New Jersey statute

N.J.S.A. 2C:3-10 — Justification in property crimes

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

Part of Chapter 3, New Jersey Statutes.

Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:3-10

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:3-10Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

Conduct involving the appropriation, seizure or destruction of, damage to, intrusion on, or interference with, property is justifiable under circumstances which would establish a defense of privilege in a civil action based thereon, unless: a. The code or the law defining the offense deals with the specific situation involved; or b. A legislative purpose to exclude the justification claimed otherwise plainly appears. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:3-10, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.

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