section 3 of this act; (4) a listing of each of the payee's dependents, together with each dependent's age; (5) notification that any interested party is entitled to support, oppose or otherwise respond to the transferee's application, either in person or by counsel, by submitting written comments to the court or responsible administrative authority or by participating in the hearing; and (6) notification of the time and place of the hearing and notification of the manner in which, and the time by which, written responses to the application shall be filed, which shall be not less than 15 days after service of the transferee's notice, in order to be considered by the court or responsible administrative authority. L.2001,c.139,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:33-10 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 33 / Section 33-10
Sale of distrained property; notice.
Status: in_force

2A:33-10. After the inventory and appraisement, the person distrained for rent shall sell at public vendue the property so distrained. He shall give five days' public notice by advertising the articles to be sold and the time and place of sale, in at least three of the most public places in the municipality where the distress shall be made, and sell the same for the best price that can be secured towards satisfaction of the rent and charges of the distress, appraisement and sale, leaving the overplus, if any, with the sheriff for the owner's use.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 2023, c.250, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:152-17 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 152 / Section 152-17
Payment of transcripts for indigent defendants
Status: in_force

Any person convicted of any crime may make application under oath to any judge of the Law Division of the Superior Court of the county where the venue was laid showing that a copy of the transcript of the record, testimony and proceedings at the trial is necessary for the filing of any application with the trial court, and that he is unable, by reason of poverty, to defray the expense of procuring the same, and any such judge may, being satisfied of the facts stated and of the sufficiency thereof, certify the expense thereof to the county treasurer, who shall thereupon pay such expense, the amount thereof having been approved by the judge to whom such application was made. Where such person appeals to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court and copies of the transcript of the proceedings in the trial court are needed therefor he may make a similar application to such court which, being satisfied of the facts stated and the sufficiency thereof, may certify the expense and amount thereof to the county treasurer who shall thereupon pay such expense. L.1956,c.134,s.1; amended 1991,c.91,s.120.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:39-7 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-7
Title not inquired into; defense of 3 years possession
Status: in_force

Title shall not be an issue in any action commenced under this chapter. 3 years peaceable possession by the defendant shall be a defense to the action.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-44 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-44
Revival of docketed judgment
Status: in_force

2A:18-44. A judgment docketed as provided in this article may be revived by proceedings in the Superior Court in the same manner, in the like cases and with the like effect as if such judgment had been obtained in an action commenced in the Superior Court other than in the Special Civil Part. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.62.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:156A-31 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 156A / Section 156A-31
Cost reimbursement
Status: in_force

25. Cost reimbursement. a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection c. of this section, a law enforcement agency obtaining the contents of communications, records or other information under section 22, 23 or 24 of P.L.1993, c.29 (C.2A:156A-28, C.2A:156A-29 or C.2A:156A-30) shall reimburse the person or provider for such costs as are reasonably necessary and which have been directly incurred in searching for, assembling, reproducing and otherwise providing the information. Reimbursable costs shall include, but shall not be limited to, any costs due to necessary disruption of normal operations of any electronic communication service or remote computing service in which the information may be stored. b. The amount of the reimbursement provided for in subsection a. of this section shall be as mutually agreed upon by a law enforcement agency and the service provider. In the absence of agreement, reimbursement shall be determined by the court which issued the order for production of the information or, if no court order was issued, then by the court before which a criminal prosecution relating to the information would be brought. c. The requirement of subsection a. of this section does not apply with respect to records or other information maintained by a provider of wire or electronic communication service which relates to telephone toll records and telephone listings obtained under section 23 of P.L.1993, c.29 (C.2A:156A-29). The court may, however, order reimbursement as described in subsection a. of this section if the court determines the information required is voluminous or otherwise causes an undue burden on the provider. L.1993,c.29,s.25.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-61.12 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-61.12
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act" (P.L.1968, c. 410, C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), the Department of Community Affairs shall adopt rules and regulations setting forth procedures required to be followed by landlords in providing tenants a reasonable opportunity to examine and rent comparable housing and setting forth procedures and content for information required to be disclosed to tenants regarding such procedures, the rights and responsibilities of tenants under this act, and the plans and proposals of landlords which may affect any tenant in order to maximize tenants' ability to exercise rights provided under this act. Any rules and regulations adopted under this section shall only be applicable to tenants and owners of a building or mobile home park which is being, or is about to be converted from the rental market to a condominium, cooperative or to fee simple ownership of the several dwelling units or park sites, or to any mobile home park being permanently retired from the rental market. L.1975, c. 311, s. 9, eff. Feb. 19, 1976. Amended by L.1981, c. 8, s. 7, eff. Jan. 26, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:20-2.4 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 20 / Section 20-2.4
Leader of cargo theft network.
Status: in_force

4. a. A person is a leader of a cargo theft network if he conspires with others as an organizer, supervisor, financier or manager to engage for profit in a scheme or course of conduct to unlawfully take, dispose of, distribute, bring into, transport, or store in this State property stolen from a cargo carrier, where the amount is at least $5,000. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, leader of a cargo theft network is a crime of the second degree. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:43-3, the court may impose a fine not to exceed $250,000 or five times the retail value of the property seized at the time of the arrest, whichever is greater. (2) Leader of a cargo theft network is a crime of the first degree if the scheme or course of conduct to unlawfully take, dispose of, distribute, bring into, transport, or store in this State property stolen from a cargo carrier included the use or threatened use of any deadly weapon, as defined in N.J.S.2C:39-1 in the commission of the theft. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to limit the authority or discretion of the State to charge or prosecute any person for robbery under N.J.S.2C:15-1 or for any other offense, nor shall a conviction for robbery merge with any conviction under this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:43-3, the court may impose a fine not to exceed $500,000 or five times the retail value of the property seized at the time of the arrest, whichever is greater. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:1-8, a conviction of leader of a cargo theft network shall not merge with the conviction for any offense which is the object of the conspiracy. Nothing contained in this act shall prohibit the court from imposing an extended term pursuant to N.J.S.2C:43-7; nor shall this act be construed in any way to preclude or limit the prosecution or conviction of any person for conspiracy under N.J.S.2C:5-2, or any prosecution or conviction for any other offense. c. It shall not be necessary in any prosecution under this section for the State to prove that any intended profit was actually realized. The trier of fact may infer that a particular scheme or course of conduct was undertaken for profit from all of the attending circumstances, including but not limited to the number of persons involved in the scheme or course of conduct, the actor's net worth and his expenditures in relation to his legitimate sources of income, the amount of property or number of incidents of theft, or the amount of cash or currency involved. d. It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the stolen property was brought into, transported or stored in this State solely for ultimate distribution in another jurisdiction; nor shall it be a defense that any profit was intended to be made in another jurisdiction. e. A person convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment that shall include a mandatory minimum term of one-third to one-half of the sentence imposed, during which time the defendant shall not be eligible for parole. The court may not suspend or make any other non-custodial disposition of any person sentenced as a second or subsequent offender pursuant to this section. For the purposes of this section an offense is considered a second or subsequent offense if the actor has at any time been convicted pursuant to this section, or under any similar statute of the United States, this State or any other state for an offense that is substantially equivalent to this section. L.2013, c.58, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:167-10 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 167 / Section 167-10
Revocation of license or order
Status: in_force

The governor may, at any time, in his discretion, revoke any such license or order, and shall revoke any such license or order whenever it shall come to his knowledge that the person to or for whom the same was granted has violated any of the terms, conditions or limitations thereof, or any penal law of this state, or of any other state, or of the United States.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:65-1 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-1
Waste by guardian; accounting to ward; treble damages
Status: in_force

No guardian shall make or suffer any waste, destruction or wrongful sale of the inheritance of his ward, or of those things of which he has or may have the custody as guardian but shall keep safely such inheritance to the use of his ward and keep, sustain and deliver the same, together with all issues and profits, to his ward when he comes of full age, in as good order and condition as they were when the guardian received them. If any guardian shall make or suffer any waste, destruction or wrongful sale of the inheritance or property of his ward, he shall be deprived of his trust and remain liable to the ward in treble damages.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:1-5 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 1 / Section 1-5
Abolition of common law crimes; all offenses defined by statute; application of general provisions of the code; limitation of local government laws
Status: in_force

a. Common law crimes are abolished and no conduct constitutes an offense unless the offense is defined by this code or another statute of this State. b. The provisions of subtitle 1 of the code are applicable to offenses defined by other statutes. The provisions of subtitle 3 are applicable to offenses defined by other statutes but the maximum penalties applicable to such offenses, if specifically provided in the statute defining such offenses, shall be as provided therein, rather than as provided in this code, except that if the non-code offense is a misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of more than 18 months imprisonment, the provisions of section 2C:43-1b shall apply. c. This section does not affect the power to punish for contempt, either summarily or after indictment, or to employ any sanction authorized by law for the enforcement of an order or a civil judgment or decree. d. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the local governmental units of this State may neither enact nor enforce any ordinance or other local law or regulation conflicting with, or preempted by, any provision of this code or with any policy of this State expressed by this code, whether that policy be expressed by inclusion of a provision in the code or by exclusion of that subject from the code. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:1-5, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by L.1979, c. 178, s. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:46-2 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 46 / Section 46-2
Consequences of nonpayment; summary collection.
Status: in_force

2C:46-2. a. When a defendant sentenced to pay an assessment imposed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C.2C:43-3.1), a penalty imposed pursuant to section 11 of P.L.2001, c.81 (C.2C:43-3.6), a penalty imposed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2005, c.73 (C.2C:14-10), monthly probation fee, fine, a penalty imposed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1999, c.295 (C.2C:43-3.5), other court-imposed financial obligations or to make restitution or pay child support or other support or maintenance ordered by a court defaults in the payment thereof or of any installment, upon the motion of the person authorized by law to collect the payment, the motion of the prosecutor, the motion of the victim entitled to payment of restitution, the motion of the Victims of Crime Compensation Office, the motion of the State or county Office of Victim and Witness Advocacy or upon its own motion, the court shall recall the defendant, or issue a summons or a warrant of arrest for the defendant's appearance. A warrant shall not be issued for a juvenile defendant or the parent or guardian of a juvenile defendant. The court shall afford the person notice and an opportunity to be heard on the issue of default. Failure to make any payment when due shall be considered a default. The standard of proof shall be by a preponderance of the evidence, and the burden of establishing good cause for a default shall be on the person who has defaulted. (1) If the court finds that the person has defaulted without good cause, the court may: (a) order the suspension of the driver's license or the nonresident reciprocity driving privilege of the person; or (b) prohibit the person from obtaining a driver's license or exercising reciprocity driving privileges until the person has made all past due payments; or (c) take any other actions authorized by law. The court shall notify the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission of the action taken pursuant to this paragraph. (2) If the court finds that the person defaulted on payment of a court-imposed financial obligation, restitution, or child support or other support or maintenance ordered by a court without good cause and finds that the default was willful, the court may, in addition to the action authorized by paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section, impose a term of imprisonment or participation in a labor assistance program or enforced community service to achieve the objective of the court-imposed financial obligation, restitution, or child support or other support or maintenance ordered by a court. These options shall not reduce the amount owed by the person in default. The term of imprisonment or enforced community service or participation in a labor assistance program shall be specified in the order of commitment. It need not be equated with any particular dollar amount but, in the case of a fine it shall not exceed one day for each $50 of the fine nor shall it exceed a period of 90 consecutive days. In no case shall the total period of imprisonment in the case of a disorderly persons offense for both the sentence of imprisonment and for failure to pay a fine exceed six months. (3) Except where incarceration is ordered pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section, if the court finds that the person has defaulted the court may take one or more of the following actions: (a) the court shall take appropriate action to modify or establish a reasonable schedule for payment; (b) in the case of a fine, if the court finds that the circumstances that warranted the fine have changed or that it would be unjust to require payment, the court may revoke or suspend the fine or the unpaid portion of the fine; or (c) if the defendant has served jail time for default on a court-imposed financial obligation, the court may order that credit for each day of confinement be given against the amount owed. The amount of the credit shall be determined at the discretion of the court but shall be not less than $50 for each day of confinement served. (4) When failure to pay an assessment imposed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C.2C:43-3.1), monthly probation fee, restitution, a penalty imposed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1999, c.295 (C.2C:43-3.5), a penalty imposed pursuant to section 11 of P.L.2001, c.81 (C.2C:43-3.6), a penalty imposed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2005, c.73 (C.2C:14-10), or other financial penalties or to perform enforced community service or to participate in a labor assistance program is determined to be willful, the failure to do so shall be considered to be contumacious. (5) When a fine, assessment imposed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C.2C:43-3.1), other financial penalty or restitution is imposed on a corporation, it is the duty of the person or persons authorized to make disbursements from the assets of the corporation or association to pay it from such assets and their failure so to do may be held to be contumacious. b. Upon any default in the payment of a fine, assessment imposed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C.2C:43-3.1), monthly probation fee, a penalty imposed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1999, c.295 (C.2C:43-3.5), a penalty imposed pursuant to section 11 of P.L.2001, c.81 (C.2C:43-3.6), a penalty imposed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2005, c.73 (C.2C:14-10), other financial penalties, restitution, or any installment thereof, execution may be levied and such other measures may be taken for collection of it or the unpaid balance thereof as are authorized for the collection of an unpaid civil judgment entered against the defendant in an action on a debt. c. Upon any default in the payment of restitution or any installment thereof, the victim entitled to the payment may institute summary collection proceedings authorized by subsection b. of this section. d. Upon any default in the payment of an assessment imposed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C.2C:43-3.1) or any installment thereof, the Victims of Crime Compensation Office or the party responsible for collection may institute summary collection proceedings authorized by subsection b. of this section. e. When a defendant sentenced to make restitution to a public entity other than the Victims of Crime Compensation Office, defaults in the payment thereof or any installment, the court may, in lieu of other modification of the sentence, order the defendant to perform work in a labor assistance program or enforced community service program. f. If a defendant ordered to participate in a labor assistance program or enforced community service program fails to report for work or to perform the assigned work, the comprehensive enforcement hearing officer may revoke the work order and impose any sentence permitted as a consequence of the original conviction. g. If a defendant ordered to participate in a labor assistance program or an enforced community service program pays all outstanding assessments, the comprehensive enforcement hearing officer may review the work order, and modify the same to reflect the objective of the sentence. h. As used in this section: (1) "Comprehensive enforcement program" means the program established pursuant to the "Comprehensive Enforcement Program Fund Act," sections 1 through 9 of P.L.1995, c.9 (C.2B:19-1 et seq.). (2) The terms "labor assistance program" and "enforced community service" have the same meaning as those terms are defined in section 5 of the "Comprehensive Enforcement Program Fund Act," P.L.1995, c.9 (C.2B:19-5). (3) "Public entity" means the State, any county, municipality, district, public authority, public agency and any other political subdivision or public body in the State. (4) "Court-imposed financial obligation" means any fine, statutorily-mandated assessment, surcharge, or other financial penalty imposed by a court, but does not include restitution or child support or other support or maintenance ordered by a court. amended 1985, c.252, s.2; 1991, c.329, s.11; 1993, c.275, s.17; 1995, c.9, s.11; 1999, c.295, s.3; 2001, c.81, s.14; 2005, c.73, s.4; 2013, c.180, s.1; 2019, c.276, s.7; 2021, c.342, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:44-130 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 44 / Section 44-130
Release of funds from lien; bond
Status: in_force

The funds to which a lien has attached as provided by section 2A:44-129 of this title may be released and paid to the contractor by the financial officer of the public agency upon the filing with such officer of a bond in double the sum of all claims filed under the provisions of this article against the contract or the funds due or to grow due thereunder, and conditioned for the payment of such sum as may be adjudged to be due under such claims. The bond shall be approved, as to the form by the chief law officer of the public agency, and, as to the sufficiency thereof, by the financial officer with whom it is filed.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:23B-36 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 23B / Section 23B-36
Collection, publishing, availability of certain information.
Status: in_force

4. a. Any arbitration organization that administers or otherwise is involved in more than 50 consumer arbitrations per year shall collect, publish at least quarterly, and make available to the public, all of the following information regarding each consumer arbitration within the preceding five years: (1) the name of any corporation or other business entity that is party to the arbitration; (2) the type of dispute involved, including, but not limited to, goods, banking, insurance, health care, or employment. In the case of arbitration involving employment, the amount of the employees' annual wage divided into the following ranges: (a) less than $100,000; (b) $100,000 to $250,000, inclusive; and (c) more than $250,000; (3) whether the consumer was the prevailing party; (4) the number of occasions a business entity, which is a party to an arbitration, has previously been a party in an arbitration or mediation administered by the arbitration organization; (5) whether the consumer was represented by an attorney; (6) the date the arbitration organization received the demand for arbitration, the date the arbitrator was appointed, and the date of disposition by the arbitrator or arbitration organization; (7) the type of disposition of the dispute, if known, including withdrawal, abandonment, settlement, award after hearing, award without hearing, default, or dismissal without hearing; (8) the amount of the claim, the amount of the award, and any other relief granted, if any; and (9) the name of the arbitrator, the total fee for the case, and the percentage of the arbitrator's fee allocated to each party. b. If the information required by subsection a. of this section is provided by the arbitration organization in a computer-searchable format through the company's Internet website and may be downloaded without any fee, the company may charge the actual cost of copying to any person who requests the information on paper. If the information required by subsection a. of this section is not accessible through the Internet, the company shall provide that information without charge to any person who requests the information on paper. c. An arbitration organization shall not be liable for collecting, publishing, or distributing the information required by this section. L.2019, c.493, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:152-13 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 152 / Section 152-13
Notice as authority to make complaint; warrants; absence of liability
Status: in_force

The receipt of the communication mentioned in section 2A:152-12 of this title, by any officer named in said section, shall be sufficient warrant and authority for such officer to make a complaint upon information and belief founded thereon, charging that such person, known or unknown, is engaged in such illegal practices and violating the criminal laws of this state as in the communication stated, and any judge or magistrate having jurisdiction to issue criminal process may take and receive such complaint and issue a warrant for the arrest of such person, known or unknown, found upon the premises designated in the communication, and direct that such person be brought before such judge or magistrate to be dealt with as law and justice shall require. The officer making any complaint hereunder shall not be liable to any action, civil or criminal, by any person taken upon or found in the place or places mentioned in the written communication.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:31-3 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 31 / Section 31-3
Limitation of actions; exceptions
Status: in_force

2A:31-3 Every action brought under this chapter shall be commenced within 2 years after the death of the decedent, and not thereafter, provided, however, that if the death resulted from murder, aggravated manslaughter or manslaughter for which the defendant has been convicted, found not guilty by reason of insanity or adjudicated delinquent, the action may be brought at any time. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 2000, c.157.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:44-19.7 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 44 / Section 44-19.7
Persons to whom act applicable; notice; posting
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall apply to all persons performing or furnishing the work, services, storage, materials or supplies on goods who at the time the agreement to furnish or perform the same was made and at all times thereafter kept posted in a prominent place in a public portion of the premises the following notice: "All articles cleaned, pressed, glazed, dyed, laundered, washed, altered, tailored, stored or repaired and not called for within 90 days thereafter are subject to sale as provided by law." L.1983, c. 528, s. 7, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:34-23.3 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 34 / Section 34-23.3
Available remedies.
Status: in_force

2. A judge who sanctions a party for failure to comply with an order of visitation shall have these remedies available: a. The awarding of counsel fees of the aggrieved party against the party who violated the terms of the order; b. Community service; c. The awarding of compensatory time for the time with the child for which the party was deprived; d. The awarding of monetary compensation for additional costs incurred when a parent fails to appear for scheduled visitation; and e. Other economic sanctions which may be decided on a case-by-case basis. L.1997,c.300,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:42-10.2 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 42 / Section 42-10.2
Rent payments not to create new tenancy
Status: in_force

In no event shall any payment made by the tenant to the landlord for continued occupancy of any premises or unit, as provided in section 1 of this act, be deemed to create a new tenancy. L.1956, c. 81, p. 169, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:35-10c — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 35 / Section 35-10c
Criminal investigation.
Status: in_force

61. Criminal Investigation. None of the following shall, individually or collectively, constitute reasonable articulable suspicion of a crime, unless on property used for school purposes which is owned by a school or school board, or at any detention facility, adult correctional facility, or youth correction facility: a. The odor of cannabis or burnt cannabis; b. The possession of or the suspicion of possession of marijuana or hashish without evidence of quantity in excess of any amount that would exceed the amount of cannabis items which may be lawfully possessed pursuant to section 46 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.2C:35-10a); or c. The possession of marijuana or hashish without evidence of quantity in excess of any amount that would exceed the amount of cannabis items which may be lawfully possessed pursuant to section 46 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.2C:35-10a), in proximity to any amount of cash or currency. L.2021, c.16, s.61.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:43-38 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 43 / Section 43-38
Authority, discretion, prosecutor, Mental Health Diversion Program.
Status: in_force

7. Nothing in P.L.2023 c.188 (C.2C:43-32 et al.) shall be construed to limit or constrain in any way the authority or discretion of a prosecutor to divert, prosecute, or pursue any other disposition of a criminal matter involving a defendant who is an eligible person. When considering the diversion of an eligible person from the criminal justice system, a prosecutor may use the Mental Health Diversion Program established pursuant to P.L.2023 c.188 (C.2C:43-32 et al.), any other diversion mechanism authorized by law, or a county-based law enforcement diversion program after considering each program's restrictions, the relief available to the person, and the safety of any victim and the public. L.2023, c.188, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:35B-13 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 35B / Section 35B-13
Ex parte prejudgment attachment order
Status: in_force

13. A plaintiff under this act may request an ex parte prejudgment attachment order from the court against all assets of a defendant sufficient to satisfy a potential award. Any claim of the State authorized pursuant to chapter 35A and 64 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes shall have priority over an order issued pursuant to this section. L.2001, c.114, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:29-8 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 29 / Section 29-8
Corrupting or influencing a jury.
Status: in_force

2C:29-8. Corrupting or Influencing a Jury. Any person who, directly or indirectly, corrupts, influences or attempts to corrupt or influence a jury or juror to be more favorable to the one side than to the other by promises, persuasions, entreaties, threats, letters, money, entertainment or other sinister means; or any person who employs any unfair or fraudulent practice, art or contrivance to obtain a verdict, or attempts to instruct a jury or juror beforehand at any place or time, or in any manner or way, except in open court at the trial of the cause, by the strength of the evidence, the arguments of the parties or their counsel, or the opinion or charge of the court is guilty of a crime. a. Corrupting or influencing a jury is a crime of the first degree if the conduct occurs in connection with an official proceeding involving any of the following crimes, as 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: (1) N.J.S.2C:11-3, murder; (2) N.J.S.2C:11-4, aggravated manslaughter or manslaughter; (3) N.J.S.2C:11-5, reckless vehicular homicide or strict liability vehicular homicide under the provisions of section 1 of P.L.2017, c.165 (C.2C:11-5.3); (4) subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:12-1, aggravated assault; (5) subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.1996, c.14 (C.2C:12-11), disarming a law enforcement officer; (6) N.J.S.2C:13-1, kidnapping; (7) subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:14-2, aggravated sexual assault; (8) subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:14-2 and paragraph (1) of subsection c. of N.J.S.2C:14-2, sexual assault; (9) N.J.S.2C:15-1, robbery; (10) section 1 of P.L.1993, c.221 (C.2C:15-2), carjacking; (11) paragraph (1) of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:17-1, aggravated arson; (12) N.J.S.2C:18-2, burglary; (13) subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:20-5, extortion; (14) subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.1997, c.185 (C.2C:35-4.1), booby traps in manufacturing or distribution facilities; (15) N.J.S.2C:35-9, strict liability for drug induced deaths; (16) section 2 of P.L.2002, c.26 (C.2C:38-2), terrorism; (17) section 3 of P.L.2002, c.26 (C.2C:38-3), producing or possessing chemical weapons, biological agents or nuclear or radiological devices; or (18) N.J.S.2C:41-2, racketeering, when it is a crime of the first degree. b. Corrupting or influencing a jury is a crime of the second degree if the actor employs force or threat of force and the conduct occurs in connection with an action which does not involve any of the crimes enumerated in subsection a. of this section. c. Otherwise, corrupting or influencing a jury is a crime of the third degree, provided, however, that the presumption of nonimprisonment set forth in subsection e. of 2C:44-1 for persons who have not previously been convicted of an offense shall not apply. (added) 1981, c.290, s.33; amended 1986, c.140; 2009, c.169; 2017, c.165, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:61-5 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 61 / Section 61-5
Adjournments of sales
Status: in_force

Any officer or person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title making a sale of real estate governed by this chapter may, subject only to such limitations or restrictions upon the exercise of such power as may be specially provided by law, adjourn the same from time to time.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-40 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-40
Deed to purchaser of real estate; recital of execution
Status: in_force

A sheriff or other officer selling real estate by virtue of an execution to him directed, shall make to the purchaser thereof a deed of the real estate sold, which shall recite the execution by virtue of which the real estate therein described was sold.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:66-9 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-9
Bond of plaintiff
Status: in_force

Upon filing the complaint, the plaintiff shall execute a bond to the defendant in the amount of $200 and with such surety or sureties as the court may require, conditioned to prosecute such action diligently and to pay costs to the defendant if he shall be entitled thereto. The bond shall be approved by a superior court judge and filed.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-61.35 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-61.35
Fee
Status: in_force

A municipality is authorized to charge an owner a fee which may vary according to the size of the building to cover the cost of providing the services required by this amendatory and supplementary act. L.1981, c. 226, s. 16, eff. July 27, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-1 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-1
Sequence of execution; against goods and chattels and real estate
Status: in_force

In every writ of execution which shall be issued against real estate, the sheriff or other officer to whom such writ may be directed shall be commanded that he cause to be made, of the goods and chattels in his county of the party against whom such execution issues, the debt, damages and costs or sums of money mentioned in such execution; and that, if sufficient goods and chattels of such party cannot be found in his county, he cause the whole or the residue, as the case may require, of such debt, damages and costs or sum of money to be made of the real estate whereof such party was seized on the day when such real estate became liable to such debt, damages and costs or sum of money, specifying the day particularly, or at any time afterwards, in the hands of any person then having the same.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:1-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 1 / Section 1-4.1
Crime, disorderly persons offense, petty disorderly persons offense, construing out-of-State conviction.
Status: in_force

3. When a provision in Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, any other statute, rule, regulation, or ordinance of this State, or any certification or application form promulgated thereunder, refers to a conviction of "a similar crime in another state," a conviction under the laws of "any other state or the United States," a conviction under the laws of "any other jurisdiction," or contains similar phrasing referring to a conviction of a criminal offense outside this State, the conviction shall be construed in this State as a crime, disorderly persons offense, or petty disorderly persons offense, as set forth in paragraph (2) of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:1-4, paragraph (2) of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:1-4, and subsection c. of N.J.S.2C:44-4. L.2021, c.298, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-67 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-67
Docketing small claims judgments
Status: in_force

2A:18-67. Judgments recovered in the division of small claims of the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part may be docketed as judgments in the Special Civil Part proper are docketed. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.69.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4A-86 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-86
Juvenile-family crisis hearing; disposition
Status: in_force

Whenever the court receives a petition from court intake services stating that a juvenile-family crisis may exist the court shall hold a hearing and consider the facts and recommendations submitted by intake services in order to determine the appropriate disposition to be made. The court shall notify the juvenile, his parent or guardian or other family member alleged in the petition as contributing to the family crisis that a juvenile-family crisis may exist. The juvenile, parent, guardian, or other family member may present witnesses and evidence to rebut the determination. If the court finds that there is not enough information to make a disposition it may continue the matter and hold one or more additional hearings. The court shall enter an order of disposition if it finds that a juvenile-family crisis exists as provided in section 27 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-46). In support of any such order, the court may require the juvenile, parent, guardian or family member contributing to the crisis, to participate in appropriate programs and services consistent with the disposition. The court may dismiss the petition upon a finding that based upon the preponderance of the evidence presented the petition is not sufficient to establish that a juvenile-family crisis exists. The court shall state the grounds for any disposition made pursuant to this section. In the case of failure of any person to comply with any orders entered pursuant to this section, the court may proceed against such person for the enforcement of litigants' rights. L.1982, c. 80, s. 11, eff. Dec. 31, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:7-18 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 7 / Section 7-18
Internet Registry Advisory Council.
Status: in_force

7. An Internet Registry Advisory Council is established to consult with and provide recommendations to the Attorney General concerning the making of sex offender registration records available to the public on the Internet. The council shall consist of nine persons who, by experience or training, have a personal interest or professional expertise in law enforcement, crime prevention, victim advocacy, criminology, psychology, parole, public education or community relations. The members of the council shall be appointed in the following manner: three shall be appointed by the Governor, of whom no more than two shall be of the same political party; three shall be appointed by the President of the Senate, of whom no more than two shall be of the same political party; and three shall be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly, of whom no more than two shall be of the same political party. Any vacancies occurring in the membership shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. The council shall hold at least two meetings per year to review the implementation and operations of the Internet registry. L.2001,c.167,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:19-47 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 19 / Section 19-47
Removal of assignee and transfer of estate to receiver
Status: in_force

2A:19-47. In case a corporation shall, at any time after the making of a general assignment, be adjudged insolvent and a receiver thereof be appointed by the Superior Court, the said court may, whenever it may deem it to the interest of the stockholders or creditors, remove the assignee and direct and compel him to transfer and convey the trust estate in his hands to the receiver to be administered under the direction of said court. The assignee shall thereupon present his accounts to the Superior Court for settlement and allowance. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.73.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:161A-6 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 161A / Section 161A-6
Disciplinary action
Status: in_force

Failure to comply with any provisions of this act shall subject the law enforcement officer or other authorized person to administrative disciplinary action. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting such person's criminal liability pursuant to the laws of this State. L. 1985, c. 70, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:35A-12 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-12
Act as additional remedy
Status: in_force

This act shall be in addition to existing administrative and regulatory procedures provided by law. No existing civil or criminal remedy now or hereafter available to any person or governmental entity shall be superseded by this act. L.1974, c. 169, s. 12, eff. Dec. 9, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-56.13 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-56.13
Payments made through probation division.
Status: in_force

7. Until such time as a State disbursement unit is established pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1998, c.1 (C.2A:17-56.63), in every award for alimony, maintenance or child support payments the judgment or order shall provide that payments be made through the Probation Division of the county in which the obligor resides, unless the court, for good cause shown, otherwise orders. Upon entry of the judgment or order, the parties shall provide the court and the Probation Division with their Social Security numbers, residential and mailing addresses, telephone numbers, driver's license numbers, and the name, address and telephone number of their employers. Each judgment or order shall require that the obligor and obligee notify the Probation Division of any change of payor or change of address within 10 days of the change. Failure to provide this information shall be considered a violation of this order. The order shall also inform the obligor that the address provided to the Probation Division shall be the address of record for subsequent support enforcement actions and that service of legal documents at that address shall be effective for the purpose of meeting due process requirements. For the purposes of enforcing a support provision, the court may deem procedural due process requirements for notice and service of process to be met with respect to a party thereto upon delivery of written notice to the most recent residential or employer address filed with the Probation Division for that party. If a party fails to respond to a notice and no proof is available that the party received the notice, the Probation Division shall document to the court that it has made a diligent effort to locate the party by making inquiries that may include, but are not limited to: the United States Postal Service, the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation, the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury and the Departments of Labor and Corrections. The Probation Division shall provide an affidavit to the court presenting such documentation of its diligent effort, which certifies its inability to locate the party, before any adverse action is taken based upon the party's failure to respond to the notice. When an obligor changes employment within the State while income withholding is in effect, the Probation Division shall notify the new payor that the withholding is binding on the new payor. When the Probation Division is unable to locate the obligor's current payor in order to effectuate an income withholding under P.L.1981, c.417 (C.2A:17-56.8 et seq.), the Probation Division is authorized to utilize any other procedure authorized by law to obtain this information. L.1981,c.417,s.7; amended 1985, c.278, s.7; 1998, c.1, s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-61.48a — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-61.48a
Prohibition of conversion of affordable rental housing unit to condominium, cooperative form of ownership.
Status: in_force

4. a. A qualified municipality may, by ordinance, prohibit the conversion of any affordable rental housing unit to a condominium or cooperative form of ownership. Upon the adoption of the ordinance to prohibit the conversion of affordable rental housing units, the prohibition shall remain in effect until such time as the governing body adopts a resolution to suspend the prohibition, as set forth in paragraph 3 of this subsection. An ordinance to prohibit the conversion of affordable rental housing units shall: (1) recognize a shortage of affordable rental housing within the municipality and the public need to prevent the loss of affordable rental housing units through conversions; (2) establish criteria to determine the minimum number of affordable rental housing units required in the municipality. The criteria may include, but not be limited to, the vacancy rate of affordable rental housing units, the proportion of affordable rental housing units to total housing units, the proportion of existing affordable housing units to condominium and cooperative units, or any other consideration that the governing body may deem appropriate; and (3) provide for the suspension of the prohibition, by resolution, upon finding that the criteria established pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection have been met. If after adopting a resolution to suspend the prohibition, the governing body of the qualified municipality finds that the criteria established pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection are no longer met, then the governing body may, by resolution, reinstate the prohibition. b. The governing body of a qualified municipality shall transmit any ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section to the department within five days of adoption. c. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the department shall not approve an application for registration for the conversion of any affordable rental housing unit located in a qualified municipality during such time as the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section remains in effect. d. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any application for registration of conversion, notice of intention to convert, full plan of conversion, public offering statement, or other required documentation submitted pursuant to any law or regulation, including but not limited to, P.L.1991, c.509 (C.2A:18-61.40 et al.), P.L.1981, c.226 (C.2A:18-61.22 et al.), P.L.1974, c.49 (C.2A:18-61.1 et al.), or P.L.1977, c.419 (C.45:22A-21 et seq.), and that is associated with the conversion of any affordable rental housing unit located in a qualified municipality, shall be deemed null and void if submitted to the department, designated administrative agency, or tenant during such time as the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section remains in effect. L.2020, c.40, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:53A-49 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 53A / Section 53A-49
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Public Expression Protection Act." L.2023, c.155, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:61-18 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 61 / Section 61-18
Recorded deeds by sheriff or other officer valid notwithstanding defects in writ; record as evidence
Status: in_force

Any deed or deeds of conveyance heretofore or hereafter made and delivered by any sheriff, former sheriff, or other officer of the court, of any real estate, which shall have stood unchallenged on record for a period of 1 year from the date of record thereof, shall be deemed a valid deed for the conveyance of the property therein described, notwithstanding any informality or imperfection in the writ pursuant to the terms of which such sale was made or variance between the date of said deed and the date of acknowledgment or proof of said deed, provided such sale shall have been duly confirmed by the court pursuant to whose writ such sale shall have been made. Any such deed, or the record thereof, or a certified copy of such record, shall be admissible in evidence in all cases and in all courts of this state.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:44-151 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 44 / Section 44-151
Notice of lien; contents; filing
Status: in_force

Notice of lien may be filed at any time after the completion of the work, but shall be filed within 1 year after the agreed price for furnishing or placing the monument becomes due. The notice shall state that the lienor has a lien on the monument for all or the unpaid part of the purchase price thereof, with interest, specifying the amount agreed to be paid, the amount unpaid with a description of the monument and the location of the plot upon which it stands and the names of the persons with whom the agreement for the purchase and erection of the structure, or for the performance of the labor, was made. The notice shall be signed and verified by the lienor.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:158-15.1b — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 158 / Section 158-15.1b
Regulations relative to employment of assistant prosecutors.
Status: in_force

3. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, assistant prosecutors shall devote their entire time to the duties of their office and shall not engage in the practice of law or other gainful employment. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, an assistant prosecutor may engage in limited outside employment or provide services as an independent contractor, under such terms and conditions as the county prosecutor deems appropriate, if: (1) the county prosecutor has deemed the employment or services as not inconsistent with the duties of the office of assistant prosecutor; (2) the employment or services do not involve the private practice of law or the provision of other legal services; and (3) the employment or services do not qualify the assistant prosecutor for membership in any State-administered pension system. c. Nothing in subsection b. of this section shall be construed to: (1) limit the discretion of the county prosecutor to disapprove a request from an assistant prosecutor to engage in employment or services or to require an assistant prosecutor to terminate employment or services otherwise authorized under this section; or (2) create an affirmative right for any assistant prosecutor to engage in employment or services without the approval of the county prosecutor. L.2009, c.285, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:44-146 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 44 / Section 44-146
Action on bond; limitation
Status: in_force

2A:44-146. If the indebtedness due to any person as shown by the statement required to be filed by N.J.S.2A:44-145 shall not be paid in full at the expiration of 90 days from the date of notice of the amount due to the person, such person shall, within one year from the last date that work was performed or materials were supplied by that person, bring an action in his own name upon the bond required by this article. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1996, c.81, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-61.55 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-61.55
Tenant waivers, unenforceable
Status: in_force

16. Any agreement whereby the tenant waives any rights under this act shall be deemed to be against public policy and unenforceable. L.1991,c.509,s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:35-2 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 35 / Section 35-2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

2C:35-2. As used in this chapter: "Administer" means the direct application of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject by: (1) a practitioner, or, in the practitioner's presence, by the practitioner's lawfully authorized agent, or (2) the patient or research subject at the lawful direction and in the presence of the practitioner. "Agent" means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser but does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee thereof. "Controlled dangerous substance" means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in Schedules I through V, marijuana and hashish as defined in this section, any substance the distribution of which is specifically prohibited in N.J.S.2C:35-3, in section 3 of P.L.1997, c.194 (C.2C:35-5.2), in section 5 of P.L.1997, c.194 (C.2C:35-5.3), in section 2 of P.L.2011, c.120 (C.2C:35-5.3a), or in section 2 of P.L.2013, c.35 (C.2C:35-5.3b), and any drug or substance which, when ingested, is metabolized or otherwise becomes a controlled dangerous substance in the human body. When any statute refers to controlled dangerous substances, or to a specific controlled dangerous substance, it shall also be deemed to refer to any drug or substance which, when ingested, is metabolized or otherwise becomes a controlled dangerous substance or the specific controlled dangerous substance, and to any substance that is an immediate precursor of a controlled dangerous substance or the specific controlled dangerous substance. The term shall not include distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, as those terms are defined or used in R.S.33:1-1 et seq., tobacco and tobacco products, or cannabis and cannabis as defined in section 3 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-33). The term, wherever it appears in any law or administrative regulation of this State, shall include controlled substance analogs. "Controlled substance analog" means a substance that has a chemical structure substantially similar to that of a controlled dangerous substance and that was specifically designed to produce an effect substantially similar to that of a controlled dangerous substance. The term shall not include a substance manufactured or distributed in conformance with the provisions of an approved new drug application or an exemption for investigational use within the meaning of section 505 of the "Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1052 (21 U.S.C. s.355). "Counterfeit substance" means a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog which, or the container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, number, or device, or any likeness thereof, of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser other than the person or persons who in fact manufactured, distributed, or dispensed the substance and which thereby falsely purports or is represented to be the product of, or to have been distributed by, such other manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser. "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer from one person to another of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog, whether or not there is an agency relationship. "Dispense" means to deliver a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing, administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for that delivery. "Dispenser" means a practitioner who dispenses. "Distribute" means to deliver other than by administering or dispensing a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog. "Distributor" means a person who distributes. "Drugs" means (1) substances recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; and (2) substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals; and (3) substances, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals; and (4) substances intended for use as a component of any substance specified in (1), (2), and (3) of this definition; but does not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories. The term "drug" also does not include: hemp and hemp products cultivated, handled, processed, transported, or sold pursuant to the "New Jersey Hemp Farming Act," P.L.2019, c.238 (C.4:28-6 et al.); cannabis as defined in section 3 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31 et al.) which is cultivated and produced for use in a cannabis item, as defined in that section, in accordance with the "New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act," P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31 et al.); and cannabis resin as defined in that section 3 (C.24:6I-33) which is extracted for use in a cannabis item, as defined in that section, in accordance with that act. "Hashish" means the resin extracted from any part of the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such resin. "Hashish" shall not mean: hemp and hemp products cultivated, handled, processed, transported, or sold pursuant to the "New Jersey Hemp Farming Act," P.L.2019, c.238 (C.4:28-6 et al.); or cannabis resin as defined in section 3 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-33) which is extracted for use in a cannabis item, as defined in that section, in accordance with the "New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act," P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31 et al.). "Immediate precursor" means a substance which the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety has found to be and by regulation designates as being the principal compound commonly used or produced primarily for use, and which is an immediate chemical intermediary used or likely to be used in the manufacture of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog, the control of which is necessary to prevent, curtail, or limit such manufacture. "Manufacture" means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion, or processing of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog, either directly or by extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or repackaging of the substance or labeling or relabeling of its container, except that this term does not include the preparation or compounding of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog by an individual for the individual's own use or the preparation, compounding, packaging, or labeling of a controlled dangerous substance: (1) by a practitioner as an incident to the practitioner administering or dispensing a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog in the course of the practitioner's professional practice, or (2) by a practitioner, or under the practitioner's supervision, for the purpose of, or as an incident to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale. "Marijuana" means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant or its seeds, except those containing resin extracted from the plant. "Marijuana" shall not mean: hemp and hemp products cultivated, handled, processed, transported, or sold pursuant to the "New Jersey Hemp Farming Act," P.L.2019, c.238 (C.4:28-6 et al.); or cannabis as defined in section 3 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-33) which is cultivated and produced for use in a cannabis item, as defined in that section, in accordance with the "New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act," P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31 et al.). "Narcotic drug" means any of the following, whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis: (1) Opium, coca leaves, and opiates; (2) A compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation of opium, coca leaves, or opiates; (3) A substance, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation thereof, which is chemically identical with any of the substances referred to in (1) and (3) of this definition, except that the words "narcotic drug" as used in this act shall not include decocainized coca leaves or extracts of coca leaves, which extracts do not contain cocaine or ecogine. "Opiate" means any dangerous substance having substance use disorder-forming or substance use disorder-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having such substance use disorder-forming or substance use disorder-sustaining liability. "Opiate" does not include, unless specifically designated as controlled pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.1970, c.226 (C.24:21-3), the dextrorotatory isomer of 3-methoxy-n-methylmorphinan and its salts (dextromethorphan "Opiate" includes its racemic and levorotatory forms. "Opium poppy" means the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L., except the seeds thereof. "Person" means any corporation, association, partnership, trust, other institution or entity, or one or more individuals. "Person with a substance use disorder" means a person who as a result of using a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog or alcohol has been in a state of psychic or physical dependence, or both, arising from the use of that controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog or alcohol on a continuous or repetitive basis. Substance use disorder is characterized by behavioral and other responses, including, but not limited to, a strong compulsion to take the substance on a recurring basis in order to experience its psychic effects, or to avoid the discomfort of its absence. "Plant" means an organism having leaves and a readily observable root formation, including, but not limited to, a cutting having roots, a rootball or root hairs. "Poppy straw" means all parts, except the seeds, of the opium poppy, after mowing. "Practitioner" means a physician, dentist, veterinarian, scientific investigator, laboratory, pharmacy, hospital, or other person licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, or administer a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog in the course of professional practice or research in this State. As used in this definition: (1) "Physician" means a physician authorized by law to practice medicine in this or any other state and any other person authorized by law to treat sick and injured human beings in this or any other state. (2) "Veterinarian" means a veterinarian authorized by law to practice veterinary medicine in this State. (3) "Dentist" means a dentist authorized by law to practice dentistry in this State. (4) "Hospital" means any federal institution, or any institution for the care and treatment of the sick and injured, operated or approved by the appropriate State department as proper to be entrusted with the custody and professional use of controlled dangerous substances or controlled substance analogs. (5) "Laboratory" means a laboratory to be entrusted with the custody of narcotic drugs and the use of controlled dangerous substances or controlled substance analogs for scientific, experimental, and medical purposes and for purposes of instruction approved by the Department of Health. "Prescription legend drug" means any drug which under federal or State law requires dispensing by prescription or order of a licensed physician, veterinarian, or dentist and is required to bear the statement "Rx only" or similar wording indicating that such drug may be sold or dispensed only upon the prescription of a licensed medical practitioner and is not a controlled dangerous substance or stramonium preparation. "Production" includes the manufacture, planting, cultivation, growing, or harvesting of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog. "Residential treatment facility" means any facility licensed and approved by the Department of Human Services and which is approved by any county probation department for the inpatient treatment and rehabilitation of persons with a substance use disorder. "Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V" are the schedules set forth in sections 5 through 8 of P.L.1970, c.226 (C.24:21-5 through 24:21-8) and in section 4 of P.L.1971, c.3 (C.24:21-8.1) and as modified by any regulations issued by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety pursuant to the director's authority as provided in section 3 of P.L.1970, c.226 (C.24:21-3). "State" means the State of New Jersey. "Stramonium preparation" means a substance prepared from any part of the stramonium plant in the form of a powder, pipe mixture, cigarette, or any other form with or without other ingredients. "Stramonium plant" means the plant Datura Stramonium Linne, including Datura Tatula Linne. "Ultimate user" means a person who lawfully possesses a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog for the person's own use or for the use of a member of the person's household or for administration to an animal owned by the person or by a member of the person's household. amended 1997, c.186, s.1; 1999, c.90, s.1; 1999, c.186; 1999, c.376, s.1; 2005, c.205, s.1; 2011, c.120, s.1; 2012, c.17, s.2; 2013, c.35, s.1; 2018, c.139, s.6; 2019, c.238, s.10; 2021, c.16, s.54; 2023, c.177, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:168A-14 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 168A / Section 168A-14
Report on impact of prior criminal conviction on private employment opportunities.
Status: in_force

8. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall prepare a report detailing the impact of a prior criminal conviction on private employment opportunities for ex-offenders. The department shall consult with the State Parole Board, and may consult with and seek the assistance of other executive branch agencies, municipalities, agencies and any interested parties. The report shall include identification of barriers faced by ex-offenders seeking private employment, including those set forth in law, regulation and policies of private employers. The report shall analyze the effect of the hiring policies of employers with more than 100 employees on the employment of ex-offenders. In order to encourage cooperation, identities of employers and entities contacted in the course of preparing the report shall remain confidential. The results of this study shall be reported to the Governor and the Legislature within 180 days from the effective date of this act. L.2007, c.327, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:4-30.181 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-30.181
Notice to issuing tribunal of modification.
Status: in_force

58. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been registered. A party who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does not affect the validity or enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. L.2016, c.1, s.58.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:15-3 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 15 / Section 15-3
Actions which survive; torts to decedent; funeral and burial expenses; statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

2A:15-3. a. (1) Executors, administrators, and administrators ad prosequendum may have an action for any trespass done to the person or property, real or personal, of their testator or intestate against the trespasser, and recover their damages as their testator or intestate would have had if he was living. In those actions based upon the wrongful act, neglect, or default of another, where death resulted from injuries for which the deceased would have had a cause of action if he had lived, the executor, administrator, or administrator ad prosequendum may recover all reasonable funeral and burial expenses in addition to damages accrued during the lifetime of the deceased. (2) In the case of a plaintiff qualified for appointment as administrator who was not yet appointed administrator at the time the plaintiff commenced an action under this section, the court may allow the plaintiff to be designated administrator for the purposes of this section and to allow the plaintiff to amend pleadings nunc pro tunc relating back to the plaintiff's first filed pleading to reflect the designation. b. Every action brought under this chapter shall be commenced within two years after the death of the decedent, and not thereafter, provided, however, that if the death resulted from murder, aggravated manslaughter or manslaughter for which the defendant has been convicted, found not guilty by reason of insanity or adjudicated delinquent, the action may be brought at any time. Amended 1969, c.266; 2009, c.266; 2021, c.481, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:156A-25 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 156A / Section 156A-25
Good faith reliance on court order as defense
Status: in_force

A good faith reliance on a court order authorizing the interception shall constitute a complete defense to a civil or criminal action brought under this act or to administrative proceedings brought against a law enforcement officer. L.1968, c. 409, s. 25, eff. Jan. 1, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:58-10 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 58 / Section 58-10
Recording of final administrative order on judgment docket
Status: in_force

1. a. If an administrative agency of the State has assessed a fixed amount of money as a civil penalty or award after the person against whom the penalty or award was ordered was afforded an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), at the request of the agency the Clerk of the Superior Court or the Clerk of the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part shall record the final order assessing the penalty or award on the judgment docket of the court. b. The final order of the agency recorded on the judgment docket of the court thereafter shall have the same effect as a judgment of the court. L.1999,c.274,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:36-4 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 36 / Section 36-4
Advertising to promote sale, crime of fourth degree
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to place in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publication any advertisement, knowing that the purpose of the advertisement in whole or in part, is to promote the sale of objects intended for use as drug paraphernalia. Any person who violates this section commits a crime of the fourth degree. L. 1987, c. 106, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:62-23 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-23
Action by attorney general
Status: in_force

When a grant or conveyance in fee of riparian lands or lands under water, or both, has been or shall be made by the state, the riparian commission, the board of commerce and navigation, the division of navigation, in the department of conservation or the division of planning and development in the department of conservation and economic development to any person, who, or whose lessee or grantee under an unexpired lease or an estate for years not terminated is in possession of the lands, or any part thereof, and the state denies the validity of the grant or conveyance of the fee and desires to contest it, the attorney general may maintain an action in the superior court on behalf of the state to determine and settle the title to the affected lands and to clear up all doubts concerning the same.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:39-5 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 39 / Section 39-5
Unlawful possession of weapons.
Status: in_force

2C:39-5. Unlawful possession of weapons. a. Machine guns. Any person who knowingly has in his possession a machine gun or any instrument or device adaptable for use as a machine gun, without being licensed to do so as provided in N.J.S.2C:58-5, is guilty of a crime of the second degree. b. Handguns. (1) Any person who knowingly has in his possession any handgun, including any antique handgun, without first having obtained a permit to carry the same as provided in N.J.S.2C:58-4, is guilty of a crime of the second degree. (2) If the handgun is in the nature of an air gun, spring gun or pistol or other weapon of a similar nature in which the propelling force is a spring, elastic band, carbon dioxide, compressed or other gas or vapor, air or compressed air, or is ignited by compressed air, and ejecting a bullet or missile smaller than three-eighths of an inch in diameter, with sufficient force to injure a person it is a crime of the third degree. c. Rifles and shotguns. (1) Any person who knowingly has in his possession any rifle or shotgun without having first obtained a firearms purchaser identification card in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.2C:58-3, is guilty of a crime of the third degree. (2) Unless otherwise permitted by law, any person who knowingly has in his possession any loaded rifle or shotgun is guilty of a crime of the third degree. d. Other weapons. Any person who knowingly has in his possession any other weapon under circumstances not manifestly appropriate for such lawful uses as it may have is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. e. Firearms or other weapons in educational institutions. (1) Any person who knowingly has in his possession any firearm in or upon any part of the buildings or grounds of any school, college, university or other educational institution, without the written authorization of the governing officer of the institution, is guilty of a crime of the third degree, irrespective of whether he possesses a valid permit to carry the firearm or a valid firearms purchaser identification card. (2) Any person who knowingly possesses any weapon enumerated in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection r. of N.J.S.2C:39-1 or any components which can readily be assembled into a firearm or other weapon enumerated in subsection r. of N.J.S.2C:39-1 or any other weapon under circumstances not manifestly appropriate for such lawful use as it may have, while in or upon any part of the buildings or grounds of any school, college, university or other educational institution without the written authorization of the governing officer of the institution is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. (3) Any person who knowingly has in his possession any imitation firearm in or upon any part of the buildings or grounds of any school, college, university or other educational institution, without the written authorization of the governing officer of the institution, or while on any school bus is a disorderly person, irrespective of whether he possesses a valid permit to carry a firearm or a valid firearms purchaser identification card. f. Assault firearms. Any person who knowingly has in his possession an assault firearm is guilty of a crime of the second degree except if the assault firearm is licensed pursuant to N.J.S.2C:58-5; registered pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1990, c.32 (C.2C:58-12); or rendered inoperable pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1990, c.32 (C.2C:58-13). g. (1) The temporary possession of a handgun, rifle or shotgun by a person receiving, possessing, carrying or using the handgun, rifle, or shotgun under the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1992, c.74 (C.2C:58-3.1) shall not be considered unlawful possession under the provisions of subsection b. or c. of this section. (2) The temporary possession of a firearm by a person receiving, possessing, carrying or using the firearm under the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1997, c.375 (C.2C:58-3.2) shall not be considered unlawful possession under the provisions of this section. h. A person who is convicted of a crime under subsection a., b., f. or j. of this section shall be ineligible for participation in any program of intensive supervision; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to a crime under subsection b. involving only a handgun which is in the nature of an air gun, spring gun or pistol or other weapon of a similar nature in which the propelling force is a spring, elastic band, carbon dioxide, compressed or other gas or vapor, air or compressed air, or is ignited by compressed air, and ejecting a bullet or missile smaller than three-eighths of an inch in diameter, with sufficient force to injure a person. i. A person convicted of violating subsection a., b. or f. of this section shall be sentenced by the court to a term of imprisonment, which shall include the imposition of a minimum term during which the defendant shall be ineligible for parole, if the court finds that the aggravating circumstance set forth in paragraph (5) of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:44-1 applies. The minimum term of parole ineligibility shall be fixed at five years. The sentencing court shall make a finding on the record as to whether the aggravating circumstance set forth in paragraph (5) of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:44-1 applies, and the court shall presume that there is a substantial likelihood that the defendant is involved in organized criminal activity if there is a substantial likelihood that the defendant is a member of an organization or group that engages in criminal activity. The prosecution at the sentencing hearing shall have the initial burden of producing evidence or information concerning the defendant's membership in such an organization or group. j. A violation of subsection a., b., c. or f. of this section by a person who has a prior conviction of any of the crimes enumerated in subsection d. of section 2 of P.L.1997, c.117 (C.2C:43-7.2) is a first degree crime. amended 1979, c.179, s.4; 1990, c.32, s.2; 1992, c.74, s.2; 1992, c.94, s.1; 1995, c.389; 1997, c.375, s.2; 2007, c.284; 2009, c.13; 2013, c.113, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-74 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-74
Contents of notice
Status: in_force

3. The notice required under section 2 of P.L.1999, c.340 (C.2A:18-73) shall state as follows: a. That the property is considered abandoned and must be removed from the premises or from the place of safekeeping, if the landlord has stored the property as provided in section 4 of P.L.1999, c.340 (C.2A:18-75), by a date as follows; (i) for all property other than manufactured or mobile homes not less than 30 days after delivery of the notice, or not less than 33 days after the date of mailing, whichever comes first, or (ii) for property which consists solely of manufactured or mobile homes, not less than 75 days after the delivery of the notice, or not less than 78 days after the date of mailing, whichever comes first, or the property will be sold or otherwise disposed of; and b. That if the abandoned property is not removed: (i) The landlord may sell the property at a public or private sale; or (ii) The landlord may destroy or otherwise dispose of the property if the landlord reasonably determines that the value of the property is so low that the cost of storage and conducting a public sale would probably exceed the amount that would be realized from the sale; or (iii) The landlord may sell items of value and destroy or otherwise dispose of the remaining property. c. That in the case of a residential tenant, if the tenant claims the property within the time provided in the notice, the landlord must make the property available for removal by the tenant without payment by the tenant of any unpaid rent. L.1999,c.340,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:19-10 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 19 / Section 19-10
Bond of assignee; additional security
Status: in_force

The assignee shall, after filing the inventory and valuation, forthwith enter into bond in such amount as the court may fix, for the faithful performance of his trust. The bond shall be filed with the clerk of the court. In case at any time the security given by any assignee under this chapter shall be shown to be insufficient, the court shall direct him to give such additional security as it shall deem proper. Every bond given under this section shall run to the superior court.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:156A-21 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 156A / Section 156A-21
Action to suppress contents of intercepted communications
Status: in_force

21. Any aggrieved person in any trial, hearing, or proceeding in or before any court or other authority of this State may move to suppress the contents of any intercepted wire, electronic or oral communication, or evidence derived therefrom, on the grounds that: a. The communication was unlawfully intercepted; b. The order of authorization is insufficient on its face; c. The interception was not made in conformity with the order of authorization or in accordance with the requirements of section 12 of P.L.1968, c.409 (C.2A:156A-12). The motion shall be made at least 10 days before the trial, hearing, or proceeding unless there was no opportunity to make the motion or the moving party was not aware of the grounds for the motion. Motions by coindictees are to be heard in a single consolidated hearing. The court, upon the filing of such motion by the aggrieved person, shall make available to the aggrieved person or his counsel for inspection such portions of the intercepted communication, or evidence derived therefrom, as the court determines to be in the interests of justice. If the motion is granted, the entire contents of all intercepted wire, electronic or oral communications obtained during or after any interception which is determined to be in violation of this act under subsection a., b., or c. of this section, or evidence derived therefrom, shall not be received in evidence in the trial, hearing or proceeding. In addition to any other right to appeal, the State shall have the right to appeal from an order granting a motion to suppress if the official to whom the order authorizing the intercept was granted shall certify to the court that the appeal is not taken for purposes of delay. The appeal shall be taken within the time specified by the Rules of Court and shall be diligently prosecuted. L.1968,c.409,s.21; amended 1975,c.131,s.10; 1978,c.51,s.7; 1993,c.29,s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:43-3 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 43 / Section 43-3
Broadcasters; liability for statements of candidates for public office
Status: in_force

The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, hereinafter referred to as a broadcaster, and any agent or employee of any such broadcaster, shall not be liable for any damages for any statement, published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound radio broadcast, by any legally qualified candidate for public office, when such broadcast is made under the provisions of Federal law and regulations governing broadcasts by candidates for public office which deny to a broadcaster the power of censorship over the material broadcast. L.1956, c. 50, p. 101, s. 1, eff. May 22, 1956.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:43-16 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 43 / Section 43-16
Public announcement of proposed rules; delivery of copies
Status: in_force

The proposed rule or rules shall be publicly announced by the Supreme Court on September 15 next following such Judicial Conference (or, if such day be a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, on the first day thereafter that is not), and the court shall, on the same day, cause true copies thereof to be delivered to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the Governor. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:43-16, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-61.51 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 18 / Section 18-61.51
Tenancy protection terminated by tenant purchase
Status: in_force

12. In the event that a qualified tenant purchases the dwelling unit he occupies, the protected tenancy status afforded under the provisions of this act shall terminate immediately upon purchase. L.1991,c.509,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:23A-24 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 23A / Section 23A-24
Subpenas
Status: in_force

The arbitrators may, at their initiative or at the request of any party to the arbitrators, issue subpenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, documents and other evidence. Subpenas shall be served and shall be enforceable in the manner provided by law. L. 1987,c.329, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:84A-22.7 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 84A / Section 84A-22.7
Testimony by physician on request of holder of privilege; termination of privilege
Status: in_force

A privilege under this act as to a communication is terminated if the judge finds that any person while a holder of the privilege has caused the physician or any agent or servant of the physician to testify in any action to any matter of which the physician or his agent or servant gained knowledge through the communication. L.1968, c. 185, s. 7, eff. July 19, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:23D-11 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 23D / Section 23D-11
Certain responsibilities of lawyer unaffected.
Status: in_force

11. P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-1 et seq.) does not affect, waive or supersede: a. The professional responsibility obligations and standards applicable to a lawyer or other licensed professional in this State, including but not limited to the Rules of Professional Conduct promulgated by the Supreme Court of New Jersey; or b. The obligation of a person to report abuse or neglect, abandonment, or exploitation of a child or adult under the law of this State. L.2014, c.50, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:43-6.4 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 43 / Section 43-6.4
Special sentence of parole supervision for life.
Status: in_force

2. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a judge imposing sentence on a person who has been convicted 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 (3) or sub-subparagraph (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (b) of paragraph (5) of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:24-4, luring, violating a condition of a special sentence of community supervision for life pursuant to subsection d. of this section, or an attempt to commit any of these offenses shall include, in addition to any sentence authorized by this Code, a special sentence of parole supervision for life. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a court imposing sentence on a person who has been convicted of endangering the welfare of a child pursuant to paragraph (4) or subparagraph (a) or sub-subparagraph (iii) of subparagraph (b) of paragraph (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 either of these offenses shall include, upon motion of the prosecutor, a special sentence of parole supervision for life in addition to any sentence authorized by Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes unless the court finds on the record that the special sentence is not needed to protect the community or deter the defendant from future criminal activity. b. The special sentence of parole supervision for life required by this section shall commence immediately upon the defendant's release from incarceration. If the defendant is serving a sentence of incarceration for another offense at the time the defendant completes the custodial portion of the sentence imposed on the present offense, the special sentence of parole supervision for life shall not commence until the defendant is actually released from incarceration for the other offense. Persons serving a special sentence of parole supervision for life shall remain in the legal custody of the Commissioner of Corrections, shall be supervised by the Division of Parole of the State Parole Board, shall be subject to the provisions and conditions set forth in subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.1997, c.117 (C.30:4-123.51b) and sections 15 through 19 and 21 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.59 through 30:4-123.63 and C.30:4-123.65), and shall be subject to conditions appropriate to protect the public and foster rehabilitation. Such conditions may include the requirement that the person comply with the conditions set forth in subsection f. of this section concerning use of a computer or other device with access to the Internet or the conditions set forth in subsection g. of this section concerning the operation as defined in section 1 of P.L.2017, c.315 (C.2C:40-27) of an unmanned aircraft system as defined in section 1 of P.L.2017, c.315 (C.2C:40-27). If the defendant violates a condition of a special sentence of parole supervision for life, the defendant shall be subject to the provisions of sections 16 through 19 and 21 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.60 through 30:4-123.63 and C.30:4-123.65), and for the purpose of calculating the limitation on time served pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.65) the custodial term imposed upon the defendant related to the special sentence of parole supervision for life shall be deemed to be a term of life imprisonment. When the court suspends the imposition of sentence on a defendant who has been convicted of any offense enumerated in subsection a. of this section, the court may not suspend imposition of the special sentence of parole supervision for life, which shall commence immediately, with the Division of Parole of the State Parole Board maintaining supervision over that defendant, including the defendant's compliance with any conditions imposed by the court pursuant to N.J.S.2C:45-1, in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. Nothing contained in this subsection shall prevent the court from at any time proceeding under the provisions of N.J.S.2C:45-1 through 2C:45-4 against any such defendant for a violation of any conditions imposed by the court when it suspended imposition of sentence, or prevent the Division of Parole from proceeding under the provisions of sections 16 through 19 and 21 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.60 through 30:4-123.63 and C.30:4-123.65) against any such defendant for a violation of any conditions of the special sentence of parole supervision for life, including the conditions imposed by the court pursuant to N.J.S.2C:45-1. In any such proceeding by the Division of Parole, the provisions of subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.1997, c.117 (C.30:4-123.51b) authorizing revocation and return to prison shall be applicable to such a defendant, notwithstanding that the defendant may not have been sentenced to or served any portion of a custodial term for conviction of an offense enumerated in subsection a. of this section. c. A person sentenced to a term of parole supervision for life may petition the Superior Court for release from that parole supervision. The judge may grant a petition for release from a special sentence of parole supervision for life only upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the person has not committed a crime for 15 years since the last conviction or release from incarceration, whichever is later, and that the person is not likely to pose a threat to the safety of others if released from parole supervision. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.66), a person sentenced to a term of parole supervision for life may be released from that parole supervision term only by court order as provided in this subsection. d. A person who violates a condition of a special sentence of community supervision for life or parole supervision for life imposed pursuant to this section without good cause is guilty of a crime of the third degree. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a person sentenced pursuant to this subsection shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment unless the court is clearly convinced that the interests of justice so far outweigh the need to deter this conduct and the interest in public safety that a sentence to imprisonment would be a manifest injustice. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude subjecting a person who violates any condition of a special sentence of parole supervision for life to the provisions of sections 16 through 19 and 21 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.60 through 30:4-123.63 and C.30:4-123.65) pursuant to the provisions of subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.1997, c.117 (C.30:4-123.51b). e. A person who, while serving a special sentence of parole supervision for life imposed pursuant to this section, commits a violation of N.J.S.2C:11-3, N.J.S.2C:11-4, N.J.S.2C:11-5, subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:12-1, N.J.S.2C:13-1, section 1 of P.L.1993, c.291 (C.2C:13-6), N.J.S.2C:14-2, N.J.S.2C:14-3, N.J.S.2C:24-4, section 8 of P.L.2017, c.141 (C.2C:24-4.1), N.J.S.2C:18-2 when the offense is a crime of the second degree, or subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:39-4 shall be sentenced to an extended term of imprisonment as set forth in N.J.S.2C:43-7, which term shall, notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-7 or any other law, be served in its entirety prior to the person's resumption of the term of parole supervision for life. f. The special sentence of parole supervision for life required by this section may include any of the following Internet access conditions: (1) Prohibit the person from accessing or using a computer or any other device with Internet capability without the prior written approval of the court except the person may use a computer or any other device with Internet capability in connection with that person's employment or search for employment with the prior approval of the person's parole officer; (2) Require the person to submit to periodic unannounced examinations of the person's computer or any other device with Internet capability by a parole officer, law enforcement officer, or assigned computer or information technology specialist, including the retrieval and copying of all data from the computer or device and any internal or external peripherals and removal of such information, equipment or device to conduct a more thorough inspection; (3) Require the person to submit to the installation on the person's computer or device with Internet capability, at the person's expense, one or more hardware or software systems to monitor the Internet use; (4) Require the person to submit to any other appropriate restrictions concerning the person's use or access of a computer or any other device with Internet capability; and (5) Require the person to disclose all passwords used by the person to access any data, information, image, program, signal or file on the person's computer, or any other device with Internet capability. g. The special sentence of parole supervision for life required by this section may include reasonable conditions prohibiting or restricting the person's operation of an unmanned aircraft system in order to reduce the likelihood of a recurrence of criminal or delinquent behavior. L.1994, c.130, s.2; amended 2003, c.267, s.1; 2007, c.219, s.3; 2013, c.136, s.2; 2013, c.214, s.4; 2017, c.141, s.5; 2017, c.315, s.3; 2017, c.333; 2024, c.92, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 2B:19-2 — NJ Code / Title 2B / Chapter 19 / Section 19-2
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The Judiciary routinely enters judgments and court orders setting forth assessments, surcharges, fines and restitution against litigants pursuant to statutory law. b. The enforcement of court orders is crucial to ensure respect for the rule of law and credibility of the court process. c. Despite monitoring of judgments and court orders by probation divisions and other segments of the Judiciary responsible for doing so, many orders are not complied with because there is a lack of central coordination, funding, automation, and control. d. The Judiciary has successfully developed a hearing officer program in child support enforcement and a pilot criminal enforcement court project, which is in the process of being expanded, that have demonstrated significant increases in collections and compliance. e. The Governor's Management Review Commission has reviewed the collections process in New Jersey and made recommendations supporting the establishment and funding of a Statewide comprehensive enforcement program operated by the Judiciary. f. Upon passage of this act, the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice will establish a Statewide comprehensive enforcement program which will provide for the enforcement of court orders and oversee collection of court-ordered fines, assessments, surcharges and judgments in the civil, criminal and family divisions, the Tax Court and in municipal court as provided in section 6 of P.L.1995, c.9 (C.2B:19-6). The comprehensive enforcement program will provide for the collection of certain surcharges administratively imposed by the Division of Motor Vehicles as provided in section 6 of P.L.1995, c.9 (C.2B:19-6). The comprehensive enforcement program will utilize the child support hearing officer model and the pilot project criminal enforcement court model, supported by a Statewide automation system designed to increase collections, compliance and accountability. L.1995, c.9, s.2; amended 1997, c.280, s.1; 2001, c.421, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:33-13 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 33 / Section 33-13
Smoking in public.
Status: in_force

2C:33-13. Smoking in Public. a. Any person who smokes or carries lighted tobacco in or upon any bus or other public conveyance, except group charter buses, specially marked railroad smoking cars, limousines or livery services, and, when the driver is the only person in the vehicle, autocabs, is a petty disorderly person. For the purposes of this section, "bus" includes school buses and other vehicles owned or contracted for by the governing body, board or individual of a nonpublic school, a public or private college, university, or professional training school, or a board of education of a school district, that are used to transport students to and from school and school-related activities; and the prohibition on smoking or carrying lighted tobacco shall apply even if students are not present in the vehicle. b. Any person who smokes or carries lighted tobacco in any public place, including, but not limited to, places of public accommodation, where such smoking is prohibited by municipal ordinance under authority of R.S.40:48-1 and 40:48-2 or by the owner or person responsible for the operation of the public place, and when adequate notice of such prohibition has been conspicuously posted, is either: guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense under this section, or subject to a civil penalty under section 1 of P.L.2017, c.191 (C.26:3D-65) if such civil penalty is provided for as an alternative to the offense under this subsection. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3, the maximum fine which can be imposed for committing a petty disorderly persons offense under this section is $200. c. The provisions of this section shall supersede any other statute and any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to law, except as provided in section 1 of P.L.2017, c.191 (C.26:3D-65). amended 1979, c.178, s.66A; 1985, c.187; 2003, c.233; 2017, c.191, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:42-10.14 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 42 / Section 42-10.14
Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances or the exercise of any power or authority thereunder is held invalid or contrary to law, such holding shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications or affect other exercises of power or authority under said provisions not contrary to law, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. L.1970, c. 210, s. 6, eff. Sept. 30, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:7-13 — NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 7 / Section 7-13
Development, maintenance of system on the Internet registry.
Status: in_force

2. a. Pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Superintendent of State Police shall develop and maintain a system for making certain information in the central registry established pursuant to subsection d. of section 4 of P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-4) publicly available by means of electronic Internet technology. b. The public may, without limitation, obtain access to the Internet registry to view an individual registration record, any part of, or the entire Internet registry concerning all offenders: (1) whose risk of re-offense is high; (2) whose risk of re-offense is moderate or low and whose conduct was found to be characterized by a pattern of repetitive, compulsive behavior pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.2C:47-3; or (3) for whom the court has ordered notification in accordance with paragraph (3) of subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.1994, c.128 (C.2C:7-8), regardless of the age of the offender. c. Except as provided in subsection d. of this section, the public may, without limitation, obtain access to the Internet registry to view an individual registration record, any part of, or the entire Internet registry concerning offenders whose risk of re-offense is moderate and for whom the court has ordered notification in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.1994, c.128 (C.2C:7-8). d. The individual registration record of an offender whose risk of re-offense has been determined to be moderate and for whom the court has ordered notification in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.1994, c.128 (C.2C:7-8) shall not be made available to the public on the Internet registry if the sole sex offense committed by the offender which renders him subject to the requirements of P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-1 et seq.) is one of the following: (1) An adjudication of delinquency for any sex offense as defined in subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-2); (2) A conviction or acquittal by reason of insanity for a violation of N.J.S.2C:14-2 or N.J.S.2C:14-3 under circumstances in which the offender was related to the victim by blood or affinity to the third degree or was a resource family parent, a guardian, or stood in loco parentis within the household; or (3) A conviction or acquittal by reason of insanity for a violation of N.J.S.2C:14-2 or N.J.S.2C:14-3 in any case in which the victim assented to the commission of the offense but by reason of age was not capable of giving lawful consent. For purposes of this subsection, "sole sex offense" means a single conviction, adjudication of guilty or acquittal by reason of insanity, as the case may be, for a sex offense which involved no more than one victim, no more than one occurrence or, in the case of an offense which meets the criteria of paragraph (2) of this subsection, members of no more than a single household. e. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph d. of this subsection, the individual registration record of an offender to whom an exception enumerated in paragraph (1), (2) or (3) of subsection d. of this section applies shall be made available to the public on the Internet registry if the offender's conduct was characterized by a pattern of repetitive, compulsive behavior, or the State establishes by clear and convincing evidence that, given the particular facts and circumstances of the offense and the characteristics and propensities of the offender, the risk to the general public posed by the offender is substantially similar to that posed by offenders whose risk of re-offense is moderate and who do not qualify under the enumerated exceptions. f. Unless the offender's conduct was characterized by a pattern of repetitive, compulsive behavior, the individual registration records of offenders whose risk of re-offense is low or of offenders whose risk of re-offense is moderate but for whom the court has not ordered notification in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.1994, c.128 (C.2C:7-8) shall not be available to the public on the Internet registry. g. The information concerning a registered offender to be made publicly available on the Internet shall include: the offender's name and any aliases the offender has used or under which the offender may be or may have been known; any sex offense as defined in subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-2) for which the offender was convicted, adjudicated delinquent or acquitted by reason of insanity, as the case may be; the date and location of disposition; a brief description of any such offense, including the victim's gender and indication of whether the victim was less than 18 years old or less than 13 years old; a general description of the offender's modus operandi, if any; the determination of whether the risk of re-offense by the offender is moderate or high; the offender's age, race, sex, date of birth, height, weight, hair, eye color and any distinguishing scars or tattoos; a photograph of the offender and the date on which the photograph was entered into the registry; the make, model, color, year and license plate number of any vehicle operated by the offender; and the street address, zip code, municipality and county in which the offender resides. L.2001, c.167, s.2; amended 2004, c.130, s.12; 2004, c.151; 2013, c.214, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 2A:44A-32 — NJ Code / Title 2A / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-32
Release, discharge from claim
Status: in_force

32. When the bond, deposit or any combination thereof, authorized by section 31 of this act, is properly filed or deposited, the improvements and land described in the lien claim shall thereupon be released and discharged from the claim and no execution shall issue against the improvements and land. The words "released by bond" or "released by deposit of funds," as applicable, and a reference to the time and place of filing of the bond or deposit shall be entered by the county clerk upon the record of the lien claim. L.1993,c.318,s.32.