New Jersey statute

N.J.S.A. 2C:29-4 — Compounding

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

Part of Chapter 29, New Jersey Statutes.

Criminal charges under this statute

Compounding

Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:29-4

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:29-4Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

A person commits a crime if he accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit in consideration of refraining from reporting to law enforcement authorities the commission or suspected commission of any offense or information relating to an offense or from seeking prosecution of an offense. A person commits a crime if he confers or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit in consideration of the other person agreeing to refrain from any such reporting or seeking prosecution. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the pecuniary benefit did not exceed an amount which the actor reasonably believed to be due as restitution or indemnification for harm caused by the offense. An offense proscribed by this section is a crime of the second degree. If the thing of value accepted, agreed to be accepted, conferred or agreed to be conferred is any benefit of $200.00 or less, an offense proscribed by this section is a crime of the third degree. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:29-4, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by L.1979, c. 178, s. 58, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.

Official sources

justia: N.J.S.A. 2C:29-4

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Questions this section answers

What degree of offense is compounding in New Jersey?

It depends on the circumstances: compounding ranges from a crime of the third degree to a crime of the second degree in New Jersey under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-4.

Compounding — benefit over $200: crime of the second degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:29-4) · Compounding — benefit of $200 or less: crime of the third degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:29-4)

Which New Jersey statute covers compounding?

Compounding is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:29-4 (Compounding).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.