Title 2C, Title 2C: THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

2C:21-27.1 Criteria for imposition of anti-money laundering profiteering penalty. 8. Criteria for Imposition of Anti-Money Laundering Profiteering Penalty. In addition to any other disposition authorized by this title, including but not limited to any fines which may be imposed p…

2C:21-27.2 Calculation of anti-money laundering profiteering penalty. 9. Calculation of Anti-Money Laundering Profiteering Penalty. Where, pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1999, c.25 (C.2C:21-27.1) the prosecutor has established by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant w…

2C:21-27.3 Revocation or reduction of penalty assessment. 10. Revocation or reduction of penalty assessment. The court shall not revoke or reduce a penalty imposed pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1999, c.25 (C.2C:21-27.2). An anti-money laundering profiteering penalty imposed pursua…

2C:21-27.4 Payment schedule. 11. Payment Schedule. The court may, for good cause shown, and subject to the provisions of this section, grant permission for the payment of an anti-money laundering profiteering penalty assessed pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1999, c.25 (C.2C:21-27.2)…

2C:21-27.5 Relation to other dispositions. 12. Relation to Other Dispositions. a. An anti-money laundering profiteering penalty assessed pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1999, c.25 (C.2C:21-27.2) shall be imposed and paid in addition to any penalty, fine, fee or order for restitution…

2C:21-27.6 Collection and distribution. 13. Collection and Distribution. All anti-money laundering profiteering penalties assessed pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1999, c.25 (C.2C:21-27.2) shall be docketed and collected as provided for the collection of fines, penalties, fees and r…

2C:21-28. Civil action for treble damages; allocation 6. a. The Attorney General may institute a civil action against any person who violates section 3 of this act, and may recover a judgment against all persons who violate this section, jointly and severally, for damages in an a…

2C:21-29. Investigative interrogatives 7. a. Whenever the Attorney General, by the Attorney General's own inquiry or as the result of a complaint, determines that there exists reasonable suspicion that a violation of this act is occurring, has occurred or is about to occur, or, w…

2C:21-3. Frauds relating to public records and recordable instruments a. Fraudulent destruction, removal or concealment of recordable instruments. A person commits a crime of the third degree if, with purpose to deceive or injure anyone, he destroys, removes or conceals any will,…

2C:21-30. Unlawful practice of dentistry; third degree crime 1. A person is guilty of a crime of the third degree if he knowingly does not possess a license to practice dentistry or knowingly has had the license suspended, revoked or otherwise limited by an order entered by the N…

2C:21-31 Unauthorized practice of immigration law; penalties. 1. a. As used in this section: (1) "Immigration consultant" means any person rendering services for a fee, including the completion of forms and applications, to another person in furtherance of that person's desire to…

2C:21-31.1 Civil actions resulting from unauthorized practice of immigration law. 4. a. Any person who suffers any ascertainable loss of moneys or property, real or personal, as a result of any action or inaction by a person who knowingly engaged in the unauthorized practice of l…

2C:21-32 Short title; definitions relative to counterfeit marks; offenses. 1. a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Trademark Counterfeiting Act." b. As used in this act: (1) "Counterfeit mark" means a spurious mark that is identical with or substantially…

2C:21-33 Electrical contracting without business permit, fourth degree crime. 1. a. A person is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree if that person knowingly engages in the business of electrical contracting without having a business permit issued by the Board of Examiners of E…

2C:21-34 Penalty for false contract payment claims, representation, for a government contract; prevailing wage violations; grading. 97. a. A person commits a crime if the person knowingly submits to the government any claim for payment for performance of a government contract kno…

2C:21-35 False public utility employee identification badge, violations, degree of crime. 2. a. A person who knowingly sells, offers or exposes for sale, or otherwise transfers, or possesses with the intent to sell, offer or expose for sale, or otherwise transfer, a document, pri…

2C:21-36 Sale of secondhand jewelry. 1. Any person engaged in the business of retailing, wholesaling, or smelting jewelry who purchases any article of used or secondhand jewelry shall: a. Maintain, for five years: (1) a record of the name, address and telephone number of the pers…

2C:21-37 Requirements for reselling of secondhand jewelry. 2. Any individual who purchases used or secondhand jewelry from another individual with the intent of selling that jewelry to a person engaged in the business of retailing, wholesaling, or smelting jewelry shall: a. Maint…

2C:21-38 Requisite knowledge, belief for violation. 3. The requisite knowledge or belief for a violation of N.J.S.2C:20-7 is presumed in the case of a person subject to the provisions of section 1 or 2 of P.L.2009, c.214 (C.2C:21-36 or C.2C:21-37) who purchases any article of use…

2C:21-39 Report by purchaser. 4. Any person who purchases any article of used or secondhand jewelry shall immediately report to an appropriate law enforcement agency any delivery or sale of used jewelry under circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to believe the used …

2C:21-4. Falsifying or tampering with records a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, a person commits a crime of the fourth degree if he falsifies, destroys, removes, conceals any writing or record, or utters any writing or record knowing that it contains a false…

2C:21-4.1. Destruction, alteration, falsification of records, crime of fourth degree A person is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree if he purposefully destroys, alters or falsifies any record relating to the care of a medical or surgical or podiatric patient in order to decei…

2C:21-4.2 Definitions relative to health care claims fraud. 2. As used in this act: "Health care claims fraud" means making, or causing to be made, a false, fictitious, fraudulent, or misleading statement of material fact in, or omitting a material fact from, or causing a materia…

2C:21-4.3 Health care claims fraud, degree of crime; prosecution guidelines. 3. a. A practitioner is guilty of a crime of the second degree if that person knowingly commits health care claims fraud in the course of providing professional services. In addition to all other crimina…

2C:21-4.4. Findings, declarations relative to insurance fraud 71. With respect to sections 72 through 74 of P.L.2003, c.89 (C.2C:21-4.5 through C.2C:21-4.7), the Legislature finds and declares: a. Insurance fraud is inimical to public safety, welfare and order within the State of…

2C:21-4.5. Definitions relative to insurance fraud 72. As used in sections 73 and 74 of P.L.2003, c.89 (C.2C:21-4.6 and C.2C:21-4.7), unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: "Insurance company" means any person, comp…

2C:21-4.6 Crime of insurance fraud. 73. a. A person is guilty of the crime of insurance fraud if that person knowingly makes, or causes to be made, a false, fictitious, fraudulent, or misleading statement of material fact in, or omits a material fact from, or causes a material fa…

2C:21-4.7. Insurance Fraud Detection Reward Program 74. a. There is established within the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor an Insurance Fraud Detection Reward Program, to be funded from surcharges imposed pursuant to section 53 of P.L.2002, c.34 (C.17:33A-5.1) and supple…

2C:21-4.8 Motor vehicle title offenses, grading. 2. a. A person who purposely or knowingly violates a provision of chapter 10 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, for which a specific penalty is not provided in that chapter or this section, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourt…

2C:21-4.9 Violations, penalties; temporary registration certificate, temporary license plate. 3. a. Any person who knowingly produces, sells, offers, or exposes for sale a temporary registration certificate or temporary license plate obtained by providing false information to the…

2C:21-40 Immunity. 5. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, any person who reports information to a law enforcement official or agency concerning the suspect sale of used jewelry shall be immune from any civil liability on account of the report, unless such pe…

2C:21-41 Regulations. 6. The Attorney General shall promulgate regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act. L.2009, c.214, s.6.

2C:21-42 Second degree crime. 7. A person commits a crime of the second degree if he files or records, or directs another to file or record, in any public record or in any private record which is generally available to the public, any document, lien, encumbrance, or court action …

2C:21-43 Sale of certain alarm business signs, decals; prohibited. 1. a. For the purposes of this section, "alarm business" means a partnership, corporation, or other business entity engaged in the installation, servicing, sale, or maintenance of burglar or fire alarm systems, or…

2C:21-5 Bad checks, money orders, electronic funds transfers. 2C:21-5. A person who issues or passes a check or similar sight order for the payment of money, or authorizes an electronic funds transfer, knowing that it will not be honored by the drawee, commits an offense as provi…

2C:21-6. Credit cards 2C:21-6. Credit Cards. a. Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "Cardholder" means the person or organization named on the face of a credit card to whom or for whose benefit the credit card is issued by an issuer. (2) "Credit card" means any tangible or …

2C:21-6.1 Definitions relative to scanning devices, reencoders; criminal use, degree of crime. 1. a. Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "Merchant" means any owner or operator of any store or other retail mercantile establishment, or any agent, servant, employee, lessee, co…

2C:21-7. Deceptive business practices Deceptive business practices. A person commits an offense if in the course of business he: a. Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure, or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity; b. Sells, off…

2C:21-7.2. Definitions As used in this act: a. "Advertise" means engaging in promotional activities including, but not limited to, newspaper, radio and television advertising; the distribution of fliers and circulars; and the display of window and interior signs. b. "Food," "food…

2C:21-7.3. False representation a. A false representation prohibited by this act shall include any oral or written statement that directly or indirectly tends to deceive or otherwise lead a reasonable individual to believe that a non-kosher food or food product is kosher. b. The …

2C:21-7.4. Disorderly persons offense A person commits a disorderly persons offense if in the course of business he: a. (1) Falsely represents any food sold, prepared, served or offered for sale to be kosher or kosher for Passover; (2) Removes or destroys, or causes to be removed…

2C:21-7.5 Definitions relative to air bags. 1. a. As used in this section: "Air bag" means a motor vehicle inflatable occupant restraint system, or any component part, such as the cover, sensors, controllers, inflators, and wiring, that operates in the event of a crash and is des…

2C:21-8. Misrepresentation of mileage of motor vehicle A person commits a disorderly persons offense when he sells, exchanges, offers for sale or exchange or exposes for sale or exchange a used motor vehicle on which he has changed or disconnected the mileage registering instrume…

2C:21-8.1. Definition; determination of degree of offense a. As used in chapter 21, unless a different meaning plainly is required: "Benefit derived" means the loss resulting from the offense or any gain or advantage to the actor, or coconspirators, or any person in whom the acto…

2C:21-9. Misconduct by corporate official A person is guilty of a crime when: a. Being a director of a corporation, he knowingly with purpose to defraud, concurs in any vote or act of the directors of such corporation, or any of them, which has the purpose of: (1) Making a divide…

2C:22-1 Disturbing, desecrating human remains; offenses. 1. a. A person commits a crime of the second degree if he: (1) Unlawfully disturbs, moves or conceals human remains; (2) Unlawfully desecrates, damages or destroys human remains; or (3) Commits an act of sexual penetration …