Title 39, Title 39: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION

39:4-207.11 Definitions; issuance of parking placards; benefits; fees. 1. a. As used in this act: "Health or personal care services" means nursing and other home health care services rendered at a patient's place of residence. "Home care service agency" means a home health care a…

39:4-207.2 Person with an intellectual disability defined. 1. For purposes of this act "person with an intellectual disability" means a person in a state of significant subnormal intellectual development with reduction of social competence which state shall have existed prior to …

39:4-207.3 Issuance of insignia for motor vehicle used for transporting persons with intellectual disabilities. 2. a. The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall issue a special insignia upon the application of a federal, State, county or municipal en…

39:4-207.4 Vehicle transporting persons with intellectual disabilities authorized to park in space reserved for persons with physical disabilities. 3. A motor vehicle owned or operated by a federal, State, county or municipal entity or a public or private nonprofit organization i…

39:4-207.5 Out-of-State vehicles with persons with disabilities plate, placard, permit. 1. A motor vehicle with a special license plate, placard or parking permit issued to a person with a disability by another state, district or territory of the United States, or by Canada shall…

39:4-207.6 Definitions. 1. As used in this act: a. "Appropriate identification" means, in the case of a restricted parking zone, a permit issued by a municipality under the authority granted by section 2 of P.L.1977, c.309 (C.39:4-197.7) and, in the case of a restricted parking s…

39:4-207.7 Removal of motor vehicle unlawfully parked. 2. a. An eligible person with a disability may request a law enforcement officer to arrange for the removal and storage of a motor vehicle which is parked unlawfully in a parking space or zone which is restricted for use by a…

39:4-207.8 Issuance of card, placard for vehicles transporting certain nursing home residents. 6. The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall issue a nursing home resident with a disability identification card and corresponding windshield placard upon…

39:4-207.9 Unobstructed access for parking spaces, curb cuts for persons with a disability; violations, penalties. 1. a. A person who owns or controls a parking area which is open to the public or to which the public is invited and which contains special parking spaces for the us…

39:4-208. Trenton, State's property at; regulations authorized The Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety is authorized and empowered to regulate traffic and the parking of motor vehicles on the grounds, and roadways or highways therein, owned by the …

39:4-209. Violations; penalties Any person who shall violate any of the said regulations shall be subject to a fine of not less than $1.00 nor more than $15.00; provided, however, that any person who shall violate any of said regulations concerning the altering, counterfeiting or…

39:4-21. Racing on highway prohibited; exception No person shall run or race a horse on a highway, whether the running, racing or trotting is for trial of speed or for the purpose of passing another horse or vehicle. This section shall not apply where permission for racing is giv…

39:4-210. Jurisdiction of offenses; disposition of fines Every magistrate and every court having jurisdiction of criminal offenses and the violations of public laws committed in the municipality in which such grounds are located shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine viola…

39:4-211. Enforcement of regulations The State Police, the State Capitol Police, the city police of the city of Trenton, and other police officers of this State, including those specially appointed or designated to police the grounds of any such State institution, shall have the …

39:4-212 Consultation, cooperation relative to enforcement of regulations. 5. The said division and any such board, body or officer is authorized to consult and co-operate with the commissioner, and the county and municipal officials having jurisdiction over the highways and traf…

39:4-213. Control of traffic during emergency conditions; Attorney-General's powers Whenever the Attorney-General shall determine that an emergency condition exists with regard to the flow of vehicular traffic in this State, he may, through police agencies under his control, dete…

39:4-214. Signals; signs; police personnel For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, the Attorney-General is authorized to erect directional signals or signs, and assign such police personnel as may be necessary for the manual direction of traffic during…

39:4-215. Failure to obey signals, signs or directions Any person who fails to obey the directions of a police officer or fails to obey the directional signals or signs provided hereunder shall be subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment fo…

39:4-215.1 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Swift Access For Emergency Response Actions Preservation Program (SAFER APP).” L.2025, c.347, s.1.

39:4-215.2 Findings, declarations. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The safety and well-being of New Jersey residents is a fundamental responsibility of the State and its municipalities, particularly with regard to ensuring timely and reliable emergency response ser…

39:4-215.3 Definitions. 3. As used in P.L.2025, c.347 (C.39:4-215.1 et seq.): “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Transportation. “Emergency traffic condition” means recurring periods of excessive vehicular traffic that materially interfere with emergency response operations…

39:4-215.4 Turn-by-turn navigation guidance, order to reroute; investigation and review. 4. a. In addition to the authority set forth in section 1 of P.L.1950, c.70 (C.39:4-213), whenever the Attorney General determines that the guidance provided to motorists by a turn-by-turn na…

39:4-215.5 Turn-by-turn navigation system, fail to reroute during emergency traffic, fines. 5. Any person, business, or other entity having ownership or control of a turn-by-turn navigation system that was determined by the Attorney General to have resulted in or contributed to a…

39:4-215.6 Report to Governor, Legislature. 6. No later than 24 months following the Attorney General’s adoption of the rules and regulations required in section 8 of P.L.2025, c.347 (C.39:4-215.8) the Attorney General, in consultation with the commissioner, shall submit to the G…

39:4-215.7 Attorney General authority, vehicular traffic management. 7. Nothing in P.L.2025, c.347 (C.39:4-215.1 et seq.) shall be construed to limit, define, modify, or to otherwise impair or diminish the Attorney General’s existing authority under section 1 of P.L.1950, c.70 (C…

39:4-215.8 Rules, regulations. 8. The Attorney General 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 P.L.2025, c.347 (C.39:4-215.1 et seq.) in a manner consistent w…

39:4-216. Commercial activity or solicitation of contributions; prohibition No person shall tender or offer for sale goods or merchandise of any kind, engage in any other commercial activity, or solicit contributions for any cause, on any portion of the right of way of a State or…

39:4-22. Reins held in hands No person shall cease to hold the reins in his hands while riding, driving, or conducting a horse.

39:4-23. Mistreatment of horse, violations, disorderly person; certain acts, crime of fourth degree 39:4-23. No person shall either ill-treat, overdrive, override or unnecessarily or cruelly beat a horse. A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a disorderly persons …

39:4-24. Use of whip No person shall crack or so use a whip as to annoy, interfere with or endanger a person or excite a horse other than a horse which he is using.

39:4-25. Lights on animal-drawn vehicles Every vehicle drawn by a horse or other beast shall carry, during the period from thirty minutes after sunset and thirty minutes before sunrise, and when fog renders it impossible to see a long distance, at least one lighted lamp on the fr…

39:4-25.1. Rights and duties of persons riding or driving animals Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by chapter four of…

39:4-26. Moving heavy machinery, apparatus, etc.; registration fee; permits; reciprocity A person may move along or across a public road or highway, road building machinery, vehicles, traction engines, rollers, structural units incapable of dismemberment or other apparatus or mac…

39:4-27. Loading and operation of trailer; permittee's responsibility in damages In the transportation of any such road building machinery, vehicle, traction engine, roller, structural unit incapable of dismemberment or other apparatus or machinery in accordance with the provisio…

39:4-28. Height; overhead wires No such road building machinery, vehicle, traction engine, steam roller or other apparatus or machinery having a height, including load or equipment or apparatus connected therewith, in excess of fourteen feet shall be operated, driven, propelled o…

39:4-29. Time for moving along street railway tracks No such road building machinery, vehicle, traction engine, steam roller or other apparatus or machinery shall be operated, driven, propelled or conveyed along the tracks of a street railway excepting between the hours of nine o…

39:4-30. Exceptions to application of article; "temporary" or "in-transit" registration plates Nothing in this article shall apply to any road building machinery, vehicle, traction engine, steam roller or other apparatus or machinery running upon railroad or street railway tracks…

39:4-31. Violations of article; fine A person violating a provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, pay such fine as may be imposed by the court, not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each violation. In default of the payment thereof, the court imposing …

39:4-31.1 Operation of low-speed vehicle on public roads; conditions. 2. a. A low-speed vehicle may be operated upon any public road or highway under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation with a posted speed of 25 miles per hour or less. The commissioner may in the…

39:4-31.2 Requirements for low-speed vehicles operated on public road, highway. 3. a. Low-speed vehicles operated upon any public road or highway in this State shall be maintained in proper condition and comply with the equipment requirements and standards as set forth in 49 CFR …

39:4-31.3 Valid driver's license required for operation of low-speed vehicle; registration, insurance. 4. a. Any person operating a low-speed vehicle in this State authorized pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2005, c.273 (C.39:4-31.1) shall be in possession of a valid driver's license…

39:4-31.4 Certificate of origin of low-speed vehicle; waiver of liability by purchaser. 5. a. When a new low-speed vehicle is delivered in this State by the manufacturer to his agent or a dealer, or a person purchasing directly from the manufacturer, the manufacturer shall execut…

39:4-31.5 Low-speed vehicle exempt from inspection. 6. No low-speed vehicle shall be subject to a motor vehicle inspection by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. The registered owner of a low-speed vehicle shall be required to maintain the vehicle in proper condition as requ…

39:4-31.6 Pedicab operation, conditions. 1. a. A pedicab operator shall be permitted to operate a pedicab under the following conditions: (1) operation of a pedicab is authorized by ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality in which the pedicab operates; (2) the…

39:4-32 Crossing roadway; signal. 39:4-32. On highways where traffic is controlled by a traffic control signal or by traffic or police officers: a. Pedestrians shall not cross a roadway against the "stop" or red signal at a crosswalk, whether marked or unmarked, unless otherwise …

39:4-33. Use of designated crosswalk; keeping to right At intersections where traffic is directed by a police officer or traffic signal, no pedestrian shall enter upon or cross the highway at a point other than a crosswalk. Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the r…