New Jersey legal term
Property in New Jersey Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New Jersey legislative session
In New Jersey criminal law, “Property” 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 “Property” mean in New Jersey criminal law?
"Property" means anything of value, including real estate, tangible and intangible personal property, trade secrets, contract rights, choses in action, and other interests in or claims to wealth, admission or transportation tickets, captured or domestic animals, food and drink, electric, gas, steam, or other power, financial instruments, information, data, and computer software, in either human readable or computer readable form, copies or originals. h. (N.J.S.A. 2C:20-1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Certain actions relevant to evictions, disorderly persons offense
- Criminal mischief
- Deceptive business practices
- Degree of crime; penalties; restitution; liability to owner of property
- Promoting gambling
- Violations, degree of offense, crime
- Wrongful credit practices and related offenses
- Acceptance or receipt of unlawful benefit by public servant for official behavior
- Arson and related offenses
- Availability of alcoholic beverages to underaged, offenses
- Booby traps in manufacturing or distribution facilities; fortified premises
- Bringing alcoholic beverages, cannabis items onto school property; disorderly person
Related terms in the same statutes
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