52:17B-236.18 Notification on certain requests made by federal civil immigration authorities; report on assistance.
6. a. Every State, county, and municipal law enforcement agency and official shall promptly notify a detained individual, in writing and in a language the individual can understand, when federal civil immigration authorities request: (1) to interview the detainee; (2) to be notified of the detainee’s upcoming release from custody; or (3) to continue detaining the detainee past the time the detainee would otherwise be eligible for release. b. When providing notification, law enforcement officials shall provide the detainee with a copy of any documents provided by immigration authorities in connection with the request. c. On an annual basis, each State, county, and municipal law enforcement agency shall report, in a manner to be prescribed by the Attorney General, any instances in which the agency provided assistance to federal civil immigration authorities for the purpose of enforcing federal civil immigration law as set forth in subsection c. of section 3 of this act. Each year: (1) any municipal or county law enforcement agency that provided assistance as set forth in subsection c. of section 3 of this act during the prior calendar year shall submit a report to the county prosecutor with details of the assistance provided; (2) each county prosecutor shall compile any reports submitted by municipal and county law enforcement agencies pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection and submit a consolidated report to the Attorney General with details of the assistance provided; (3) the New Jersey State Police and all other State law enforcement agencies that provided assistance as set forth in subsection c. of section 3 of this act during the prior calendar year shall submit a report to the Attorney General with details of the assistance provided; and (4) the Attorney General shall publish on the Internet website of the Department of Law and Public Safety a consolidated report detailing all instances of assistance by any State, county, and municipal law enforcement agency, as submitted pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, during the prior calendar year. L.2026, c.5, s.6.