New Jersey legal term
Authorization in New Jersey Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New Jersey legislative session
In New Jersey criminal law, “Authorization” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New Jersey criminal code.
What does “Authorization” mean in New Jersey criminal law?
"Authorization" means permission, authority or consent given by a person who possesses lawful authority to grant such permission, authority or consent to another person to access, operate, use, obtain, take, copy, alter, damage or destroy a computer, computer network, computer system, computer equipment, computer software, computer program, computer storage medium, or data. (N.J.S.A. 2C:20-23)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Theft of services
- Computer criminal activity; degree of crime; sentencing
- Credit cards
- Defacement of private property, crime of fourth degree; act of graffiti, additional penalty
- Forgery and Related Offenses
- Second degree crime; penalties
- Trafficking in personal identifying information pertaining to another person, certain; crime degrees; terms defined
- Unlawful possession of weapons
- Wrongful access, disclosure of information; degree of crime; sentencing
Related terms in the same statutes
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