2C:39-6 Exemptions.
2C:39-6. a. Provided a person complies with the requirements of subsection j. of this section, N.J.S.2C:39-5 does not apply to:
(1) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States or of the National Guard while actually on duty, or while traveling between places of duty and carrying authorized weapons in the manner prescribed by the appropriate military authorities;
(2) Federal law enforcement officers, and any other federal officers and employees required to carry firearms in the performance of their official duties;
(3) Members of the State Police and, under conditions prescribed by the superintendent, members of the Marine Law Enforcement Bureau of the Division of State Police;
(4) A sheriff, undersheriff, sheriff's officer, prosecutor's detective or investigator, State investigator employed by the Division of Criminal Justice of the Department of Law and Public Safety, investigator employed by the State Commission of Investigation, inspector of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Bureau of the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety authorized to carry weapons by the Superintendent of State Police, State park police officer, or State conservation police officer;
(5) Except as hereinafter provided, a State correctional police officer, or a prison or jail warden of any penal institution in this State or the warden's deputies, or an employee of the Department of Corrections engaged in the interstate transportation of convicted offenders, while in the performance of the employee's duties, and when required to possess the weapon by a superior officer, or a correctional police officer or keeper of a penal institution in this State at all times while in the State of New Jersey, provided the person annually passes an examination approved by the superintendent testing the person's proficiency in the handling of firearms;
(6) A civilian employee of the United States Government under the supervision of the commanding officer of any post, camp, station, base or other military or naval installation located in this State who is required, in the performance of the employee's official duties, to carry firearms, and who is authorized to carry firearms by the commanding officer, while in the actual performance of the employee's official duties;
(7) (a) A regularly employed member, including a detective, of the police department of any county or municipality, or of any State, interstate, municipal or county park police force or boulevard police force, at all times while in the State of New Jersey;
(b) A special law enforcement officer authorized to carry a weapon as provided in subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.1985, c.439 (C.40A:14-146.14);
(c) An airport security officer or a special law enforcement officer appointed by the governing body of any county or municipality, except as provided in subparagraph (b) of this paragraph, or by the commission, board or other body having control of a county park or airport or boulevard police force, while engaged in the actual performance of the officer's official duties and when specifically authorized by the governing body to carry weapons;
(8) A full-time, paid member of a paid or part-paid fire department or force of any municipality who is assigned full-time or part-time to an arson investigation unit created pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1981, c.409 (C.40A:14-7.1) or to the county arson investigation unit in the county prosecutor's office, while either engaged in the actual performance of arson investigation duties or while actually on call to perform arson investigation duties and when specifically authorized by the governing body or the county prosecutor, as the case may be, to carry weapons. Prior to being permitted to carry a firearm, a member shall take and successfully complete a firearms training course administered by the Police Training Commission pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.), and shall annually qualify in the use of a revolver or similar weapon prior to being permitted to carry a firearm;
(9) A juvenile correctional police officer in the employment of the Juvenile Justice Commission established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.284 (C.52:17B-170) subject to the regulations promulgated by the commission;
(10) A designated employee or designated licensed agent for a nuclear power plant under license of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, while in the actual performance of the person's official duties, if the federal licensee certifies that the designated employee or designated licensed agent is assigned to perform site protection, guard, armed response or armed escort duties and is appropriately trained and qualified, as prescribed by federal regulation, to perform those duties. Any firearm utilized by an employee or agent for a nuclear power plant pursuant to this paragraph shall be returned each day at the end of the employee's or agent's authorized official duties to the employee's or agent's supervisor. All firearms returned each day pursuant to this paragraph shall be stored in locked containers located in a secure area;
(11) A county correctional police officer at all times while in the State of New Jersey, provided the officer annually passes an examination approved by the superintendent testing the officer's proficiency in the handling of firearms;
(12) A county prosecutor, assistant prosecutor, federal prosecutor, municipal prosecutor, Attorney General, assistant attorney general, deputy attorney general and federal, State, county, or municipal court judge, including a judge of the Tax Court and any other court of limited jurisdiction established, altered, or abolished by law, a judge of the Office of Administrative Law, a judge of the Division of Workers' Compensation at all times while in this State. Prior to being permitted to carry a firearm, a person subject to this paragraph shall take and successfully complete a firearms training course administered by the Police Training Commission pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.), and shall annually qualify in the use of a handgun or similar weapon prior to being permitted to carry a firearm. The superintendent may issue identification cards indicating that such a person is permitted to carry a handgun pursuant to this paragraph.
b. Subsections a., b. and c. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 do not apply to:
(1) A law enforcement officer employed by a governmental agency outside of the State of New Jersey while actually engaged in the officer's official duties, provided, however, that the officer has first notified the superintendent or the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality or the prosecutor of the county in which the officer is engaged; or
(2) A licensed dealer in firearms and the dealer's registered employees during the course of their normal business while traveling to and from their place of business and other places for the purpose of demonstration, exhibition or delivery in connection with a sale, provided, however, that the weapon is carried in the manner specified in subsection g. of this section.
c. Provided a person complies with the requirements of subsection j. of this section, subsections b. and c. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 do not apply to:
(1) A special agent of the Division of Taxation who has passed an examination in an approved police training program testing proficiency in the handling of any firearm which the agent may be required to carry, while in the actual performance of the agent's official duties and while going to or from the agent's place of duty, or any other police officer, while in the actual performance of the officer's official duties;
(2) A State deputy conservation police officer or a full-time employee of the Division of Parks and Forestry having the power of arrest and authorized to carry weapons, while in the actual performance of the officer's official duties;
(3) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1986, c.150.)
(4) A court attendant appointed by the sheriff of the county or by the judge of any municipal court or other court of this State, while in the actual performance of the attendant's official duties;
(5) A guard employed by any railway express company, banking or building and loan or savings and loan institution of this State, while in the actual performance of the guard's official duties;
(6) A member of a legally recognized military organization while actually under orders or while going to or from the prescribed place of meeting and carrying the weapons prescribed for drill, exercise or parade;
(7) A municipal humane law enforcement officer, authorized pursuant to subsection d. of section 25 of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.1), or humane law enforcement officer of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals authorized pursuant to subsection c. of section 29 of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.5), while in the actual performance of the officer's duties;
(8) An employee of a public utilities corporation actually engaged in the transportation of explosives;
(9) A railway policeman, except a transit police officer of the New Jersey Transit Police Department, at all times while in the State of New Jersey, provided that the person has passed an approved police academy training program consisting of at least 280 hours. The training program shall include, but need not be limited to, the handling of firearms, community relations, and juvenile relations;
(10) A campus police officer appointed under P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.) at all times. Prior to being permitted to carry a firearm, a campus police officer shall take and successfully complete a firearms training course administered by the Police Training Commission, pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.), and shall annually qualify in the use of a revolver or similar weapon prior to being permitted to carry a firearm;
(11) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2003, c.168).
(12) A transit police officer of the New Jersey Transit Police Department, at all times while in the State of New Jersey, provided the officer has satisfied the training requirements of the Police Training Commission, pursuant to subsection c. of section 2 of P.L.1989, c.291 (C.27:25-15.1);
(13) A parole officer employed by the State Parole Board at all times. Prior to being permitted to carry a firearm, a parole officer shall take and successfully complete a basic course for regular police officer training administered by the Police Training Commission, pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.), and shall annually qualify in the use of a revolver or similar weapon prior to being permitted to carry a firearm;
(14) A Human Services police officer at all times while in the State of New Jersey, as authorized by the Commissioner of Human Services;
(15) A person or employee of any person who, pursuant to and as required by a contract with a governmental entity, supervises or transports persons charged with or convicted of an offense;
(16) A housing authority police officer appointed under P.L.1997, c.210 (C.40A:14-146.19 et al.) at all times while in the State of New Jersey; or
(17) A probation officer assigned to the "Probation Officer Community Safety Unit" created by section 2 of P.L.2001, c.362 (C.2B:10A-2) while in the actual performance of the probation officer's official duties. Prior to being permitted to carry a firearm, a probation officer shall take and successfully complete a basic course for regular police officer training administered by the Police Training Commission, pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.), and shall annually qualify in the use of a revolver or similar weapon prior to being permitted to carry a firearm.
d. (1) Subsections c. and d. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 do not apply to antique firearms, provided that the antique firearms are unloaded or are being fired for the purposes of exhibition or demonstration at an authorized target range or in another manner approved in writing by the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality in which the exhibition or demonstration is held, or if not held on property under the control of a particular municipality, the superintendent.
(2) Subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:39-3 and subsection d. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 do not apply to an antique cannon that is capable of being fired but that is unloaded and immobile, provided that the antique cannon is possessed by (a) a scholastic institution, a museum, a municipality, a county or the State, or (b) a person who obtained a firearms purchaser identification card as specified in N.J.S.2C:58-3.
(3) Subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:39-3 and subsection d. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 do not apply to an unloaded antique cannon that is being transported by one eligible to possess it, in compliance with regulations the superintendent may promulgate, between its permanent location and place of purchase or repair.
(4) Subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:39-3 and subsection d. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 do not apply to antique cannons that are being loaded or fired by one eligible to possess an antique cannon, for purposes of exhibition or demonstration at an authorized target range or in the manner as has been approved in writing by the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality in which the exhibition or demonstration is held, or if not held on property under the control of a particular municipality, the superintendent, provided that performer has given at least 30 days' notice to the superintendent.
(5) Subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:39-3 and subsection d. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 do not apply to the transportation of unloaded antique cannons directly to or from exhibitions or demonstrations authorized under paragraph (4) of subsection d. of this section, provided that the transportation is in compliance with safety regulations the superintendent may promulgate. Those subsections shall not apply to transportation directly to or from exhibitions or demonstrations authorized under the law of another jurisdiction, provided that the superintendent has been given 30 days' notice and that the transportation is in compliance with safety regulations the superintendent may promulgate.
e. Nothing in subsections b., c., and d. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 shall be construed to prevent a person keeping or carrying about the person's place of business, residence, premises or other land owned or possessed by the person, any firearm, or from carrying the same, in the manner specified in subsection g. of this section, from any place of purchase to the person's residence or place of business, between the person's dwelling and place of business, between one place of business or residence and another when moving, or between the person's dwelling or place of business and place where the firearms are repaired, for the purpose of repair. For the purposes of this section, a place of business shall be deemed to be a fixed location.
f. Nothing in subsections b., c., and d. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 shall be construed to prevent:
(1) A member of any rifle or pistol club organized in accordance with the rules prescribed by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, in going to or from a place of target practice, carrying firearms necessary for target practice, provided that the club has filed a copy of its charter with the superintendent and annually submits a list of its members to the superintendent and provided further that the firearms are carried in the manner specified in subsection g. of this section;
(2) A person carrying a firearm or knife in the woods or fields or upon the waters of this State for the purpose of hunting, target practice or fishing, provided that the firearm or knife is legal and appropriate for hunting or fishing purposes in this State and the person has in the person's possession a valid hunting license, or, with respect to fresh water fishing, a valid fishing license;
(3) A person transporting any firearm or knife while traveling:
(a) Directly to or from any place for the purpose of hunting or fishing, provided the person has in the person's possession a valid hunting or fishing license; or
(b) Directly to or from any target range, or other authorized place for the purpose of practice, match, target, trap or skeet shooting exhibitions, provided in all cases that during the course of the travel all firearms are carried in the manner specified in subsection g. of this section and the person has complied with all the provisions and requirements of Title 23 of the Revised Statutes and any amendments thereto and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; or
(c) In the case of a firearm, directly to or from any exhibition or display of firearms which is sponsored by any law enforcement agency, any rifle or pistol club, or any firearms collectors club, for the purpose of displaying the firearms to the public or to the members of the organization or club, provided, however, that not less than 30 days prior to the exhibition or display, notice of the exhibition or display shall be given to the Superintendent of the State Police by the sponsoring organization or club, and the sponsor has complied with any reasonable safety regulations the superintendent may promulgate. Any firearms transported pursuant to this section shall be transported in the manner specified in subsection g. of this section;
(4) A person from keeping or carrying about a private or commercial aircraft or any boat, or from transporting to or from the aircraft or boat for the purpose of installation or repair of a visual distress signaling device approved by the United States Coast Guard.
g. Any weapon being transported under paragraph (2) of subsection b., subsection e., or paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection f. of this section shall be carried unloaded and contained in a closed and fastened case, gunbox, securely tied package, or locked in the trunk of the automobile in which it is being transported, and in the course of travel shall include only deviations as are reasonably necessary under the circumstances.
h. Nothing in subsection d. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 shall be construed to prevent any employee of a public utility, as defined in R.S.48:2-13, doing business in this State or any United States Postal Service employee, while in the actual performance of duties which specifically require regular and frequent visits to private premises, from possessing, carrying or using any device which projects, releases or emits any substance specified as being noninjurious to canines or other animals by the Commissioner of Health and which immobilizes only on a temporary basis and produces only temporary physical discomfort through being vaporized or otherwise dispensed in the air for the sole purpose of repelling canine or other animal attacks.
The device shall be used solely to repel only those canine or other animal attacks when the canines or other animals are not restrained in a fashion sufficient to allow the employee to properly perform the employee's duties.
Any device used pursuant to this act shall be selected from a list of products, which consist of active and inert ingredients, permitted by the Commissioner of Health.
i. (1) Nothing in N.J.S.2C:39-5 shall be construed to prevent any person who is 18 years of age or older and who has not been convicted of a crime, from possession for the purpose of personal self-defense of one pocket-sized device which contains and releases not more than three-quarters of an ounce of chemical substance not ordinarily capable of lethal use or of inflicting serious bodily injury, but rather, is intended to produce temporary physical discomfort or disability through being vaporized or otherwise dispensed in the air. Any person in possession of any device in violation of this subsection shall be deemed and adjudged to be a disorderly person, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection, nothing in N.J.S.2C:39-5 shall be construed to prevent a health inspector or investigator operating pursuant to the provisions of section 7 of P.L.1977, c.443 (C.26:3A2-25) or a building inspector from possessing a device which is capable of releasing more than three-quarters of an ounce of a chemical substance, as described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, while in the actual performance of the inspector's or investigator's duties, provided that the device does not exceed the size of those used by law enforcement.
j. A person shall qualify for an exemption from the provisions of N.J.S.2C:39-5, as specified under subsections a. and c. of this section, if the person has satisfactorily completed a firearms training course approved by the Police Training Commission.
The exempt person shall not possess or carry a firearm until the person has satisfactorily completed a firearms training course and shall annually qualify in the use of a revolver or similar weapon. For purposes of this subsection, a "firearms training course" means a course of instruction in the safe use, maintenance and storage of firearms which is approved by the Police Training Commission. The commission shall approve a firearms training course if the requirements of the course are substantially equivalent to the requirements for firearms training provided by police training courses which are certified under section 6 of P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-71). A person who is specified in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (6) of subsection a. of this section shall be exempt from the requirements of this subsection.
k. Nothing in subsection d. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 shall be construed to prevent any financial institution, or any duly authorized personnel of the institution, from possessing, carrying or using for the protection of money or property, any device which projects, releases or emits tear gas or other substances intended to produce temporary physical discomfort or temporary identification.
l. Nothing in subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 shall be construed to prevent a law enforcement officer who retired in good standing, including a retirement because of a disability pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-6), section 7 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-7), section 1 of P.L.1989, c.103 (C.43:16A-6.1), or any substantially similar statute governing the disability retirement of federal law enforcement officers, provided the officer was a regularly employed, full-time law enforcement officer for an aggregate of four or more years prior to the officer's disability retirement and further provided that the disability which constituted the basis for the officer's retirement did not involve a certification that the officer was mentally incapacitated for the performance of the officer's usual law enforcement duties and any other available duty in the department which the officer's employer was willing to assign to the officer or does not subject that retired officer to any of the disabilities set forth in subsection c. of N.J.S.2C:58-3 which would disqualify the retired officer from possessing or carrying a firearm, who semi-annually qualifies in the use of the handgun the officer is permitted to carry in accordance with the requirements and procedures established by the Attorney General pursuant to subsection j. of this section and pays the actual costs associated with those semi-annual qualifications, who is 75 years of age or younger, and who was regularly employed as a full-time member of the State Police; a full-time member of an interstate police force; a full-time member of a county or municipal police department in this State; a full-time member of a State law enforcement agency; a full-time sheriff, undersheriff or sheriff's officer of a county of this State; a full-time State or county correctional police officer; a full-time State correctional police officer or county correctional police officer; a full-time State or county park police officer; a full-time special agent of the Division of Taxation; a full-time Human Services police officer; a full-time transit police officer of the New Jersey Transit Police Department; a full-time campus police officer exempted pursuant to paragraph (10) of subsection c. of this section; a full-time State conservation police officer exempted pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection a. of this section; a full-time Palisades Interstate Park officer appointed pursuant to R.S.32:14-21; a full-time Burlington County Bridge police officer appointed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1960, c.168 (C.27:19-36.3); a full-time housing authority police officer exempted pursuant to paragraph (16) of subsection c. of this section; a full-time juvenile correctional police officer exempted pursuant to paragraph (9) of subsection a. of this section; a full-time parole officer exempted pursuant to paragraph (13) of subsection c. of this section; a full-time railway policeman exempted pursuant to paragraph (9) of subsection c. of this section; a full-time county prosecutor's detective or investigator; a full-time federal law enforcement officer; or is a qualified retired law enforcement officer, as used in the federal "Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004," Pub.L. 108-277, domiciled in this State from carrying a handgun in the same manner as law enforcement officers exempted under paragraph (7) of subsection a. of this section. A retired law enforcement officer shall be entitled to carry a handgun pursuant to this subsection under the following conditions:
(1) The retired law enforcement officer shall make application in writing to the Superintendent of State Police for approval to carry a handgun every two years. A renewal application shall be submitted in the same manner.
(2) Upon receipt of the written application of the retired law enforcement officer, the superintendent shall request a verification of service from the chief law enforcement officer of the organization in which the retired officer was last regularly employed as a full-time law enforcement officer prior to retiring. The verification of service shall include:
(a) The name and address of the retired officer;
(b) The date that the retired officer was hired and the date that the officer retired;
(c) A list of all handguns known to be registered to that officer;
(d) A statement that, to the reasonable knowledge of the chief law enforcement officer, the retired officer is not subject to any of the restrictions set forth in subsection c. of N.J.S.2C:58-3; and
(e) A statement that the officer retired in good standing.
(3) If the superintendent approves a retired officer's application or reapplication to carry a handgun pursuant to the provisions of this subsection, the superintendent shall notify in writing the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality wherein that retired officer resides. In the event the retired officer resides in a municipality which has no chief law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency, the superintendent shall maintain a record of the approval.
(4) The superintendent shall issue to an approved retired officer an identification card permitting the retired officer to carry a handgun pursuant to this subsection. This identification card shall be valid for two years from the date of issuance and shall be valid throughout the State. The identification card shall not be transferable to any other person. The identification card shall be carried at all times on the person of the retired officer while the retired officer is carrying a handgun. The retired officer shall produce the identification card for review on the demand of any law enforcement officer or authority.
(5) Any person aggrieved by the denial of the superintendent of approval for a permit to carry a handgun pursuant to this subsection may request a hearing in the Superior Court of New Jersey in the county in which the person resides by filing a written request for a hearing within 30 days of the denial. Copies of the request shall be served upon the superintendent and the county prosecutor. The hearing shall be held within 30 days of the filing of the request, and no formal pleading or filing fee shall be required. Appeals from the determination of the hearing shall be in accordance with law and the rules governing the courts of this State.
(6) A judge of the Superior Court may revoke a retired officer's privilege to carry a handgun pursuant to this subsection for good cause shown on the application of any interested person. A person who becomes subject to any of the disabilities set forth in subsection c. of N.J.S.2C:58-3 shall surrender, as prescribed by the superintendent, the person's identification card issued under paragraph (4) of this subsection to the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality wherein the person resides or the superintendent, and shall be permanently disqualified to carry a handgun under this subsection.
(7) The superintendent may charge a reasonable application fee to retired officers to offset any costs associated with administering the application process set forth in this subsection.
m. Nothing in subsection d. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 shall be construed to prevent duly authorized personnel of the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, while in the actual performance of duties, from possessing, transporting or using any device that projects, releases or emits any substance specified as being non-injurious to wildlife by the Director of the Division of Animal Health in the Department of Agriculture, and which may immobilize wildlife and produces only temporary physical discomfort through being vaporized or otherwise dispensed in the air for the purpose of repelling bear or other animal attacks or for the aversive conditioning of wildlife.
n. Nothing in subsection b., c., d. or e. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 shall be construed to prevent duly authorized personnel of the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, while in the actual performance of duties, from possessing, transporting or using hand held pistol-like devices, rifles or shotguns that launch pyrotechnic missiles for the sole purpose of frightening, hazing or aversive conditioning of nuisance or depredating wildlife; from possessing, transporting or using rifles, pistols or similar devices for the sole purpose of chemically immobilizing wild or non-domestic animals; or, provided the duly authorized person complies with the requirements of subsection j. of this section, from possessing, transporting or using rifles or shotguns, upon completion of a Police Training Commission approved training course, in order to dispatch injured or dangerous animals or for non-lethal use for the purpose of frightening, hazing or aversive conditioning of nuisance or depredating wildlife.
amended 1979, c.179, s.5; 1979, c.332, s.8; 1981, c.108, s.1; 1981, c.219, s.1; 1981, c.294, s.1; 1981, c.409, s.2; 1981, c.480, s.1; 1981, c.511, s.4; 1982, c.154, s.1; 1982, c.173, s.1; 1983, c.479, s.3; 1983, c.552; 1985, c.76, s.8; 1985, c.150, s.1; 1985, c.324, s.1 (s.3 eff. date amended 1986, c.64); 1985, c.376, s.1; 1985, c.439, s.13,(s.15 eff. date amended 1986, c.2); 1986, c.150, ss.7,8; 1987, c.139; 1987, c.172; 1989, c.291, s.4; 1991, c.327, s.2; 1991, c.386, s.3; 1992, c.94, s.2; 1993, c.246, s.2; 1995, c.273, s.2; 1995, c.280, s.21; 1997, c.67, s.1; 1997, c.210, s.6; 1997, c.393; 2001, c.79, s.15; 2001, c.362, s.4; 2003, c.168, s.2; 2005, c.216, s.1; 2005, c.372, s.14; 2007, c.313; 2007, c.314; 2013, c.219; 2017, c.110. 2017, c.293, s.3; 2017, c.331, s.4; 2019, c.219, s.5; 2019, c.407, s.2; 2022, c.131, s.8.
Structure New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice
Section 2C:1-1 - Short title; rules of construction
Section 2C:1-2 - Purposes; principles of construction
Section 2C:1-3 - Territorial applicability
Section 2C:1-4 - Classes of offenses
Section 2C:1-6 - Time limitations.
Section 2C:1-8 - Method of prosecution when conduct constitutes more than one offense
Section 2C:1-9 - When prosecution barred by former prosecution for the same offense
Section 2C:1-10 - When prosecution barred by former prosecution for different offense
Section 2C:1-11 - Former prosecution in another jurisdiction: when a bar
Section 2C:1-14 - Definitions.
Section 2C:2-1 - Requirement of voluntary act; omission as basis of liability; possession as an act
Section 2C:2-2 - General requirements of culpability
Section 2C:2-4 - Ignorance or mistake
Section 2C:2-5 - Defenses generally
Section 2C:2-6 - Liability for conduct of another; complicity
Section 2C:2-11 - De minimis infractions
Section 2C:3-1 - Justification an affirmative defense; civil remedies unaffected
Section 2C:3-2 - Necessity and other justifications in general
Section 2C:3-3 - Execution of public duty
Section 2C:3-4 - Use of force in self-protection.
Section 2C:3-5 - Use of force for the protection of other persons
Section 2C:3-6 - Use of force in defense of premises or personal property
Section 2C:3-7 - Use of force in law enforcement
Section 2C:3-10 - Justification in property crimes
Section 2C:3-11 - Definitions.
Section 2C:4-1 - Insanity defense
Section 2C:4-3 - Requirement of notice
Section 2C:4-4 - Mental incompetence excluding fitness to proceed
Section 2C:4-8 - Commitment of a person by reason of insanity
Section 2C:4-9 - Release of persons committed by reason of insanity
Section 2C:4-11 - Immaturity excluding criminal conviction; transfer of proceedings to family court
Section 2C:5-1 - Criminal attempt
Section 2C:5-3 - Incapacity, irresponsibility or immunity of party to conspiracy
Section 2C:5-4 - Grading of criminal attempt and conspiracy, mitigation in cases of lesser danger.
Section 2C:5-5 - Burglar's tools
Section 2C:5-6 - Motor vehicle master keys
Section 2C:5-7 - Key to lock in or on real property owned or leased by state
Section 2C:6-1 - Persons accused of minor offenses
Section 2C:7-1 - Findings, declarations
Section 2C:7-2 - Registration of sex offenders; definition; requirements.
Section 2C:7-2.1 - Verification of residence prior to release from confinement of certain offenders.
Section 2C:7-3 - Notice of obligation to register
Section 2C:7-4 - Forms of registration.
Section 2C:7-5 - Records; immunity.
Section 2C:7-6 - Community notified of release of sex offender
Section 2C:7-7 - Notification of community to which sex offender moves
Section 2C:7-8 - Guidelines, procedures for notification
Section 2C:7-9 - Notification immunity
Section 2C:7-10 - Other notification not limited by act
Section 2C:7-12 - Findings, declarations relative to sex offender central registry on the Internet.
Section 2C:7-13 - Development, maintenance of system on the Internet registry.
Section 2C:7-14 - Responsibilities of Attorney General.
Section 2C:7-15 - Immunity for failure to investigate, disclose information.
Section 2C:7-16 - Authorized use of disclosed information; prohibited uses.
Section 2C:7-17 - Severability.
Section 2C:7-18 - Internet Registry Advisory Council.
Section 2C:7-19 - Citation of acts, system as "Megan's Law."
Section 2C:7-20 - Findings, declarations relative to a study of "Megan's Law."
Section 2C:7-21 - Comprehensive study of "Megan's Law."
Section 2C:7-22 - Definitions relative to sex offenders.
Section 2C:7-23 - Sex offender prohibited from participation in youth serving organization.
Section 2C:11-2 - Criminal homicide.
Section 2C:11-2.1 - Elapse of time between assault and death, prosecution for criminal homicide
Section 2C:11-3a - Adoption of court rules concerning photo of homicide victim
Section 2C:11-3b - Resentencing to term of life imprisonment.
Section 2C:11-3c - Restitution.
Section 2C:11-4 - Manslaughter.
Section 2C:11-5 - Death by auto or vessel.
Section 2C:11-5.2 - Leaving scene of boating accident; crime, sentencing.
Section 2C:11-5.3 - Strict liability vehicular homicide.
Section 2C:11-6 - Aiding suicide.
Section 2C:11A-1 - Cloning of human being, first degree crime; definition.
Section 2C:12-1.2 - Endangering an injured victim.
Section 2C:12-1.3 - Report of missing child required.
Section 2C:12-3 - Terroristic threats.
Section 2C:12-10 - Definitions; stalking designated a crime; degrees.
Section 2C:12-10.1 - Conviction for stalking, permanent restraining order.
Section 2C:12-10.2 - Temporary restraining order for alleged stalking; conditions.
Section 2C:12-11 - Disarming a law enforcement, corrections officer; crime; degrees.
Section 2C:12-12 - Definitions relative to certain acts of inmates, parolees
Section 2C:12-14 - Temporary protection order.
Section 2C:12-15 - Superior Court hearing on temporary protection order.
Section 2C:12-16 - Violation of order.
Section 2C:13-2 - Criminal restraint
Section 2C:13-3 - False imprisonment
Section 2C:13-4 - Interference with custody.
Section 2C:13-5 - Criminal coercion.
Section 2C:13-7 - Luring, enticing an adult, certain circumstances, third degree crime; definitions.
Section 2C:13-8 - Human trafficking.
Section 2C:13-8.1 - Civil action permitted by injured person.
Section 2C:13-9 - Second degree crime; penalties.
Section 2C:13-10 - Findings, declarations relative to human trafficking; definitions.
Section 2C:14-1 - Definitions.
Section 2C:14-2 - Sexual assault.
Section 2C:14-2.1 - Protocols for sexual assault cases.
Section 2C:14-3 - Criminal sexual contact.
Section 2C:14-5 - Provisions generally applicable to Chapter 14
Section 2C:14-7 - Victim's previous sexual conduct; manner of dress.
Section 2C:14-8 - Juveniles in need of supervision (J.I.N.S.) law not affected
Section 2C:14-9 - Invasion of privacy, degree of crime; defenses, privileges.
Section 2C:14-10 - Additional penalties for sex offenders; collection; use.
Section 2C:14-11 - Definitions relative to victims of sex offenses.
Section 2C:14-12 - Conditions placed upon release of certain defendants.
Section 2C:14-13 - Short title.
Section 2C:14-14 - Application for temporary protective order.
Section 2C:14-15 - Temporary protective order.
Section 2C:14-16 - Final protective order.
Section 2C:14-17 - Protective order, enforcement.
Section 2C:14-18 - Contempt proceedings.
Section 2C:14-19 - Records, copies of protective orders.
Section 2C:14-20 - Central registry of protective orders.
Section 2C:14-21 - Rules of Court.
Section 2C:15-2 - Carjacking defined
Section 2C:16-1 - Bias intimidation.
Section 2C:17-1 - Arson and related offenses
Section 2C:17-2 - Causing or risking widespread injury or damage.
Section 2C:17-3 - Criminal mischief.
Section 2C:17-3.1 - Traffic sign, signal damage, removal, violation.
Section 2C:18-1 - Definitions.
Section 2C:18-4 - Lands defined
Section 2C:18-5 - Offense to trespass, damage property.
Section 2C:18-6 - Degree of crime; penalties; restitution; liability to owner of property.
Section 2C:20-1 - Definitions.
Section 2C:20-1.1 - Offense involving access device; presumption of unlawful purpose
Section 2C:20-2 - Consolidation of theft and computer criminal activity offenses.
Section 2C:20-2.1 - Additional penalties for theft or unlawful taking of motor vehicle.
Section 2C:20-2.2 - Additional fine for auto theft
Section 2C:20-2.3 - Theft from grave sites, certain; penalty.
Section 2C:20-2.4 - Leader of cargo theft network.
Section 2C:20-2.5 - Additional disposition for certain offenses; degree of crime, penalties.
Section 2C:20-2.6 - Crimes involving theft from cargo carrier; degree of crime, penalties.
Section 2C:20-3 - Theft by unlawful taking or disposition
Section 2C:20-4 - Theft by deception
Section 2C:20-5 - Theft by extortion
Section 2C:20-6 - Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake
Section 2C:20-7 - Receiving stolen property.
Section 2C:20-7.2 - Notification of theft of scrap metal.
Section 2C:20-8 - Theft of services
Section 2C:20-9 - Theft by failure to make required disposition of property received
Section 2C:20-10 - Unlawful taking of means of conveyance.
Section 2C:20-11 - Shoplifting.
Section 2C:20-11.1 - Guidelines for prosecution of shoplifting offenses
Section 2C:20-11.2 - Leader of organized retail theft enterprise.
Section 2C:20-12 - Definitions for sections 2-4
Section 2C:20-13 - Concealment of material
Section 2C:20-14 - Detention on probable cause
Section 2C:20-15 - Sign required
Section 2C:20-16 - Operation of facility for sale of stolen automobile parts; penalties
Section 2C:20-17 - Use of juvenile in theft of automobiles, penalty
Section 2C:20-18 - Leader of auto theft trafficking network, penalty
Section 2C:20-20 - Civil actions
Section 2C:20-21 - Injunctive relief by state; other persons
Section 2C:20-23 - Definitions.
Section 2C:20-24 - Value of property or services; additional measures.
Section 2C:20-25 - Computer criminal activity; degree of crime; sentencing.
Section 2C:20-31 - Wrongful access, disclosure of information; degree of crime; sentencing.
Section 2C:20-31.1 - Posting of certain information on the Internet; degree of crime.
Section 2C:20-33 - Obtaining, copying, accessing program, software valued at $1,000 or less.
Section 2C:20-34 - Situs of offense, determination.
Section 2C:20-35 - Definitions.
Section 2C:20-37 - Misuse of food stamp coupons, ATP card, benefit card, value less than $150.
Section 2C:20-38 - Penalty for theft of electronic vehicle identification system transponder.
Section 2C:20-39 - Participation in pyramid promotional scheme, crime, penalties.
Section 2C:21-1 - Forgery and Related Offenses
Section 2C:21-2 - Criminal simulation
Section 2C:21-2.1 - Offenses involving false government documents.
Section 2C:21-2.2 - Ban on police badge transfers
Section 2C:21-3 - Frauds relating to public records and recordable instruments
Section 2C:21-4 - Falsifying or tampering with records
Section 2C:21-4.1 - Destruction, alteration, falsification of records, crime of fourth degree
Section 2C:21-4.2 - Definitions relative to health care claims fraud.
Section 2C:21-4.3 - Health care claims fraud, degree of crime; prosecution guidelines.
Section 2C:21-4.4 - Findings, declarations relative to insurance fraud
Section 2C:21-4.5 - Definitions relative to insurance fraud
Section 2C:21-4.6 - Crime of insurance fraud.
Section 2C:21-4.7 - Insurance Fraud Detection Reward Program
Section 2C:21-4.8 - Motor vehicle title offenses, grading.
Section 2C:21-5 - Bad checks, money orders, electronic funds transfers.
Section 2C:21-6 - Credit cards
Section 2C:21-7 - Deceptive business practices
Section 2C:21-7.2 - Definitions
Section 2C:21-7.3 - False representation
Section 2C:21-7.4 - Disorderly persons offense
Section 2C:21-7.5 - Definitions relative to air bags.
Section 2C:21-8 - Misrepresentation of mileage of motor vehicle
Section 2C:21-8.1 - Definition; determination of degree of offense
Section 2C:21-9 - Misconduct by corporate official
Section 2C:21-10 - Commercial bribery and breach of duty to act disinterestedly
Section 2C:21-11 - Rigging publicly exhibited contest
Section 2C:21-12 - Defrauding secured creditors
Section 2C:21-13 - Fraud in insolvency
Section 2C:21-14 - Receiving deposits in a failing financial institution
Section 2C:21-16 - Securing execution of documents by deception
Section 2C:21-17 - Impersonation; theft of identity; crime.
Section 2C:21-17.1 - Restitution to victim of unlawful use of personal identifying information.
Section 2C:21-17.2 - Use of personal identifying information of another; certain; degree of crime.
Section 2C:21-17.5 - Deletion of certain items from victim's consumer reporting files.
Section 2C:21-17.6 - Report of identity theft to local law enforcement agency.
Section 2C:21-19 - Wrongful credit practices and related offenses.
Section 2C:21-20.1 - Unlicensed practice of acupuncture, third degree crime.
Section 2C:21-20.2 - Unauthorized practice of psychology; third degree crime.
Section 2C:21-20.3 - Unauthorized practice of chiropractic; third degree crime.
Section 2C:21-20.4 - Unauthorized practice of social work; third degree crime.
Section 2C:21-20.5 - Unauthorized practice of psychoanalysis; third degree crime.
Section 2C:21-21 - Short title; definitions; offenses; penalties.
Section 2C:21-22 - Unauthorized practice of law, penalties.
Section 2C:21-22a - Civil actions resulting from the unauthorized practice of law.
Section 2C:21-22.1 - Definitions relative to use of runners; crime; sentencing.
Section 2C:21-23 - Findings, declarations
Section 2C:21-24 - Definitions
Section 2C:21-25 - Money laundering, illegal investment, crime.
Section 2C:21-26 - Knowledge inferred
Section 2C:21-27 - Degrees of offense; penalties; nonmerger.
Section 2C:21-27.1 - Criteria for imposition of anti-money laundering profiteering penalty.
Section 2C:21-27.2 - Calculation of anti-money laundering profiteering penalty.
Section 2C:21-27.3 - Revocation or reduction of penalty assessment.
Section 2C:21-27.4 - Payment schedule.
Section 2C:21-27.5 - Relation to other dispositions.
Section 2C:21-27.6 - Collection and distribution.
Section 2C:21-28 - Civil action for treble damages; allocation
Section 2C:21-29 - Investigative interrogatives
Section 2C:21-30 - Unlawful practice of dentistry; third degree crime
Section 2C:21-31 - Unauthorized practice of immigration law; penalties.
Section 2C:21-31.1 - Civil actions resulting from unauthorized practice of immigration law.
Section 2C:21-32 - Short title; definitions relative to counterfeit marks; offenses.
Section 2C:21-33 - Electrical contracting without business permit, fourth degree crime.
Section 2C:21-35 - False public utility employee identification badge, violations, degree of crime.
Section 2C:21-36 - Sale of secondhand jewelry.
Section 2C:21-37 - Requirements for reselling of secondhand jewelry.
Section 2C:21-38 - Requisite knowledge, belief for violation.
Section 2C:21-39 - Report by purchaser.
Section 2C:21-41 - Regulations.
Section 2C:21-42 - Second degree crime.
Section 2C:21-43 - Sale of certain alarm business signs, decals; prohibited.
Section 2C:22-1 - Disturbing, desecrating human remains; offenses.
Section 2C:22-2 - Disposition of body parts, criminal penalties imposed for certain offenses.
Section 2C:24-4 - Endangering welfare of children.
Section 2C:24-4.1 - Leader of child pornography network; degree of crime; definitions.
Section 2C:24-5 - Willful nonsupport
Section 2C:24-6 - Unlawful adoptions
Section 2C:24-7.1 - Endangering another person; offense created; degree of crime.
Section 2C:24-8 - Abandonment, neglect of elderly person, disabled adult; third degree crime
Section 2C:24-9 - Use of 17-year-old or younger to commit criminal offense; crime.
Section 2C:24-10 - Female genital mutilation of females under 18 years of age, third degree crime.
Section 2C:25-17 - Short title
Section 2C:25-18 - Findings, declarations
Section 2C:25-19 - Definitions.
Section 2C:25-20 - Development of training course; curriculum.
Section 2C:25-21 - Arrest of alleged attacker; seizure of weapons, etc.
Section 2C:25-21.1 - Rules, regulations concerning weapons prohibitions and domestic violence.
Section 2C:25-22 - Immunity from civil liability
Section 2C:25-23 - Dissemination of notice to victim of domestic violence
Section 2C:25-24 - Domestic violence offense reports.
Section 2C:25-25 - Criminal complaints; proceedings
Section 2C:25-26 - Release of defendant before trial; conditions.
Section 2C:25-26.1 - Notification of victim of release of defendant
Section 2C:25-27 - Conditions of sentencing of defendant found guilty of domestic violence.
Section 2C:25-28 - Filing complaint alleging domestic violence in Family Part; proceeding.
Section 2C:25-28.1 - In-house restraining order prohibited
Section 2C:25-29 - Hearing procedure; relief.
Section 2C:25-29.1 - Civil penalty for certain domestic violence offenders.
Section 2C:25-29.2 - Collection, distribution of civil penalties collected.
Section 2C:25-29.3 - Rules of Court.
Section 2C:25-29.4 - Surcharge for domestic violence offender to fund grants.
Section 2C:25-30 - Violations, penalties
Section 2C:25-31 - Contempt, law enforcement procedures.
Section 2C:25-32 - Alleged contempt, complainant's procedure
Section 2C:25-33 - Records of applications for relief; reports; confidentiality; forms.
Section 2C:25-34 - Domestic violence restraining orders, central registry.
Section 2C:25-35 - Rules of Court concerning central registry for domestic violence.
Section 2C:27-2 - Bribery in official and political matters
Section 2C:27-3 - Threats and other improper influence in official and political matters
Section 2C:27-5 - Retaliation for past official action
Section 2C:27-11 - Offer of unlawful benefit to public servant for official behavior.
Section 2C:27-12 - Crime of corruption of public resources; grading.
Section 2C:28-2 - False swearing
Section 2C:28-3 - Unsworn falsification to authorities
Section 2C:28-4 - False reports to law enforcement authorities.
Section 2C:28-5 - Tampering with witnesses and informants; retaliation against them.
Section 2C:28-5.1 - Witness, victim protective orders
Section 2C:28-5.2 - Penalties for violations
Section 2C:28-5.3 - Moving parties
Section 2C:28-5.4 - Standard for issuance
Section 2C:28-5.5 - No interference with defense preparation
Section 2C:28-6 - Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence
Section 2C:28-7 - Tampering with public records or information
Section 2C:28-8 - Impersonating a public servant or law enforcement officer.
Section 2C:29-1 - Obstructing administration of law or other governmental function
Section 2C:29-2 - Resisting arrest, eluding officer
Section 2C:29-3 - Hindering apprehension or prosecution.
Section 2C:29-6 - Implements for escape; other contraband
Section 2C:29-7 - Bail jumping; default in required appearance
Section 2C:29-8 - Corrupting or influencing a jury.
Section 2C:29-8.1 - Prohibited juror contact
Section 2C:29-11 - Refusal to allow blood, biological sample to be drawn; fourth degree crime.
Section 2C:30-2 - Official misconduct
Section 2C:30-3 - Speculating or wagering on official action or information
Section 2C:30-4 - Disbursing moneys, incurring obligations in excess of appropriations
Section 2C:30-5 - Findings, declarations relative to deprivation of civil rights by public officials
Section 2C:30-6 - Crime of official deprivation of civil rights
Section 2C:30-7 - Crime of pattern of official misconduct
Section 2C:30-8 - "Public Corruption Profiteering Penalty Act."
Section 2C:33-1 - Riot; failure to disperse
Section 2C:33-2 - Disorderly conduct
Section 2C:33-3 - False public alarms.
Section 2C:33-3.2 - Fines for violation of N.J.S.2C:33-3.
Section 2C:33-4.1 - Crime of cyber-harassment.
Section 2C:33-7 - Obstructing highways and other public passages
Section 2C:33-8 - Disrupting meetings and processions
Section 2C:33-9 - Desecration of venerated objects
Section 2C:33-11.1 - Certain actions relevant to evictions, disorderly persons offense.
Section 2C:33-12 - Maintaining a nuisance
Section 2C:33-12.1 - Abating nuisance
Section 2C:33-12.2 - Sexually oriented business, nuisance; crime
Section 2C:33-13 - Smoking in public.
Section 2C:33-14 - Interference with transportation.
Section 2C:33-14.1 - Vandalizing railroad crossing devices, property; grading of offenses; graffiti.
Section 2C:33-15 - Possession, consumption by persons under legal age; penalty.
Section 2C:33-15.1 - Report by Attorney General; taskforce.
Section 2C:33-17 - Availability of alcoholic beverages to underaged, offenses.
Section 2C:33-21 - Interception or use of official communications.
Section 2C:33-22 - Possession of emergency communications receiver
Section 2C:33-23 - Radar device not included
Section 2C:33-23.1 - License required for certain radio transmissions.
Section 2C:33-23.2 - Violations, fourth degree crime.
Section 2C:33-24 - "Act of graffiti."
Section 2C:33-26 - Sale of motor vehicles on Sunday; exemption.
Section 2C:33-27 - Consumption of alcohol in restaurants
Section 2C:33-29 - Crime of gang criminality; "criminal street gang" defined; grading of offense.
Section 2C:33-30 - Crime of promotion of organized street crime; grading of offense.
Section 2C:33-31 - Crime of dogfighting, penalties; definitions.
Section 2C:33-32 - Leader, financier of dog fighting network; penalties.
Section 2C:34-1 - Prostitution and related offenses.
Section 2C:34-1.1 - Loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution
Section 2C:34-1.2 - Additional penalties for engaging in prostitution as a patron.
Section 2C:34-2 - Obscenity for persons 18 years of age or older
Section 2C:34-3 - Obscenity for persons under 18
Section 2C:34-3.1 - Retailer defined
Section 2C:34-3.2 - Display of obscene material
Section 2C:34-4 - Public communication of obscenity
Section 2C:34-7 - Sexually oriented business; location, building requirements; penalty.
Section 2C:35-1.1 - Declaration of policy and legislative findings
Section 2C:35-1.2 - Reference to Code of Criminal Justice
Section 2C:35-2 - Definitions.
Section 2C:35-3 - Leader of Narcotics Trafficking Network
Section 2C:35-4 - Maintaining or operating a controlled dangerous substance production facility
Section 2C:35-4.1 - Booby traps in manufacturing or distribution facilities; fortified premises
Section 2C:35-5 - Manufacturing, distributing or dispensing.
Section 2C:35-5.2 - Manufacturing, etc. gamma hydroxybutyrate; penalties
Section 2C:35-5.3 - Manufacturing, etc. flunitrazepam; penalties
Section 2C:35-5.3a - Criminalization, degree of crime.
Section 2C:35-5.3b - Crimes relative to synthetic cannabinoid; degree.
Section 2C:35-5.3c - Obtaining, possessing synthetic cannabinoid; degree of crime.
Section 2C:35-5.4 - Short title.
Section 2C:35-5.5 - Findings, declarations relative to removal, restraint of certain drug offenders.
Section 2C:35-5.6 - Definitions relative to removal, restraint of certain offenders
Section 2C:35-5.7 - Issuance of order by court.
Section 2C:35-5.8 - Violations, penalties.
Section 2C:35-5.9 - Certification of offense location.
Section 2C:35-5.10 - Discretion to not seek restraining order
Section 2C:35-5.11 - Drug enforcement and demand reduction penalty doubled for certain offenses.
Section 2C:35-6 - Employing a juvenile in a drug distribution scheme
Section 2C:35-7 - Distribution on or within 1,000 feet of school property.
Section 2C:35-7a - Review of sentence by court.
Section 2C:35-7.1 - Violations of N.J.S.2C:35-5, certain locations; degree of crime; terms defined
Section 2C:35-8 - Distribution to persons under age 18; enhanced punishment
Section 2C:35-9 - Strict Liability for Drug-Induced Deaths
Section 2C:35-10a - Personal use of cannabis items.
Section 2C:35-10c - Criminal investigation.
Section 2C:35-10.2 - Possession, etc. of gamma hydroxybutyrate; penalties
Section 2C:35-10.3 - Possession, etc. of flunitrazepam; penalties
Section 2C:35-10.3a - Criminalization, degree of crime.
Section 2C:35-10.4 - Toxic chemicals.
Section 2C:35-10.5 - Prescription legend drugs.
Section 2C:35-11.1 - Counterfeit drugs, medical devices; degree of crime; definitions.
Section 2C:35-11.2 - Restrictions upon conviction.
Section 2C:35-12 - Waiver of Mandatory Minimum and Extended Terms.
Section 2C:35-13 - Obtaining by fraud
Section 2C:35-14.1 - Defendant required to submit to professional diagnostic assessment, exceptions.
Section 2C:35-14.2 - Sentence of special probation for certain defendants.
Section 2C:35-14.3 - Phase-in of implementation of provisions of law relative to special probation.
Section 2C:35-16 - Forfeiture or postponement of driving privileges.
Section 2C:35-17 - Exception to physician-patient privilege
Section 2C:35-18 - Exemption; burden of proof.
Section 2C:35-19 - Laboratory certificates; use; admission into evidence; objections
Section 2C:35-20 - Forensic laboratory fees
Section 2C:35-22 - Severability
Section 2C:35-23 - Pending Cases
Section 2C:35-23.1 - Prosecutor shall not pursue certain charges.
Section 2C:35-24 - Possession of certain prescription drugs
Section 2C:35-25 - Sale restrictions for ephedrine products; disorderly persons offense.
Section 2C:35-26 - Reporting requirement for ephedrine products.
Section 2C:35-27 - Permissive inference concerning possession of ephedrine products.
Section 2C:35-31 - Protections for certain persons experiencing a drug overdose.
Section 2C:35A-1 - Short Title.
Section 2C:35A-2 - Declaration of Policy and Legislative Findings.
Section 2C:35A-3 - Criteria for imposition of anti-drug profiteering penality
Section 2C:35A-4 - Calculation of anti-drug profiteering penalty
Section 2C:35A-5 - Revocation or Reduction of Penalty Assessment.
Section 2C:35A-6 - Payment Schedule.
Section 2C:35A-7 - Relation to Other Dispositions.
Section 2C:35A-8 - Collection and Distribution.
Section 2C:35B-1 - Short title
Section 2C:35B-2 - Findings, declarations regarding civil actions against drug dealers
Section 2C:35B-3 - Definitions regarding civil actions against drug dealers
Section 2C:35B-4 - Liability of illegal marketer of controlled dangerous substances
Section 2C:35B-5 - Action for damages; plaintiffs, offenses
Section 2C:35B-6 - Controlled dangerous substance individual user; conditions to bring an action
Section 2C:35B-7 - No third party damage payments; assignment of cause of action restricted
Section 2C:35B-8 - Damage table
Section 2C:35B-9 - Joint actions
Section 2C:35B-10 - Comparative responsibility governing action
Section 2C:35B-11 - Right of action for contribution
Section 2C:35B-12 - Proof of liability; prima facie evidence
Section 2C:35B-13 - Ex parte prejudgment attachment order
Section 2C:35B-14 - Cause of action, accrual; statute of limitations on claim
Section 2C:35B-15 - Stay of action pending criminal action
Section 2C:35B-16 - Satisfaction of judgment after other fines, penalties, etc.
Section 2C:35B-17 - Nonapplicability of act
Section 2C:36-1 - Drug paraphernalia, defined; determination.
Section 2C:36-2 - Use or possession with intent to use.
Section 2C:36-4 - Advertising to promote sale, crime of fourth degree
Section 2C:36-6.1 - Discarding hypodermic needle or syringe.
Section 2C:36-6.3 - Affirmative defense to criminal action, construction of act.
Section 2C:36-7 - Seizure in violation of Chapter
Section 2C:36-8 - Severability
Section 2C:36-9 - Pending Cases
Section 2C:36-10 - Definition of "defraud the administration of a drug test;" crime, grading
Section 2C:36A-1 - Conditional discharge for certain first offenses.
Section 2C:37-2 - Promoting gambling
Section 2C:37-3 - Possession of gambling records
Section 2C:37-4 - Maintenance of a gambling resort
Section 2C:37-4.1 - Shipboard gambling, crime; grading; exception
Section 2C:37-5 - Gambling offenses; presumption
Section 2C:37-6 - Lottery offenses; no defense
Section 2C:37-7 - Possession of a gambling device
Section 2C:37-8 - Gambling offenses; jurisdiction
Section 2C:37-9 - Nonapplicability
Section 2C:38-1 - Short title.
Section 2C:38-2 - Crime of terrorism; definitions.
Section 2C:38-4 - Hindering apprehension or prosecution for terrorism.
Section 2C:38-5 - Soliciting or providing material support or resources for terrorism
Section 2C:39-1 - Definitions.
Section 2C:39-2 - Presumptions
Section 2C:39-3 - Prohibited weapons and devices.
Section 2C:39-4 - Possession of weapons for unlawful purposes.
Section 2C:39-4.1 - Weapons; controlled dangerous substances and other offenses, penalties.
Section 2C:39-5 - Unlawful possession of weapons.
Section 2C:39-6 - Exemptions.
Section 2C:39-7 - Certain persons not to have weapons or ammunition.
Section 2C:39-9.1 - Sale of knives to minors; crime of the fourth degree; exceptions
Section 2C:39-9.2 - Sale of handcuffs to minors, prohibited
Section 2C:39-11 - Pawnbrokers; loaning on firearms
Section 2C:39-12 - Voluntary surrender.
Section 2C:39-13 - Unlawful use of body vests
Section 2C:39-14 - 2nd degree crimes
Section 2C:39-15 - Gun advertising requirement
Section 2C:39-17 - Retired law enforcement officers permitted to possess, carry certain ammunition.
Section 2C:39-18 - Inapplicability.
Section 2C:39-19 - Regulations relative to certain current owners of automatic rifles.
Section 2C:39-20 - Registration of certain firearms.
Section 2C:39-21 - Prohibited firearm registration, liability; exceptions, certain.
Section 2C:39-22 - Unregistered prohibited firearm, procedure; exceptions, certain.
Section 2C:40-1 - Creating a hazard
Section 2C:40-4 - Consent, sanction not available as defense.
Section 2C:40-5 - Conduct constituting offense may be prosecuted under other provisions of Title 2C
Section 2C:40-8 - Label cautioning and informing user
Section 2C:40-9 - Inclusion of instructions concerning proper and safe maintenance and operation
Section 2C:40-10 - Construction requirements
Section 2C:40-12 - Carbon monoxide limitations
Section 2C:40-14 - Regulations
Section 2C:40-15 - Violations; petty disorderly persons offense
Section 2C:40-16 - Definitions.
Section 2C:40-17 - Tampering, degree of offense; sentencing requirements.
Section 2C:40-18 - Violation of law intended to protect public health and safety; grading
Section 2C:40-19 - Consumer products; unauthorized writing, offense.
Section 2C:40-20 - Use of certain cable, wire devices; fourth degree crime
Section 2C:40-21 - Tattooing of a minor; parental permission, required
Section 2C:40-23 - Production, delivery of ignition key, documentation required
Section 2C:40-25 - Persons permitted to dispense contact lenses; violations, fines, penalties.
Section 2C:40-26 - Operating motor vehicle during period of license suspension, fourth degree crime.
Section 2C:40-26.1 - "School bus" defined, certain driver violations, third degree crime.
Section 2C:40-27 - Definitions relative to operation of unmanned aircraft systems.
Section 2C:40-28 - Violations, degree of offense, crime.
Section 2C:40-29 - Provisions preempt existing laws.
Section 2C:40-30 - Authorized use permitted.
Section 2C:40A-1 - Employer requiring lie detector test
Section 2C:40A-2 - Violation of contract to pay employees
Section 2C:40A-3 - Wrongful discharge of employee
Section 2C:40A-5 - Additional penalty for attorneys; grade of offense.
Section 2C:40A-6 - Certain payments for referral to certain facilities, fourth degree crime.
Section 2C:41-1 - Definitions.
Section 2C:41-1.1 - Declaration of policy and legislative findings
Section 2C:41-2 - Prohibited activities
Section 2C:41-3 - Criminal penalties.
Section 2C:41-4 - Civil remedies
Section 2C:41-5 - Investigative interrogatories
Section 2C:41-6 - Liberal construction
Section 2C:41-6.1 - Remedies cumulative
Section 2C:41-6.2 - Severability
Section 2C:43-1 - Degrees of crimes
Section 2C:43-2 - Sentence in accordance with code; authorized dispositions.
Section 2C:43-2.1 - Motor vehicle theft or unlawful taking; restitution
Section 2C:43-2.2 - Issuance of court order requiring serological tests.
Section 2C:43-2.3 - Orders for certain serological testing required under certain circumstances
Section 2C:43-2.4 - Authority to impound motor vehicles.
Section 2C:43-3 - Fines and restitutions
Section 2C:43-3.1 - Victim, witness, criminal disposition, and collection funds.
Section 2C:43-3.2 - Assessments for Safe Neighborhoods Services
Section 2C:43-3.4 - Restitution for extradition costs.
Section 2C:43-3.5 - Additional penalty for certain offenses.
Section 2C:43-3.7 - Surcharge for certain sexual offenders to fund grants, programs, certain.
Section 2C:43-5 - Young adult offenders
Section 2C:43-5.1 - Crimes committed by students, notification to principal, certain circumstances.
Section 2C:43-6 - Sentence of imprisonment for crime; ordinary terms; mandatory terms.
Section 2C:43-6.2 - Probation; reduction of mandatory minimum term
Section 2C:43-6.3 - Review of sentence
Section 2C:43-6.4 - Special sentence of parole supervision for life.
Section 2C:43-6.6 - Internet access conditions for certain sex offenders; fourth degree crime.
Section 2C:43-6.7 - Effective date; applicability.
Section 2C:43-6.8 - Sentencing for offenses involving domestic violence.
Section 2C:43-7 - Sentence of imprisonment for crime; extended terms.
Section 2C:43-7.1 - Life imprisonment without parole
Section 2C:43-7.2 - Mandatory service of 85 percent of sentence for certain offenses.
Section 2C:43-8.1 - Seasonally leased premises; termination of right to occupy, visit
Section 2C:43-10 - Place of imprisonment; beginning sentences; transfers
Section 2C:43-11 - Program of intensive supervision, eligibility.
Section 2C:43-12 - Supervisory treatment - pretrial intervention.
Section 2C:43-13 - Supervisory treatment procedure.
Section 2C:43-13.1 - Eligibility and application.
Section 2C:43-13.2 - Court approval of defendant's participation in conditional dismissal program.
Section 2C:43-13.3 - Extension of conditional dismissal term.
Section 2C:43-13.4 - Violation of terms prior to dismissal.
Section 2C:43-13.5 - Dismissal.
Section 2C:43-13.6 - Effect of dismissal.
Section 2C:43-14 - Authority of supreme court
Section 2C:43-13.7 - Limitation.
Section 2C:43-13.8 - Conditional dismissal assessment, restitution and other assessments.
Section 2C:43-13.9 - "Municipal Court Diversion Fund."
Section 2C:43-15 - Presentation of proposed rules at judicial conference
Section 2C:43-16 - Public announcement of proposed rules; delivery of copies
Section 2C:43-17 - Effective date of rules; rules subject to cancellation by joint resolution
Section 2C:43-18 - Change or cancellation of rules by statute or adoption of subsequent rules
Section 2C:43-21 - Index and reports
Section 2C:43-23 - Definitions relative to offenders who are veterans or servicemembers.
Section 2C:43-24 - Statewide Veterans Diversion Program.
Section 2C:43-25 - Determination of eligibility.
Section 2C:43-26 - Application to participate in Veterans Diversion Program.
Section 2C:43-27 - Construction of act.
Section 2C:43-28 - Development of differentiated mental health supervision case type.
Section 2C:43-29 - Annual report to Governor, Legislature.
Section 2C:43-30 - Collaboration with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Section 2C:43-31 - Information published on websites.
Section 2C:44-1 - Criteria for withholding or imposing sentences of imprisonment.
Section 2C:44-1.1 - Certain convictions vacated, expunged.
Section 2C:44-2 - Criteria for Imposing Fines and Restitutions
Section 2C:44-3 - Criteria for sentence of extended term of imprisonment.
Section 2C:44-5 - Multiple sentences; concurrent and consecutive terms.
Section 2C:44-6 - Procedure on sentence; presentence investigation and report.
Section 2C:44-6.1 - Defendant liable for cost of psychological evaluation; rules, regulations.
Section 2C:44-6.2 - Person sentenced to incarceration, care and custody of minor child.
Section 2C:44-6.3 - Report of persons convicted of certain crimes residing with minor children.
Section 2C:44-6.4 - Rules of Court.
Section 2C:44-7 - Appellate review of actions of sentencing court
Section 2C:44-8 - Convicted defendants, prior restrictions continued.
Section 2C:45-1 - Conditions of suspension or probation.
Section 2C:45-5 - Medication-assisted treatment.
Section 2C:45-6 - Program to record, analyze recidivism of persons sentenced to probation.
Section 2C:46-1 - Time and method of payment; disposition of funds.
Section 2C:46-1.1 - Computerized Collection Fund
Section 2C:46-1.2 - Rules, regulations
Section 2C:46-2 - Consequences of nonpayment; summary collection.
Section 2C:46-3 - Revocation of fine
Section 2C:46-4 - Fines, assessments, penalties, restitution; collection; disposition.
Section 2C:46-4.1 - Application of moneys collected; priority.
Section 2C:46-5 - Inapplicability of chapter to certain fines and restitutions
Section 2C:47-1 - Referral to adult diagnostic and treatment center; commitment; examination.
Section 2C:47-2 - Report on Examination
Section 2C:47-4.1 - Transfer out of Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center
Section 2C:47-4.2 - Confinement of female offenders
Section 2C:47-5.1 - Revocation of parole
Section 2C:47-7 - Cost of maintenance
Section 2C:47-8 - Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center, "good time"; conditions
Section 2C:47-9 - Establishment of program to record, analyze recidivism of convicted sex offenders.
Section 2C:48A-1 - "Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission."
Section 2C:48A-2 - Duty of commission.
Section 2C:48A-3 - Constitution of commission.
Section 2C:48A-4 - Report to Governor, Legislature.
Section 2C:48B-1 - Findings, declarations relative to certain racial and ethnic impact statements.
Section 2C:48B-2 - Racial and ethnic impact statement for certain proposed rules.
Section 2C:51-1 - Basis of disqualification or disability
Section 2C:51-2 - Forfeiture of public office, position, or employment.
Section 2C:51-2.1 - Applicability of act.
Section 2C:51-3 - Voting and jury service
Section 2C:51-5 - Forfeiture, suspension of license, certificate; exceptions
Section 2C:52-1 - Definitions of expungement.
Section 2C:52-2 - Indictable offenses.
Section 2C:52-3 - Disorderly persons offenses and petty disorderly persons offenses.
Section 2C:52-4.1 - Juvenile delinquent; expungement of adjudications and charges.
Section 2C:52-5 - Expungement of records of young drug offenders.
Section 2C:52-5.1 - Eligibility to file petition for expungement.
Section 2C:52-5.2 - System for sealing records from the public.
Section 2C:52-5.3 - "Clean slate" expungement by petition.
Section 2C:52-5.4 - Automated "clean slate" process.
Section 2C:52-6 - Arrests not resulting in conviction.
Section 2C:52-6.1 - Certain crimes expunged by operation of law.
Section 2C:52-7 - Petition for expungement
Section 2C:52-8 - Statements to accompany petition.
Section 2C:52-9 - Order fixing time for hearing
Section 2C:52-10 - Service of petition and documents.
Section 2C:52-10.1 - System to electronically file expungement applications.
Section 2C:52-11 - Order expungement where no objection prior to hearing
Section 2C:52-12 - Denial of relief although no objection entered
Section 2C:52-13 - When hearing on petition for expungement shall not be held
Section 2C:52-14 - Grounds for denial of relief.
Section 2C:52-15 - Disposition of records.
Section 2C:52-16 - Expunged record including names of persons other than petitioner
Section 2C:52-17 - Use of expunged records by agencies on pending petition for expungement
Section 2C:52-18 - Supplying information to Violent Crimes Compensation Office.
Section 2C:52-22 - Use of expunged records by parole board
Section 2C:52-23 - Use of expunged records by department of corrections
Section 2C:52-23.1 - Use of expunged, sealed records.
Section 2C:52-24 - County prosecutor's obligation to ascertain propriety of petition.
Section 2C:52-25 - Retroactive application
Section 2C:52-26 - Vacating of orders of sealing; time; basis
Section 2C:52-27 - Effect of expungement.
Section 2C:52-28 - Motor vehicle offenses
Section 2C:52-29 - Fees waived for certain applications.
Section 2C:52-30 - Disclosure of expungement order
Section 2C:52-32 - Construction.
Section 2C:58-1 - Registration of manufacturers and wholesale dealers of firearms
Section 2C:58-2 - Licensing of retail dealers and their employees.
Section 2C:58-2.1 - Guidelines for delivery of handguns
Section 2C:58-2.7 - Personalized Handgun Authorization Commission.
Section 2C:58-2.8 - Definitions relative to personalized handguns; roster.
Section 2C:58-2.9 - Application, testing, criteria for approval.
Section 2C:58-2.11 - Violations, penalties.
Section 2C:58-2.13 - Definitions.
Section 2C:58-2.14 - Violations, penalties.
Section 2C:58-3 - Purchase of firearms.
Section 2C:58-3.1 - Temporary transfer of firearms
Section 2C:58-3.2 - Temporary transfer of firearm for training purposes
Section 2C:58-3.4 - Exemption on restriction of purchase of handguns.
Section 2C:58-4 - Permits to carry handguns.
Section 2C:58-4.2 - Findings, declarations.
Section 2C:58-4.3 - Liability insurance, handgun, public, carrying.
Section 2C:58-4.4 - Safety requirements, handgun carry.
Section 2C:58-4.5 - Restrictions, public carrying, handgun.
Section 2C:58-4.6 - Prohibited areas, carrying, firearms, destructive device.
Section 2C:58-4.7 - Regulations, necessary to implementation.
Section 2C:58-4.8 - Application determinations, pending, filed, submitted.
Section 2C:58-4.9 - Severability.
Section 2C:58-5 - Licenses to possess and carry machine guns and assault firearms
Section 2C:58-6.1 - Possession of firearms by minors; exceptions.
Section 2C:58-7 - Persons possessing explosives or destructive devices to notify police
Section 2C:58-8 - Certain wounds and injuries to be reported.
Section 2C:58-8.1 - Rules, regulations.
Section 2C:58-9 - Certain convictions to be reported
Section 2C:58-10 - Incendiary or tracer ammunition
Section 2C:58-12 - Registration of assault firearms
Section 2C:58-14 - Annual report on assault firearms
Section 2C:58-14.1 - Voluntary surrender of certain firearm components.
Section 2C:58-15 - Minor's access to a loaded firearm; penalty, conditions
Section 2C:58-16 - Retailer's written warnings; wholesaler's warning; violation, penalty
Section 2C:58-17 - "KeepSafe" program established
Section 2C:58-18 - Report on KeepSafe program
Section 2C:58-19 - Report of loss, theft of firearm within 36 hours; violations, penalties.
Section 2C:58-20 - Short title.
Section 2C:58-21 - Definitions relative to extreme risk protective orders.
Section 2C:58-22 - Immunity from liability for law enforcement.
Section 2C:58-23 - Filing of temporary extreme risk protection order.
Section 2C:58-24 - Final extreme risk protective order.
Section 2C:58-25 - Termination of final extreme risk protective order.
Section 2C:58-26 - Surrender of firearms upon issuance of order.
Section 2C:58-27 - Transfer, sale of surrendered firearms.
Section 2C:58-28 - Destruction of firearms permitted.
Section 2C:58-29 - Violations considered offense; contempt proceedings.
Section 2C:58-30 - Electronic central registry.
Section 2C:58-31 - Rules of Court.
Section 2C:58-32 - Rules, regulations.
Section 2C:58-33 - Attorney General, statutory cause of action, public nuisance violations, certain.
Section 2C:58-34 - Definitions.
Section 2C:58-36 - Exemptions.
Section 2C:62-1 - Support orders for willful nonsupport
Section 2C:64-1 - Property subject to forfeiture.
Section 2C:64-2 - Forfeiture procedures; prima facie contraband
Section 2C:64-3 - Forfeiture procedures.
Section 2C:64-4 - Seized property; evidentiary use.
Section 2C:64-5 - Seized property; rights of owners and others holding interests.
Section 2C:64-6 - Disposal of forfeited property
Section 2C:64-7 - Vesting of title in forfeited property
Section 2C:64-8 - Seized property; statute of limitations on claims
Section 2C:64-9 - Forfeited weapons with military value; donation to National Guard Militia Museum
Section 2C:64-10 - "Quarter" defined.
Section 2C:64-11 - Report to Attorney General.
Section 2C:64-12 - Responsibilities of Attorney General.
Section 2C:64-13 - Notification to enforcement agency.
Section 2C:65-2 - Release of stolen property prior to final determination of proceeding
Section 2C:65-3 - Disposition of stolen property after final determination of proceeding
Section 2C:65-4 - Disposition of documentary exhibits
Section 2C:66-1 - Attachment of deposited funds of suspected terrorists or their supporters
Section 2C:66-2 - Application by Attorney General
Section 2C:66-3 - Issuance of an order
Section 2C:66-4 - Duty of financial institutions
Section 2C:66-5 - Release of funds
Section 2C:66-6 - Disposition of funds
Section 2C:66-9 - Rights and remedies of financial institution
Section 2C:66-10 - No liability for freezing funds
Section 2C:66-11 - Construction of act
Section 2C:98-1 - Construction
Section 2C:98-4 - Effective date
Section 2C:104-1 - Definitions
Section 2C:104-2 - Application for material witness order
Section 2C:104-3 - Order to appear
Section 2C:104-4 - Arrest with warrant
Section 2C:104-5 - Arrest without warrant
Section 2C:104-6 - Material witness hearing