New Jersey statute

N.J.S.A. 2C:28-4 — False reports to law enforcement authorities

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

Part of Chapter 28, New Jersey Statutes.

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False reports to law enforcement authorities

Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:28-4

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:28-4Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

2C:28-4. a. Falsely incriminating another. A person who knowingly gives or causes to be given false information to any law enforcement officer with purpose to implicate another commits a crime of the third degree, except the offense is a crime of the second degree if the false information which the actor gave or caused to be given would implicate the person in a crime of the first or second degree. For the purposes of this subsection, knowledge of the grade of the crime about which the defendant gave false information is not an element of the offense and it shall not be a defense that the defendant did not know of the grade of the crime. b. Fictitious reports. A person commits a crime of the fourth degree if he: (1) Reports or causes to be reported to law enforcement authorities an offense or other incident within their concern knowing that it did not occur; or (2) Pretends to furnish or causes to be furnished such authorities with information relating to an offense or incident when he knows he has no information relating to such offense or incident. amended 2015, c.175.

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Questions this section answers

What degree of offense is false reports to law enforcement authorities in New Jersey?

It depends on the circumstances: false reports to law enforcement authorities ranges from a crime of the fourth degree to a crime of the second degree in New Jersey under N.J.S.A. 2C:28-4.

Falsely incriminating another - base offense: crime of the third degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:28-4) · Falsely incriminating another - enhanced (first/second degree crime implicated): crime of the second degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:28-4) · Fictitious reports: crime of the fourth degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:28-4)

Which New Jersey statute covers false reports to law enforcement authorities?

False reports to law enforcement authorities is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:28-4 (False reports to law enforcement authorities).

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