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NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-37 - Falsifying application, examination; punishment, revocation of registration, license

39:3-37. Falsifying application, examination; punishment, revocation of registration, license  39:3-37. A person who gives a fictitious name or address or makes any other intentional misstatement of a material fact in an application for registration of a motor vehicle , an application for a waiver pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1995, c.112 (C.39:8-55) of the emission standards requirement, or an application for a driver's license or in a preliminary application, examination or proceeding, or a person who knowingly sells, loans or gives an identification document to another person for the purpose of aiding that person to obtain a driver's license, registration certificate or waiver certificate for which that person is not qualified, shall be subject to a fine of not less than $200 or more than $500, or imprisonment for not more than six months or both, at the discretion of the court. The director shall, upon proper evidence not limited to a conviction, revoke the registration of the motor vehicle or driver's license of a person who violates this section for a period of not less than six months or more than two years.  Amended 1968,c.323,s.9; 1969,c.113,s.2; 1978,c.174; 1989,c.298; 1995,c.112,s.35.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-37.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-37.1 - Unlawful loan of license, vehicle; penalty.

39:3-37.1 Unlawful loan of license, vehicle; penalty.  121. a. A person who has been issued a driver's license shall not lend that driver's license for use by another person. b. A person who owns, leases or otherwise has control or custody of a motor vehicle registered under the provisions of this title shall not allow that motor vehicle to be operated by an unlicensed driver. c. The penalty for a violation of this section shall be a fine of not less than $200 or more than $500, imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.  L.2003,c.13,s.121.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-38 - Counterfeiting or using other markers; placement of forged or counterfeit plate on motor vehicle; revocation of license; fine

39:3-38. Counterfeiting or using other markers; placement of forged or counterfeit plate on motor vehicle; revocation of license; fine  No person shall counterfeit a number plate or marker or make a substitute or temporary marker, under penalty of revocation of such person's driver's license for a period not to exceed 6 months, or a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00. No person shall use a marker other than the one issued to him by the commissioner, except as provided in R.S. 39:3-15, under penalty of a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $50.00. No person shall cause to be placed a forged or counterfeit license plate on any motor vehicle, under penalty of revocation of such person's driver's license for a period not to exceed 6 months, or a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00, or both. Amended by L.1979, c. 173, s. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-40.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-40.2 - Issuance of temporary registration certificate, plates

39:3-40.2. Issuance of temporary registration certificate, plates  3. a. The director may issue a temporary registration certificate and temporary registration plates for a motor vehicle for which the registration certificate and registration plates have been revoked under the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1995, c.286 (C.39:3-40.1) if: (1) the name of the applicant for the temporary registration appeared upon the revoked registration certificate as a joint owner or joint lessee of the motor vehicle; or (2) the applicant for the temporary registration is the spouse, child, dependent, parent or legal guardian of the violator or owner and certifies, in a manner prescribed by the director, that the operation of the motor vehicle is necessary for specified employment, educational, health or medical purposes. The application shall be in a manner and form prescribed by the director. The application also shall include a signed certification that the applicant shall not knowingly permit the violator to operate the motor vehicle until the violator's license and driving privileges have been restored by the director and that any violation of this provision shall result in the revocation of the temporary registration issued for the motor vehicle under the provisions of this section, that the motor vehicle shall be ineligible for the temporary registration authorized under this act, and that the motor vehicle may be impounded in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of P.L.1995, c.286 (C.39:3-40.3) and the temporary registration certificate and temporary registration plates seized. b. The director shall issue a temporary registration certificate and temporary registration plates for a motor vehicle registered under the provisions of this section. As prescribed by the director, the temporary registration plates shall bear a special series of numbers or letters so as to be readily identifiable by law enforcement officers. c. The director may issue a new registration to a lessor of a vehicle for which the registration has been revoked pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.286 (C.39:3-40.1) provided that the vehicle is not leased to the same lessee. d. The temporary registration authorized under this section shall expire and become void on the last day of the sixth month following the calendar month in which it was issued. All such temporary registrations may be renewed, upon application, by the director. The fee schedule for the temporary registration authorized under this section shall be prescribed by the director. The schedule may provide for differing fees based upon the manufacturer's shipping weight and the model year of the motor vehicle; provided, however, that no such temporary registration fee shall exceed $75. The registrant also shall pay a non-recurring $25 fee for the temporary registration plates issued by the director. L.1995,c.286,s.3; amended 2000, c.83, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-40.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-40.3 - Impoundment of motor vehicles

39:3-40.3. Impoundment of motor vehicles  4. a. A motor vehicle subject to the provisions of this act may be impounded by any law enforcement officer if the registrant: (1) knowingly permits an unlicensed driver to operate that motor vehicle; (2) operates or permits the operation of that motor vehicle without a valid temporary registration or valid temporary registration plates as authorized under section 3 of P.L.1995, c.286 (C.39:3-40.2); or (3) fails to surrender a registration certificate and registration plates in accordance with the provisions of subsection b. or c. of section 2 of P.L.1995, c.286 (C.39:3-40.1). A motor vehicle impounded under the provisions of this subsection shall be removed to storage space or garage and its registration certificate and registration plates seized. The registrant shall be responsible for the cost of the removal and storage of the impounded motor vehicle. b. (1) If the registrant fails to claim the motor vehicle and pay the reasonable costs of removal and storage by midnight of the 30th day following impoundment, along with a fine of $50 to cover the administrative costs of the municipality wherein the violation occurred, the municipality may sell the motor vehicle at public auction. The municipality shall give notice of the sale by certified mail to the registrant of the motor vehicle and to the holder of any security interest filed with the director, and by publication in a form to be prescribed by the director by one insertion, at least five days before the date of the sale, in one or more newspapers published in this State and circulating in the municipality in which the motor vehicle has been impounded. (2) At any time prior to the sale, the registrant or other person entitled to the motor vehicle may reclaim possession of it upon payment of the reasonable costs of removal and storage of the motor vehicle and any outstanding fines or penalties; provided, however, if the other person entitled to the motor vehicle is a lessor or the holder of a lien on the motor vehicle, he may reclaim the motor vehicle without payment. In such cases, the violator shall be liable for all outstanding costs, fines and penalties, and the municipality shall have a lien against the property and income of that violator for the total amount of those outstanding costs, fines and penalties. (3) Any proceeds obtained from the sale of a motor vehicle at public auction pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection in excess of the amount owed to the municipality for the reasonable costs of removal and storage of the motor vehicle and any outstanding fines or penalties shall be returned to the registrant of the vehicle. L.1995,c.286,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-40.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-40.4 - Sale, transfer of motor vehicle subject to registration restrictions

39:3-40.4. Sale, transfer of motor vehicle subject to registration restrictions  5. A motor vehicle subject to the registration restrictions set forth in sections 2 and 3 of P.L.1995, c.286 (C.39:3-40.1 and C.39:3-40.2) may not be sold or its ownership transferred; and the Division of Motor Vehicles shall not issue a certificate of registration for that vehicle; during the period in which those restrictions remain in effect unless that motor vehicle is sold or transferred for a fair market value. L.1995,c.286,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-40.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-40.5 - Rules, regulations

39:3-40.5. Rules, regulations  6. The director, in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. Those rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, provisions providing for a notice: a. to the lessor or lienholder of any motor vehicle subject to a revocation of registration under the provisions of this act; and b. to each person whose driver's license has been suspended of the penalties which may be imposed under the provisions of this act. L.1995,c.286,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-40.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-40.6 - Proof of valid motor vehicle insurance before release of impounded vehicle.

39:3-40.6 Proof of valid motor vehicle insurance before release of impounded vehicle.  1. No motor vehicle which has been impounded pursuant to the laws of this State shall be released by the State or local law enforcement authority which impounded the vehicle unless proof of valid motor vehicle insurance for that vehicle is presented to the law enforcement authority. The recovery or salvage of the impounded motor vehicle by, or on behalf of, an insurer, financial institution or other lending entity, shall not require proof of valid motor vehicle insurance for that vehicle. L.2000,c.61,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-41.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-41.1 - Distribution of existing manual prior to reprint for equestrian information.

39:3-41.1 Distribution of existing manual prior to reprint for equestrian information.  2. The administrator may distribute all remaining copies of the existing manual before reprinting it with the information required pursuant to subsection b. of R.S.39:4-72. L.2004,c.163,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-42 - Compliance with chapter sufficient

39:3-42. Compliance with chapter sufficient  No owner, purchaser or driver of a motor vehicle who has complied with this chapter shall be required to obtain any other license or permit to use or operate the vehicle, be excluded or prohibited from or limited in the free use thereof or be required to comply with other provisions or conditions as to the use of the motor vehicle, except as provided in this subtitle and as otherwise provided by law.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-43 - Powers of commission.

39:3-43 Powers of commission.  39:3-43. The commission is hereby given authority to pass upon the construction and equipment of any vehicle, motor vehicle or motor-drawn vehicle with a view to its safety for use on a street or highway and it shall be lawful for the commission to refuse registration to any vehicle that in its estimation is not a proper vehicle to be used upon a highway. The commission is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, concerning the construction and equipment of any vehicle, motor vehicle or motor-drawn vehicle. The commission may require the approval of any equipment or device and may set up the procedure which shall be followed when any equipment or device is submitted for approval. The commission may revoke or suspend for cause and after hearing any certificate of approval that may be issued under this article. The commission at its discretion is hereby authorized to disapprove any equipment or device. Amended 2003, c.13, s.103.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-44 - Scope and effect

39:3-44. Scope and effect  No person shall hereafter drive, move, park or be in custody of nor shall any owner or lessee hereafter cause or knowingly permit to be driven, moved or parked on any highway any vehicle, motor vehicle or motor-drawn vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property, or which does not contain those parts or is not at all times, equipped with such equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required in this article, or which is equipped in any manner in violation of this article. No person shall do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required under this article.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-45 - Certain vehicles excepted

39:3-45. Certain vehicles excepted  The subsequent provisions of this article with respect to equipment and lights on vehicles shall not apply to agricultural machinery and implements, road machinery, road rollers, traction engines or farm tractors except as hereinafter in this article made applicable.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-46 - Definitions relative to illuminating devices.

39:3-46 Definitions relative to illuminating devices.  39:3-46. As used in this article, unless the context requires another or different construction: "Approved" means approved by the commission and when applied to lamps and other illuminating devices means that such lamps and devices must be in good working order and capable of operating at least 50% of their designed efficiency. "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which a person or property is or may be transported upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. "When lighted lamps are required" means at any time from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour before sunrise; whenever rain, mist, snow or other precipitation or atmospheric moisture requires the use of windshield wipers by motorists; and during any time when, due to smoke, fog, unfavorable atmospheric conditions or for any other cause there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of 500 feet ahead. "Headlamp" means a major lighting device capable of providing general illumination ahead of a vehicle. "Auxiliary driving lamp" means an additional lighting device on a motor vehicle used primarily to supplement the headlamps in providing general illumination ahead of a vehicle. "Single beam headlamps" means headlamps or similar devices arranged so as to permit the driver of the vehicle to use but one distribution of light on the road. "Multiple-beam headlamps" means headlamps or similar devices arranged so as to permit the driver of the vehicle to use one of two or more distributions of light on the road. "Asymmetric headlamps" means headlamps or similar devices arranged so as to permit the driver of the vehicle to use one of several distributions of light on the road, at least one of which is asymmetric about the median vertical axis. "Clear road beam" means the beam from multiple-beam headlamps designed to be used when not approaching other vehicles and designed to provide sufficient candlepower ahead to reveal obstacles at a safe distance ahead under ordinary conditions of road contour and of vehicle loading. "Meeting beam" means the beam from multiple beam or asymmetric headlamps designed to be used when other vehicles are approaching within 500 feet or when signaled and designed so that the illumination on the left side of the road is reduced sufficiently to avoid dangerous glare for the approaching driver. "Lower beam" means the beam from multiple beam or asymmetric headlamps designed to be directed low enough to avoid dangerous glare on both sides of the roadway. "Reflector" means an approved device designed and used to give an indication by reflected light. Amended 1983, c.285; 1995, c.305, s.1; 2003, c.13, s.104.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-47 - Illuminating devices required; violations, fines.

39:3-47 Illuminating devices required; violations, fines.  39:3-47. No person shall drive, move, park or be in custody of any vehicle or combination of vehicles on any street or highway unless such vehicle or combination of vehicles is equipped with lamps and illuminating devices as hereinafter in this article respectively required for different classes of vehicles. a. No person shall drive, move, park or be in custody of any vehicle or combination of vehicles on any street or highway during the times when lighted lamps are required unless such vehicle or combination of vehicles displays lighted lamps and illuminating devices as hereinafter in this article required. Failure to use lighted lamps when lighted lamps are required may result in a fine not to exceed $50.00. In no case shall motor vehicle points or automobile insurance eligibility points pursuant to section 26 of P.L.1990, c.8 (C:17:33B-14) be assessed against any person for a violation of this subsection. A person who is fined under this subsection for a violation of this subsection shall not be subject to a surcharge under the New Jersey Merit Rating Plan as provided in section 6 of P.L.1983, c.65 (C:17:29A-35). b. No person shall use on any vehicle any approved electric lamp or similar device unless the light source of such lamp or device complies with the conditions of approval as to focus and rated candlepower. c. No person shall alter the equipment or performance of equipment of any vehicle which has been approved at an official inspection station designated by the commission with intent to defeat the purpose of such inspection, and no person shall drive or use any vehicle with equipment so altered. Amended 1995, c.305, s.2; 2003, c.13, s.44.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-48 - Visibility

39:3-48. Visibility  (a) Whenever there shall be in this article a requirement declared as to the distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible or within which such lamps or devices shall be visible, said provisions shall apply during the times when lighted lamps are required upon a straight level unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions unless a different time or condition is expressly stated. (b) The light from every required exterior lamp on a vehicle shall be visible from a distance of 500 feet in the directions set forth therefor in paragraph (d) of this section except that the light illuminating a license plate shall cause the license plate to be clearly legible from a distance of 50 feet to the rear. Such visibility is not required when the light is obscured by another vehicle in a combination of vehicles. (c) Every required Class A reflector shall be visible from all distances between 100 and 600 feet, and every required Class B reflector shall be visible from all distances between 100 and 350 feet, when illuminated by the upper beam of headlamps. (d) Light from every headlamp, other driving lamp, clearance lamp, identification lamp and single-faced turn signal mounted on or at the front of a vehicle, and front parking light, shall be visible to the front; that from every side-marker lamp and side reflector shall be visible to the side; that from every stop lamp, tail lamp, clearance lamp, identification lamp, back-up lamp and reflector mounted on the rear, from every turn signal mounted on the rear of a vehicle or the cab of a truck tractor, and from any rear parking lamp, shall be visible to the rear; that from any double-faced turn signal shall be visible to the front and to the rear at the side on which such lamp is mounted; and that from any projecting load marker lamp or combination marker lamp shall be visible from the direction stated in the provision requiring it. Amended by L.1964, c. 136, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-49 - Headlamps

39:3-49. Headlamps  Except as hereinafter in this article provided, every motor vehicle other than a motor-drawn vehicle and other than a motor cycle shall be equipped with at least 2 approved headlamps mounted at the same level with an equal number on each side of the front of the vehicle. Every motor cycle shall be equipped with at least 1 and not more than 2 approved headlamps. Every motor cycle equipped with a side car or other attachment shall be equipped with a lamp on the outside limit of such attachment capable of displaying a white light to the front. Amended by L.1964, c. 136, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-51 - Auxiliary driving lamps

39:3-51. Auxiliary driving lamps  Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two auxiliary driving lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twelve inches nor more than forty-two inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands, and every such auxiliary driving lamp or lamps shall be so aimed and used that no part of the high-intensity portion of the beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side of the vehicle nor more than one hundred feet ahead of the vehicle.
NJ Rev Stat § 39:3-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|Section 39:3-52 - Additional lighting equipment

39:3-52. Additional lighting equipment  Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit a white or yellow light without glare. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than one running board courtesy lamp on each side thereof which shall emit a white or yellow light without glare. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with a back-up lamp either separately or in combination with another lamp; except that no such back-up lamp shall be continuously lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion.