Title 39, Title 39: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION

39:3-8.1 Licensing of noncommercial trucks. 2. The director may license noncommercial trucks at the same weight fees set forth in R.S.39:3-20; provided, however, applicants for registration who have been issued identification cards for persons with disabilities pursuant to sectio…

39:3-8.2 Additional fees. 1. a. In addition to the motor vehicle registration fees imposed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, the chief administrator shall impose and collect an additional fee of $3 to be deposited in the New Jersey Emerg…

39:3-8.3 Definitions relative to certificate of ownership for certain motor vehicles. 1. As used in this act: "Environmental Protection Administration average fuel efficiency rating" means the fuel efficiency rating for a particular motor vehicle calculated by adding together the…

39:3-8.4 Additional fee for certificate of ownership for certain motor vehicles; rules, regulations. 2. a. In addition to the motor vehicle registration fees imposed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, the chief administrator shall, as a c…

39:3-8.5 Imposing, collection of annual fees, zero-emission vehicles, registration. 8. a. In addition to the registration fees imposed pursuant to Article 2 of chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes: (1) beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025, the Chief Administra…

39:3-80. Rubber tires or tires of approved material required; penalties Any person who shall operate an automobile, commercial vehicle, trailer or semitrailer or tractor not equipped on all wheels with rubber tires or tires, of a material other than rubber which have been approve…

39:3-81. Sale, possession or use of tires of type approved by director; regulations; penalties No person shall sell, offer for sale or possess with intent to sell or use on a highway any motor vehicle tire fitted with blocks, hobs, studs or other projections unless such tire is i…

39:3-82. Tires on commercial vehicles, tractors and motor-drawn vehicles; distribution of load; fine for violation of section No commercial motor vehicle or tractor not equipped on all wheels with pneumatic tires shall be used on the public highways, unless there is attached to t…

39:3-84 Vehicles, dimensional, weight limitations; routes, certain; prohibited. 39:3-84. a. The following constitute the maximum dimensional limits for width, height and length for any vehicle or combination of vehicles, including load or contents or any part or portion thereof, …

39:3-84.1 Application of weight limitations. 3. a. The axle weight limitations as provided in subsection b. of R.S.39:3-84 shall apply to all vehicles registered in New Jersey subsequent to March 1, 1950, which have not been registered therein or contracted for purchase by New Je…

39:3-84.10 Suspension, revocation, refusal to renew registration. 5. The director may suspend, revoke or refuse to issue or renew any registrations issued pursuant to this act upon proof that the applicant: a. Used fraud or deception in securing such registration; b. Violated any…

39:3-84.11 Display of valid license plates, markers on tow truck. 6. A towing company shall display valid tow truck license plates or markers as required by law on each of its tow trucks. The name of the towing company and the municipality and state where the business is located …

39:3-84.12 Authority of political subdivision. 7. The provisions of this act shall preempt a political subdivision from regulating, requiring or issuing any registration, license plate or marker or surety registration of any towing company. This section shall not limit the existi…

39:3-84.13 Violations, fine. 8. A towing company operating a light-medium duty tow truck without displaying a proper marker or valid tow truck license plate as required by this act or violating section 6 of this act shall be subject to a fine of $600 for the first offense and a f…

39:3-84.14 Rules, regulations. 10. The director shall adopt, pursuant to 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.1999,c.396,s.10.

39:3-84.2. Repeal Sections 39:3-83, 39:3-85 and 39:4-73 of the Revised Statutes are hereby repealed. L.1950, c. 142, p. 283, s. 4.

39:3-84.3 Measurement, weighing to determine compliance; fines for operating on prohibited routes. 5. a. Officers shall have authority as set forth in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection to require the driver, operator, owner, lessee or bailee of any vehicle or combinat…

39:3-84.4. Damage to highways or structures by overweight vehicles; liability Any person driving any vehicle, object or contrivance referred to in section 39:3-84 of the Revised Statutes, in excess of the gross weight limits set forth therein upon any highway or highway structure…

39:3-84.5. Partial invalidity If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall be adjudged unconstitutional or to be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not adjudged unconstitutional or is not ineffective it shall be valid and effective and …

39:3-84.6 Definitions relative to tow trucks. 1. As used in this act: "Director" means the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation. "Division" means the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation. "Garage keeper's legal l…

39:3-84.7 Issuance of distinctive markers, license plates for tow trucks; fee. 2. a. Unless determined otherwise by the director pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the director shall issue distinctive markers for tow trucks operating under the provisions of this act. A fe…

39:3-84.8 Information contained in application for tow truck registration. 3. a. An application for tow truck registration shall contain the following information: (1) The name and address of the towing company's principal owner or owners; (2) The address of the principal busines…

39:3-85.1. Stolen motor vehicles or registration plates; notification of police Any person or persons whose motor vehicle has been stolen, and any person or persons whose registration plates have been lost or stolen, shall immediately notify the chief of police or other peace off…

39:3-85.10. Rules, regulations The Superintendent of the Division of State Police shall promulgate pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1990,c.98,s.6…

39:3-85.2 Reports to State Police, commission. 2. Every chief of police or other peace officer in the State of New Jersey, upon receiving reliable information that any motor vehicle has been stolen or any registration plates have been lost or stolen, shall within twenty-four hour…

39:3-85.3 Record of stolen motor vehicles, registration plates. 3. The Superintendent of State Police and the commission having been notified of the theft of a motor vehicle or the loss or theft of registration plates by a chief of police or other peace officer, shall index and f…

39:3-85.4. Partial invalidity Should any section or provision of this act be held to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, same shall not affect the validity of the act as a whole or any part thereof other than the portion so held to be invalid. L.1938, c. 352, p. 88…

39:3-85.5. Informed consent agreement; decal The Superintendent of the Division of State Police shall establish a program, as hereinafter provided, to combat the theft of motor vehicles in this State. Participation in the program shall be voluntary in nature and shall involve the…

39:3-85.6. Authorization to stop motor vehicle Whenever any law enforcement officer shall see a motor vehicle displaying a decal issued pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of this act being operated upon the public highways of this State between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 5:0…

39:3-85.7. Content of informed consent agreement The superintendent shall design the manner and form of the informed consent agreement required under the provisions of section 1 of this act. The chief law enforcement officer of any municipality shall make copies of the document a…

39:3-85.8. Recording of participants in program The superintendent shall provide for the recording of the registered owners of motor vehicles who participate in this program. The records shall be available to all law enforcement departments, agencies and forces. The superintenden…

39:3-85.9. Fees for consent forms and decals The chief law enforcement officer of the municipality may charge a fee for the informed consent forms and the decals provided under this act. The fee charged shall not exceed the actual costs incurred by the municipality in providing t…

39:3-86 Penalty when no specific penalty provided. 1. For a violation of a provision of chapter three of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes for which no specific penalty is provided, the offender shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25 or more than $500 or imprisonment fo…

39:3-87. Expenditure of receipts, apportionment The receipts for licenses covering a 3-year period shall not be expended during any 1 year, but shall be apportioned for the purpose of expenditure upon an annual basis throughout the entire period so covered. L.1955, c. 8, p. 49, s…

39:3-9a Legal name of licensee; endorsement. 2. Each driver's license issued pursuant to R.S.39:3-10 shall have the legal name of the licensee endorsed thereon in his own handwriting. For purposes of this section, legal name shall mean the name recorded on a birth certificate unl…

39:3-9b Street address on driver's license; exceptions. 2. Each application for a driver's license, or a renewal thereof, required by R.S.39:3-10 shall contain the street address of the place of residence of the licensee at the time of application or renewal. A post office box sh…

39:3-9c Rules, regulations on use of drivers' addresses. 3. Pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the director, in consultation with the Attorney General, may promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purp…

39:3A-1. Television set with screen visible to driver of vehicle prohibited It shall be unlawful to operate upon any public highway in this State a motor vehicle which is equipped with or in which is located a television set so placed that the viewing screen thereof is visible to…

39:3A-2. Punishment for violations A person violating the provisions of this act shall, for each violation, be subject to a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), or imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten days or both. L.1951, c. 134, p. 569, s. 2.

39:3B-1 Electric identification and warning lamps. 1. Every bus when being used to transport children to and from school pursuant to chapter 39 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes shall be equipped with electric identification and warning lamps which, when such bus has stoppe…

39:3B-1.1 School buses to be equipped with crossing control arm. 1. Every school bus as defined under R.S.39:1-1, which was originally designed to carry 10 or more passengers and which is in operation on August 6, 1996, transporting public and nonpublic school pupils and every ne…

39:3B-1.2 Reimbursement for retrofitting school buses with crossing control arm. 2. Each agency, school district and nonpublic school that owns and operates its own school buses and each school bus contractor that operates school buses, as defined in section 1 of P.L.1996, c.96 (…

39:3B-1.3 Submission of list of vehicles, application for reimbursement. 3. No later than 60 days after the effective date of P.L.1998, c.80 (C.39:3B-1.1 et seq.), each agency, board of education, nonpublic school and school bus contractor shall submit to the Commissioner of Educ…

39:3B-10 School bus safety equipment required. 1. In addition to the requirements in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 222 (49 C.F.R. s.571.222) concerning school bus passenger seating and crash protection, each school bus as defined in R.S.39:1-1 shall be equipped with s…

39:3B-10.1 Securement systems for wheelchairs in school buses. 1. In addition to the requirements established pursuant to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, a school bus, as defined in R.S.39:1-1, that provides transportation for passengers using wheelchairs shall be equ…

39:3B-11 Seat belts, child restraint systems, wheelchair securement systems, use required; liability. 2. a. Beginning on September 1 of the second year next following the year of enactment of P.L.1992, c.92 (C.39:3B-10 et seq.), each passenger on a school bus which is equipped wi…