52:17B-100.1. State investigators; appointment; term of office; duties, powers and rights
1. There is hereby created in the Division of Criminal Justice the office or position of State Investigator which shall be in the career service of the civil service. The Attorney General may appoint such number of suitable persons to serve as State investigators as are necessary to assist in the detection, apprehension, arrest, and conviction of offenders against the law. Persons so appointed shall possess all the powers and rights and be subject to all the obligations of police officers, constables, and special deputy sheriffs in criminal matters. The Division of Criminal Justice and the Civil Service Commission shall convert the titles of all employees in the position of State Investigator on the effective date of P.L.2025, c.351 from the unclassified to the career service. L.1977, c. 275, s. 1, eff. Oct. 30, 1977; amended 2025, c.351.