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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:3-6 - Salem and Cumberland counties

51:3-6. Salem and Cumberland counties
L.1869, c. 228, p. 566, entitled "Supplement to the act to establish a meridian line standard in the several counties of this state," approved March twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, saved from repeal. [This act requires surveyors in Salem and Cumberland counties twice each year to test compasses and note variations and to file verified certificates in a prescribed form, and thereafter to make and return surveys according to the true bearings instead of the magnetic bearings, and fixes the fees of the county clerk as follows: 25 cents for recording each certificate and affidavit appended, and 15 cents for taking the affidavit.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:3-7 - Official survey base established; plane co-ordinates

51:3-7. Official survey base established; plane co-ordinates
51:3-7. The official survey base for New Jersey shall be a system of plane co-ordinates to be known as the New Jersey system of plane co-ordinates, said system being defined as a transverse Mercator projection of the Geodetic Reference System of 1980, having a central meridian 74` 30' west from Greenwich on which meridian the scale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. All co-ordinates of the system are expressed in meters, the x co-ordinate being measured easterly along the grid and the y co-ordinate being measured northerly along the grid, the origin of the co-ordinates being on the meridian 74` 30' west from Greenwich at the intersection of the parallel 38` 50' north latitude, such origin being given the co-ordinates x=150,000 meters; y=0 meters. The precise position of said system shall be as marked on the ground by triangulation or traverse stations established in conformity with the standards adopted by the National Geodetic Survey, formerly the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for first and second-order work, whose geodetic positions have been rigidly adjusted on the North American Datum of 1983 or the most recently published adjustment by the National Geodetic Survey, and whose plane co-ordinates have been computed on the system defined. The New Jersey co-ordinate system defined by the North American Datum of 1927 may be used concurrently with or in lieu of the system defined by the North American Datum of 1983 for a period of 36 months after the effective date of this amendatory act, P.L.1989, c.218.
Standard conversions from meters to feet shall be the adopted standards of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Amended 1989,c.218,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:3-8 - Connecting property surveys with system of co-ordinates

51:3-8. Connecting property surveys with system of co-ordinates
51:3-8. Any triangulation or traverse station established as described in section 51:3-7 of this title shall be used in establishing a connection between a property survey and the above-mentioned system of rectangular co-ordinates.
Amended 1989, c.218, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:3-9 - Indorsement of surveys

51:3-9. Indorsement of surveys
No survey of lands hereinafter made shall have indorsed thereon any legend or other statement indicating that it is based upon the New Jersey system of plane co-ordinates unless the co-ordinates have been established on that system as herein defined.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-1 - Deception in sale of liquid fuels and oils prohibited; certain marks allowed

51:4-1. Deception in sale of liquid fuels and oils prohibited; certain marks allowed
No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, their agents and servants, shall store, expose or offer for sale, or sell, or aid or assist in the sale of, any liquid fuel, lubricating oil, or other similar products, so as to deceive, or tend to deceive any purchaser as to the nature, quality or identity thereof by false representation, or by substitution, mixing or adulteration, or by the use of false or fictitious names, or by the use of disguised, camouflaged or falsely labeled containers, tanks, pumps or other distributing equipment, or by imitating the design, symbol or trade name under which recognized brands of such products are generally marketed.
Any person may, however, in good faith adopt and use a trade name, or distinguishing mark, not deceitfully similar to one already in general use by any manufacturer of such products.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-2 - Violations; punishment

51:4-2. Violations; punishment
Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or any servant, agent or employee thereof, who shall violate section 51:4-1 of this Title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and for a first offense shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $250.00 nor more than $1,000.00 and for each subsequent offense shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $5,000.00, or imprisonment of not less than 60 days nor more than 1 year or both, or either, at the discretion of the court.
Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 27, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-3 - Inflammable fluids to be sold by true names; marking of containers

51:4-3. Inflammable fluids to be sold by true names; marking of containers
Benzole, gasoline, naphtha and benzine shall be sold, or offered or exposed for sale, under their true names respectively, plainly shown upon the container thereof, or upon a label securely fastened thereto.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-4 - Flash or fire test for certain fluids; misdemeanor

51:4-4. Flash or fire test for certain fluids; misdemeanor
It shall not be lawful for any person to keep or offer for sale or use in any place or building within this state, petroleum oil, or any product thereof, or to knowingly keep or offer for sale any mixture of naphtha or inflammable fluids for illuminating purposes, for use in lamps or other portable receptacles, that will flash at a less temperature or fire test than one hundred, or inflame at less temperature or fire test than one hundred and ten degrees Fahrenheit. Any person offending against this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-5 - Sale of kerosene, etc., for illumination; marking containers

51:4-5. Sale of kerosene, etc., for illumination; marking containers
Petroleum or kerosene, which will flash at a temperature less than one hundred degrees Fahrenheit, flash test, shall have plainly marked upon the container, in which it is sold or offered or exposed for sale, or on a label securely fastened thereto, the number of degrees Fahrenheit, flash test, below which it will not flash, and the words "not for inside light" . Only such product of petroleum, as will not flash at a less temperature or flash test than one hundred degrees Fahrenheit, may be sold for illuminating purposes, except for use in street lamps or open-air receptacles or in gas machines.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-6 - State department of health to determine character of illuminating oils

51:4-6. State department of health to determine character of illuminating oils
The state department of health shall determine and declare the means of ascertaining whether petroleum or kerosene to be sold for illuminating purposes is of the character required by this article. It shall notify each local board of health of its determination, publish notices thereof in at least one leading newspaper in each county, and distribute circulars relating thereto for common information.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-7 - Test of illuminating oils; notice prohibiting sale

51:4-7. Test of illuminating oils; notice prohibiting sale
The state department of health, or any analyst or inspector authorized by such department, or any member of a county or municipal board of health may, at any time during business hours, visit any place, where any product of petroleum is on sale, and secure such quantity thereof, as shall be sufficient for testing, at the rate of the usual retail price of said product. If it is found to be of such a character as is by section 51:4-5 of this title prohibited from sale for illuminating purposes generally, the person having it for sale may be prohibited by written notice, signed by such member of a board of health, analyst or inspector, and served upon any person in charge of said product, from the sale of the same for use for such purposes. If, thereafter, any of such product shall be so sold or offered or exposed for sale for illumination, except as permitted by said section 51:4-5, the person thus selling, offering, or exposing it for sale, shall be liable to the penalties hereinafter provided.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-8 - Sales within state; presumption

51:4-8. Sales within state; presumption
The provisions of sections 51:4-3 to 51:4-7 of this title shall apply only to petroleum or its products sold for use within this state. They shall not apply to petroleum or its products sold in tanks used for transportation. Any sale in a quantity less than one barrel shall be presumed to be for use within this state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-9 - Violations; punishment

51:4-9. Violations; punishment
Any person who shall violate any provision of sections 51:4-3 to 51:4-8 of this Title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and except as otherwise provided shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $250.00 nor more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment at hard labor or otherwise for a term not exceeding 1 year, or both.
Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 28, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-9.1 - Sale or offer to sell of kerosene of grade 2K or with 0.04% or greater sulfur content; warning; posting; violations; penalties; inspections

51:4-9.1. Sale or offer to sell of kerosene of grade 2K or with 0.04% or greater sulfur content; warning; posting; violations; penalties; inspections
a. Every pump used or connected with the sale or offer for sale at retail of the grade of kerosene commonly known as 2-K, or any other grade having greater than 0.04% sulfur content by weight, and every place where such kerosene is paid for, shall be posted or imprinted with a warning, in a conspicuous place, as follows: "THIS KEROSENE IS DESIGNATED ASTM GRADE 2-K BY THE MANUFACTURER AND MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR USE IN ALL UNVENTED PORTABLE KEROSENE SPACE HEATERS. CONSULT THE HEATER MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROPER FUEL."
b. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be liable to the penalties prescribed in R.S. 51:1-89.
c. The State Superintendent of Weights and Measures in the Division of Consumer Affairs, Department of Law and Public Safety, shall establish a program of inspection of retail dealers of kerosene in the State to determine compliance with the provisions of this section.
L.1983, c. 289, s. 1, eff. Aug. 4, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-9.2 - Rules and regulations

51:4-9.2. Rules and regulations
The State Superintendent of Weights and Measures in the Division of Consumer Affairs, Department of Law and Public Safety, shall adopt, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
L.1983, c. 289, s. 2, eff. Aug. 4, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-10 - Adulterated turpentine or spirits of turpentine to be so labeled

51:4-10. Adulterated turpentine or spirits of turpentine to be so labeled
No person shall manufacture, mix for sale, offer or expose for sale, have in possession with intent to sell, or sell under the name of turpentine or spirits of turpentine any article not wholly distilled from turpentine gum or the scrape of pine trees, unmixed and unadulterated with any oil, benzine or other substance, unless the package containing the same is plainly marked, in solid letters not less than two inches high "adulterated spirits of turpentine" together with the true names and amounts of adulterants therein contained.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-11 - Linseed oil must be commercially pure linseed or flaxseed products

51:4-11. Linseed oil must be commercially pure linseed or flaxseed products
No person shall sell under the name of raw linseed oil any article which is not wholly the product of commercially pure linseed or flaxseed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-12 - Boiled linseed oil

51:4-12. Boiled linseed oil
No person shall sell under the name of boiled linseed oil or boiled oil, any article unless the oil from which said article was made be wholly the product of commercially pure linseed or flaxseed, and unless the same has been heated to at least two hundred and twenty-five degrees Fahrenheit.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-13 - Adulterated linseed oil to be labeled

51:4-13. Adulterated linseed oil to be labeled
Compounds, mixtures and preparations of raw or boiled linseed oil to which some other substance has been added may be manufactured, mixed and sold only in packages or containers plainly marked in solid letters not less than two inches high "adulterated linseed oil" , or "adulterated boiled oil" as the case may be, together with the true name and amount of adulterants contained in the mixture.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-14 - Purchaser of adulterated turpentine or linseed oil to be informed

51:4-14. Purchaser of adulterated turpentine or linseed oil to be informed
No person shall sell or deliver adulterated spirits of turpentine, adulterated raw linseed oil or adulterated boiled linseed oil without informing the purchaser at the time of sale that the article is not pure but is adulterated.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-15 - Penalties

51:4-15. Penalties
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be liable to a penalty of $100.00 for the first offense, to a penalty of $200.00 for the second offense, and to a penalty of $500.00 for each subsequent offense.
Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 29, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-16 - Enforcement; inspection; recovery of penalties

51:4-16. Enforcement; inspection; recovery of penalties
The state department of health shall enforce the provisions of this article. All its inspectors shall have free access to all places, where spirits of turpentine or raw or boiled linseed oil are manufactured, mixed, stored, exposed for sale or sold. They shall have power to open any container, suspected to contain any such products, and take samples therefrom for analysis. The penalties prescribed by section 51:4-15 of this title shall be recovered in actions at law brought by the department in the name of the state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-24 - Compliance with act required for lawful sale

51:4-24. Compliance with act required for lawful sale
It shall be unlawful for any dealer to sell, sell and deliver, offer or advertise for sale to consumers by the use of any media, building materials, in this State except in accordance with the provisions of this act.
L.1968, c. 222, s. 2, approved July 30, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-25 - License.

51:4-25 License.
3. It shall be unlawful for any dealer to engage in the business of selling or selling and delivering building materials, to a consumer for use in this State unless he shall have obtained from the Office of Weights and Measures a license to engage in said business.
L.1968, c.222, s.3; amended 2013, c.234, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-26 - License; application, fee, expiration.

51:4-26 License; application, fee, expiration.
4. Applications for a license shall be made upon forms prescribed and furnished by the superintendent and shall list the places of business of the dealer. The fee for a dealer's license shall be $100. Such license shall expire one year after date of issuance. Renewal notices shall be issued to licensees at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the license.
L.1968, c.222, s.4; amended 1994, c.60, s.13; 2013, c.234, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-27 - Grading, measuring and labeling

51:4-27. Grading, measuring and labeling
All lumber, wood products and building materials shall be graded, measured and labeled in accordance with the applicable commercial standards of the United States Department of Commerce, the grading rules of approved grade rules writing agencies, or other industry standards as are accepted by the superintendent. The superintendent may not change, amend, modify or refuse to accept such standards without justifiable reason and where such standards or rules do not exist and where necessary to implement the provisions of this act, the superintendent shall establish the grade, measure and trade name only after consultation with the manufacturers and dealers involved.
L.1968, c. 222, s. 5, approved July 30, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-28 - Delivery ticket, form and content; filing of voided tickets.

51:4-28 Delivery ticket, form and content; filing of voided tickets.
6. No dealer shall deliver or cause to be delivered by vehicles under his own control or the control of any contractor or other carrier any building materials without each delivery being accompanied by a delivery ticket. Each delivery ticket shall be serially numbered and used only in consecutive order or uniquely identified. On such tickets there shall be distinctly and indelibly expressed in ink or otherwise, the quantity, species, quality, or grade, name and type of each such building materials, trademark, name and address of the seller, the name and address of the purchaser and the date of delivery. One ticket shall be retained at the point of sale or place from which delivery commences; and the duplicate shall be delivered to the person receiving such building materials or his representative.
All voided delivery tickets, issued under the provisions of this act shall be kept on file at the place of business of the seller where the sale originated for a period of 2 years from date of issuance and shall be subject to inspection by any weights and measures official.
Any person issuing or directing the issuance of, or possessing a delivery ticket showing a different species, quantity, quality, or grade, name or type other than the species, quantity, quality or grade, name or type of building material being delivered or persons appearing at the place of delivery each with a delivery ticket for the same delivery, which tickets have different species, quantity, quality or grade, name or type appearing thereon, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this act.
L.1968, c.222, s.6; amended 2013, c.234, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-29 - Misrepresentation, mislabeling or misbranding; misdemeanor

51:4-29. Misrepresentation, mislabeling or misbranding; misdemeanor
Any person who misrepresents, mislabels or misbrands any lumber, wood product or building material or who causes a deviation from the applicable standards, rules or regulations, where such deviation misrepresents any lumber, wood product or building material so as to mislead or deceive a purchaser of the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
L.1968, c. 222, s. 7, approved July 30, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-30 - Sale or purchase in compliance with superintendent's standards, rules or regulations

51:4-30. Sale or purchase in compliance with superintendent's standards, rules or regulations
No person shall sell, expose for sale, offer for sale in this State, buy for the purpose of resale or manufacture for the purpose of resale in this State any lumber, wood product or building materials which deviate from the applicable standards, rules or regulations promulgated by the superintendent.
L.1968, c. 222, s. 8, approved July 30, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-31 - Rules, regulations or orders

51:4-31. Rules, regulations or orders
The superintendent is authorized to establish and promulgate such rules, regulations or orders as he may deem necessary to implement the enforcement or administration of this act.
L.1968, c. 222, s. 9, approved July 30, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-32 - Administration and enforcement by superintendent; power and authority of weights and measures officials.

51:4-32 Administration and enforcement by superintendent; power and authority of weights and measures officials.
10. The superintendent shall have general supervision of the administration and enforcement of this act. All weights and measures officials shall have full power and authority to:
(a) Inspect and measure any building materials while in transit from the dealer to the consumer in vehicles owned, leased or rented by the dealer, after the same have been delivered to the consumer or after they have been incorporated in the building or structure in which they have become a part. They shall also have full power and authority to inspect the delivery tickets issued with any shipment and all records of the person, firm or corporation selling or selling and delivering such building materials in connection with the building materials so delivered.
(b) Issue stop-use, stop-removal, removal, condemnation, confiscation orders with reference to building materials, which he finds being used, sold, offered, exposed for sale, kept or in the process of delivery by a dealer in vehicles owned, leased or rented by him in violation of any of the provisions of this act or any rule, regulation, or order promulgated by the superintendent. Any such order shall be supported by legal processes, as provided in section 15 of P.L.1968, c.222 (C.51:4-37), by the superintendent within 30 days.
(c) Seize for use as evidence, any building materials, which he finds used, kept, sold, offered for sale or exposed for sale or in the process of delivery by a dealer in vehicles owned, leased or rented by him in violation of any of the provisions of this act or any rule, regulation, or order promulgated by the superintendent. No person shall use, remove from the premises specified, or fail to remove from the premises specified any building materials contrary to the terms of a stop-use order, stop-removal order, or removal order issued under the authority of this section.
L.1968, c.222, s.10; amended 2013, c.234, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-33 - Stop-use, stop-removal, removal, condemnation, or confiscating orders; liability of consumers.

51:4-33 Stop-use, stop-removal, removal, condemnation, or confiscating orders; liability of consumers.
11. In the event that the superintendent or any of his agents or employees or any weights and measures officials issue any stop-use, stop-removal, removal, condemnation, or confiscating orders with reference to building materials found being used, sold, offered, exposed for sale, kept or in the process of delivery by a dealer in vehicles owned or leased or rented by him in violation of any of the provisions of this act or any rule, regulation, or order promulgated by the superintendent then in that event the dealer shall be responsible as provided for in section 15 of P.L.1968, c.222 (C.51:4-37). The consumer shall not be primarily liable for any violation of any of the provisions of this act committed by the dealer nor shall the consumer be liable as a guarantor or surety for any violation of any provisions committed by the dealer nor shall the consumer be deemed to warrant any action or actions exercised by the dealer which actions are in violation of any of the provisions of this act.
L.1968, c.222, s.11; amended 2013, c.234, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-34 - Revocation, suspension, restriction or refusal to issue or renew license; hearing

51:4-34. Revocation, suspension, restriction or refusal to issue or renew license; hearing
The superintendent may, after proper notice and hearing, revoke, suspend, restrict or otherwise limit, or refuse to issue or renew any license issued or granted pursuant to the provisions of this act for any of the following reasons:
(a) fraud or misrepresentation in the application for or in the procuring of a license;
(b) the violation of any rule, regulation or order promulgated by the superintendent;
(c) any dishonest, deceptive, or any fraudulent practice, conduct or transaction; and
(d) the loaning or the giving of any license.
Any licensee or applicant for license, may request, and shall be granted a hearing before the Attorney General or his designee upon any order, revocation or allegation of any weights and measures official.
L.1968, c. 222, s. 12, approved July 30, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-35 - Employment of specialists and experts

51:4-35. Employment of specialists and experts
The superintendent may from time to time employ on a temporary basis such specialists and experts as he may deem necessary in carrying out the purposes of this act. Such employment shall not be subject to the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1968, c. 222, s. 13, approved July 30, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-36 - Legal proceedings or processes

51:4-36. Legal proceedings or processes
The superintendent is empowered to institute, or cause to be instituted such legal proceedings or processes as may be necessary to enforce and give effect to any of his powers and duties as prescribed in this act.
L.1968, c. 222, s. 14, approved July 30, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-37 - Authority to issue subpoenas; court action

51:4-37. Authority to issue subpoenas; court action
15. The superintendent shall have the power to issue subpoenas to compel production of any pertinent records, books or documents or the attendance of witnesses in any matter pertaining to his duties and shall have the power to administer oaths in taking testimony. Subpoenas shall be issued under the seal of the superintendent and shall be served in the same manner as subpoenas issued out of the Superior Court of this State.
Upon the failure of any person to obey a subpoena as aforesaid, the superintendent may apply to the Superior Court for appropriate relief.
L.1968,c.222,s.15; amended 1991,c.91,s.480.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:4-38 - Violations; penalties; collection and enforcement; process.

51:4-38 Violations; penalties; collection and enforcement; process.
16. Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this act for which specific penalty or punishment is not otherwise provided, shall pay a penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00 for the first offense, not less than $100.00 nor more than $250.00 for the second offense, and not less than $250.00 nor more than $500.00 for each subsequent offense.
The Superior Court and municipal court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for the collection and enforcement of a penalty imposed because of the violation, within the territorial jurisdiction of the court, of any provision of this act. The penalty shall be collected and enforced in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). Process shall be either in the nature of a summons or warrant and shall issue in the name of the State, upon the complaint of the superintendent or any other weights and measures official.
L.1968, c.222, s.16; amended 1991, c.91, s.481; 2013, c.234, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:5-1 - Manufacture or sale of gold articles with false quality marks

51:5-1. Manufacture or sale of gold articles with false quality marks
No person shall make for sale or sell, or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of gold or any alloy of gold, upon which article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, shall be stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted any mark indicating, or designed or intended to indicate that the gold or alloy of gold in such article is of a greater degree of fineness than the actual fineness or quality of such gold or alloy, unless the actual fineness of such gold or alloy in the case of flat ware and watch cases be not less by more than three one-thousandths parts, and in the case of all other articles be not less by more than one-half karat than the fineness indicated by any such mark, according to the standards and subject to the qualifications set forth in section 51:5-2 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:5-2 - Tests and standards for determining fineness of gold

51:5-2. Tests and standards for determining fineness of gold
In any test for the ascertainment of the fineness of the gold or its alloy in any article mentioned in section 51:5-1 of this title according to the standards prescribed therein, the part of the gold or its alloy taken for the test, analysis or assay shall be such part or portion as does not contain or have attached thereto any solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of such article, and in addition to the aforesaid tests and standards, the actual fineness of the entire quantity of gold and of its alloys contained in any article mentioned in said section 51:5-1 of this title, except watch cases and flat ware, including all solder, or alloy of inferior metal used for brazing or uniting the parts of the article (all such gold, alloys or solder being assayed as one piece), shall not be less by more than one karat than the fineness indicated by the mark stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted upon such article or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:5-3 - Manufacture or sale of articles made of silver, with marks of "sterling" , "coin" , etc., where articles less than certain fineness

51:5-3. Manufacture or sale of articles made of silver, with marks of "sterling" , "coin" , etc., where articles less than certain fineness
No person shall make for sale, sell or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver, upon which article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, shall be marked, stamped, branded or engraved:
a. The words "sterling silver" or "sterling" or any colorable imitation thereof, unless nine hundred and twenty-five one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal appearing or purporting to be silver, of which such article is manufactured, are pure silver, subject to the qualifications set forth in section 51:5-4 of this title, provided that in case of all such articles, there shall be allowed a divergence in fineness of four one-thousandths parts from the foregoing standard; or
b. The words "coin" or "coin silver" or any colorable imitation thereof, unless nine hundred one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal appearing or purporting to be silver, of which such article is manufactured, are pure silver, subject to the qualifications set forth in said section 51:5-4; provided that in case of all such articles, there shall be allowed a divergence in fineness of four one-thousandths parts from the standard mentioned in this paragraph; or
c. Any mark or word, other than the word "sterling" or the word "coin" , indicating, or designed or intended to indicate, that the silver or alloy of silver in such article is of a greater degree of fineness than the actual fineness or quality of such silver or alloy, unless the actual fineness of the silver or alloy of silver of which such article is composed be not less by more than four one-thousandths parts than the actual fineness indicated by said mark or word, subject to the qualifications set forth in said section 51:5-4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:5-4 - Tests for determining fineness of silver; additional standards

51:5-4. Tests for determining fineness of silver; additional standards
In any test for the ascertainment of the fineness of any article mentioned in section 51:5-3 of this title, according to the standards therein prescribed, the part of the article taken for the test, analysis or assay shall be such part or portion as does not contain or have attached thereto any solder or alloy of inferior metal used for brazing or uniting the parts of such article, and, in addition to the aforesaid tests and standards, the actual fineness of the entire quantity of metal purporting to be silver contained in any article mentioned in said section 51:5-3 of this title, including all solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of any such article (all silver, alloy or solder being assayed as one piece), shall not be less by more than ten one-thousandths parts than the fineness indicated, according to the aforesaid standards, by the mark stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted upon such article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:5-5 - Manufacture or sale of gold plated articles without indicating they are plated

51:5-5. Manufacture or sale of gold plated articles without indicating they are plated
No person shall make for sale, sell, or offer to sell or dispose of or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal, having deposited or plated thereon or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto a plate, plating, covering or sheet of gold, or of any alloy of gold, which article is known in the market as "rolled gold plate" , "gold plate" , "gold filled" , "gold electroplate" , or by any similar designation, and upon which article or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, shall be stamped, printed, branded or engraved any word or mark usually employed to indicate the fineness of gold, unless such word be accompanied by other words plainly indicating that such article, or some part thereof, is made of rolled gold plate, or gold plate, or gold electroplate, or is gold filled, as the case may be.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:5-6 - Manufacture or sale of silver plated articles with false marks of "sterling" or "coin" thereon

51:5-6. Manufacture or sale of silver plated articles with false marks of "sterling" or "coin" thereon
No person shall make for sale, sell or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal, having deposited or plated thereon, or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto, a plate, plating, covering or sheet of silver, or of any alloy of silver, which article is known to the market as "silver plate" or "silver electroplate" , or by any similar designation, and upon which article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, shall be stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted the word "sterling" , or the word "coin" , either alone or in conjunction with any other words or marks.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:5-7 - Penalty for violations

51:5-7. Penalty for violations
Every person, firm, corporation or association guilty of a violation of any provision of this chapter, and every officer, manager, director or managing agent of any such person, firm, corporation or association directly participating in such violation, or consenting thereto, shall be liable to a mandatory penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 recoverable by the Superintendent of Weights and Measures in a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil penalty action pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.).
Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 30, eff. Jan. 7, 1970; L.1980, c. 53, s. 3, eff. June 27, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:6-1 - Definitions

51:6-1. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
a. The term "article" means any article of merchandise and includes any portion of such article, whether a distinct part thereof or not, including every part thereof whether separable or not, and also including material for manufacture.
b. The terms "platinum" , "iridium" , "palladium" , "ruthenium" , "rhodium" , or "osmium" , or any or all of them, include any alloy or alloys of any one or more of said metals.
c. The term "mark" means any mark, sign, device, imprint, stamp or brand applied to any article, or to any tag, card, paper, label, box, carton, container, holder, package, cover, or wrapping attached to, used in conjunction with, or inclosing such article, or any bill, bill of sale, invoice, statement, letter, circular, advertisement, notice, memorandum, or other writing or printing.
d. The terms "apply" and "applied" include any method or means of application or attachment to, or of use on, or in connection with, or in relation to, an article, whether such application, attachment, or use is to, on, by, in or with:
1. The article itself; or
2. Anything attached to the article; or
3. Anything to which the article is attached; or
4. Anything in or on which the article is; or
5. Anything so used or placed as to lead to a reasonable belief that the mark on that thing is meant to be taken as a mark on the article itself.
e. The term "quality mark" means any mark as herein defined indicating, describing, identifying or referring to or appearing or seeming or purporting to indicate, describe, identify or refer to the partial or total presence or existence of, or the quality of, or the percentage of, or the purity of the number of parts of platinum, iridium, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, or osmium, or any or all of them, in any article.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:6-2 - Quality mark not to apply to mechanism and other enumerated things

51:6-2. Quality mark not to apply to mechanism and other enumerated things
When an article is composed of mechanism, works or movements and of a case or cover containing the mechanism, works or movements, a quality mark applied to the article shall be deemed not to be, nor to be intended to be, applied to the mechanism, works or movements.
The quality mark applied to the article shall be deemed not to apply to springs, winding bars, sleeves, crown cores, mechanical joints, pins, screws, rivets, dust bands, detachable movement rims, hatpin stems, bracelet and necklace snap tongues. In addition, in the event that an article is marked under paragraph "e" of section 51:6-5 of this title, the quality mark applied to the article shall be deemed not to apply to pin tongues, joints, catches, lapel button backs and the posts to which they are attached, scarfpin stems, hatpin sockets, shirt stud backs, vest button backs and ear screw backs; provided, that such parts are made of the same quality of gold as is used in the balance of the article.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:6-3 - Trade-marks on articles

51:6-3. Trade-marks on articles
If there is any quality mark printed, stamped or branded on the article itself, there must also be printed, stamped or branded on the article itself the following mark, to wit: A trade-mark duly applied for or registered under the laws of the United States of the manufacturer of such article; except that if the manufacturer has sold or contracted to sell such article to a jobber, wholesaler or retail dealer regularly engaged in the business of buying and selling similar articles, this provision shall be deemed to be complied with if there is so marked on the article the trade-mark duly registered under the laws of the United States of such jobber, wholesaler or retail dealer respectively; and in such event there may also be marked on such article itself, numerals intended to identify the article, design or pattern; provided, that such numerals do not appear or purport to be a part of the quality mark, and are not calculated to mislead or deceive anyone in believing that they are part of the quality mark.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:6-4 - Quality marks described; marks refer to weight

51:6-4. Quality marks described; marks refer to weight
All quality marks applied to any article shall be equal in size and equally visible, legible, clear and distinct, and no quality mark which is false, deceptive or misleading shall be applied to any article or to any descriptive device therefor. No more than one quality mark shall be applied to any article and such quality mark shall be applied to such article in only one place thereon except as elsewhere specifically permitted in this chapter.
Wherever in this chapter provision is made for marking the number of parts or percentage of metals, such number or percentage shall refer to weight and not to volume, thickness or any other basis.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:6-6 - Abbreviations permissible

51:6-6. Abbreviations permissible
Whenever provided for in this chapter except as specifically excepted in paragraph "d" of section 51:6-5 of this title, the word "platinum" may be applied by spelling it out in full or by abbreviation "Plat." ; the word "iridium" may be applied by spelling it out in full or by abbreviation "Irid." ; the word "palladium" may be applied by spelling it out in full or by the abbreviation "Pall." ; the word "ruthenium" may be applied by spelling it out in full or by the abbreviation "Ruth." ; the word "rhodium" may be applied by spelling it out in full or by the abbreviation "Rhod." ; and the word "osmium" may be applied by spelling it out in full or by the abbreviation "Osmi."
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:6-7 - Penalty

51:6-7. Penalty
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association, or any officer, manager, director, employee or agent thereof, who shall sell or offer or expose for sale in this State, any article to which is applied any quality mark which does not conform to all the provisions of this chapter, or from which is omitted any mark required by the provisions of this chapter, shall be liable to a mandatory penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 recoverable by the Superintendent of Weights and Measures in a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil penalty action pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.).
Amended by L.1980, c. 53, s. 4, eff. June 27, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:6-9 - Presumption as to when article was manufactured

51:6-9. Presumption as to when article was manufactured
In any action relating to the enforcement of this chapter, proof that an article has been marked in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be prima facie proof that it was manufactured after July fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers › Section 51:6-10 - Certificate of federal assay office as prima facie proof of weight or fineness

51:6-10. Certificate of federal assay office as prima facie proof of weight or fineness
In any action relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, a certificate duly issued by an assay office of the treasury department of the United States, certifying the weight of any article, or any part thereof, or of the kind, weight, quality, fineness or quantity of any ingredient thereof, shall be receivable in evidence as constituting prima facie proof of the matter or matters so certified.