New Jersey legal term
Commission in New Jersey Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New Jersey legislative session
In New Jersey criminal law, “Commission” 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 “Commission” mean in New Jersey criminal law?
"Commission" means the Youth Justice Commission established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.284 (C.52:17B-170). L.1982, c.77, s.3; amended 1991, c.91, s.4; 1995, c.280, s.2; 2011, c.195, s.2; 2025, c.35, s.2. (N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-22)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Degree of crime; penalties; restitution; liability to owner of property
- Prostitution and related offenses
- Riot; failure to disperse
- Application of public health emergency credits to juvenile
- Burglary
- Carjacking defined
- Certain payments for referral to certain facilities, fourth degree crime
- Compounding
- Crime of pattern of official misconduct
- Death by auto or vessel
- Grading of criminal attempt and conspiracy, mitigation in cases of lesser danger
- Home invasion burglary defined
Related terms in the same statutes
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