New Jersey statute

N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4.9 — Violations, penalties; temporary registration certificate, temporary license plate

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

Part of Chapter 21, New Jersey Statutes.

Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4.9

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:21-4.9Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

3. a. Any person who knowingly produces, sells, offers, or exposes for sale a temporary registration certificate or temporary license plate obtained by providing false information to the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. b. Any person who exhibits or displays on a motor vehicle a temporary registration certificate or temporary license plate, knowing that the temporary registration certificate or temporary license plate was obtained by providing false information to the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, is guilty of a disorderly persons offense. c. Any person who possesses a temporary registration certificate or temporary license plate, knowing that the temporary registration certificate or temporary license plate was obtained by providing false information to the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, is guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense. d. Any person who knowingly produces, sells, offers, or exposes for sale a forged, altered, counterfeited, or simulated temporary registration certificate or temporary license plate that simulates a temporary registration certificate or license plate is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. e. Any person who exhibits or displays on a motor vehicle a falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited, or simulated temporary registration certificate or temporary license plate, knowing that the temporary registration certificate or temporary license plate was falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited or simulated, is guilty of a disorderly persons offense. f. Any person who possesses a falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited, or simulated temporary registration certificate or temporary license plate, knowing that the temporary registration certificate or temporary license plate was falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited, or simulated, is guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense. g. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude or limit the prosecution or conviction of any person for any other crime or offense. h. The clerk of the court in which a conviction is rendered or any other person designated by the court shall, immediately upon entry, forward a certified copy of the conviction or a transcript to the chief administrator. L.2023, c.285, s.3.

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justia: N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4.9

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Questions this section answers

What degree of offense is violations, penalties; temporary registration certificate, temporary license plate in New Jersey?

It depends on the circumstances: violations, penalties; temporary registration certificate, temporary license plate ranges from a petty disorderly persons offense to a crime of the fourth degree in New Jersey under N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4.9.

Producing/selling temp reg/plate obtained by false information: crime of the fourth degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4.9) · Exhibiting/displaying temp reg/plate obtained by false information: disorderly persons offense (N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4.9) · Possessing temp reg/plate obtained by false information: petty disorderly persons offense (N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4.9) · Producing/selling forged, altered, counterfeited, or simulated temp reg/plate: crime of the fourth degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4.9) · Exhibiting/displaying forged, altered, counterfeited, or simulated temp reg/plate: disorderly persons offense (N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4.9) · Possessing forged, altered, counterfeited, or simulated temp reg/plate: petty disorderly persons offense (N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4.9)

Which New Jersey statute covers violations, penalties; temporary registration certificate, temporary license plate?

Violations, penalties; temporary registration certificate, temporary license plate is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4.9 (Violations, penalties; temporary registration certificate, temporary license plate).

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