New Jersey statute
N.J.S.A. 2C:13-3 — False imprisonment
Current through P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22
Part of Chapter 13, New Jersey Statutes.
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Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:13-3
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.
A person commits a disorderly persons offense if he knowingly restrains another unlawfully so as to interfere substantially with his liberty. In any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense that the person restrained was a child less than 18 years old and that the actor was a relative or legal guardian of such child and that his sole purpose was to assume control of such child.
L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:13-3, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by L.1979, c. 178, s. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
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Questions this section answers
Is false imprisonment a crime in New Jersey?
False imprisonment is a disorderly persons offense in New Jersey, which is not a crime under the New Jersey Constitution (N.J.S.A. 2C:1-4) — it carries no criminal record and is heard in municipal court. Governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:13-3.
Which New Jersey statute covers false imprisonment?
False imprisonment is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:13-3 (False imprisonment).
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