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N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3 — Terroristic threats

Current through P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

Part of Chapter 12, New Jersey Statutes.

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Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3

Statutory text current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22. This publication reproduces the official text of the New Jersey Statutes from the statute files published by the New Jersey Legislature; it is not the official statutes of the State of New Jersey.

N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22
2C:12-3. Terroristic threats. a. A person is guilty of a crime of the third degree if he threatens to commit any crime of violence with the purpose to terrorize another or to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation, or otherwise to cause serious public inconvenience, or in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or inconvenience. A violation of this subsection is a crime of the second degree if it occurs during a declared period of national, State or county emergency. The actor shall be strictly liable upon proof that the crime occurred, in fact, during a declared period of national, State or county emergency. It shall not be a defense that the actor did not know that there was a declared period of emergency at the time the crime occurred. b. A person is guilty of a crime of the third degree if he threatens to kill another with the purpose to put him in imminent fear of death under circumstances reasonably causing the victim to believe the immediacy of the threat and the likelihood that it will be carried out. L.1978, c.95; amended 1981, c.290, s.15; 2002, c.26, s.11.

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What degree of offense is terroristic threats in New Jersey?

It depends on the circumstances: terroristic threats ranges from a crime of the third degree to a crime of the second degree in New Jersey under N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3.

Terroristic threat - crime of violence (base): crime of the third degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3) · Terroristic threat - during declared emergency: crime of the second degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3) · Threat to kill: crime of the third degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3)

Which New Jersey statute covers terroristic threats?

Terroristic threats is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3 (Terroristic threats).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.