New Jersey statute

N.J.S.A. 2C:33-16 — Bringing alcoholic beverages, cannabis items onto school property; disorderly person

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

Part of Chapter 33, New Jersey Statutes.

Criminal charges under this statute

Bringing alcoholic beverages, cannabis items onto school property; disorderly person

Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:33-16

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:33-16Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

1. Any person of legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages or cannabis items, who, in the case of alcoholic beverages, knowingly and without the express written permission of the school board, its delegated authority, or any school principal, brings or possesses any alcoholic beverages, or in the case of cannabis items, brings, possesses, or consumes, including by smoking, vaping, or aerosolizing, any cannabis items, on any property used for school purposes which is owned by any school or school board, is guilty of a disorderly persons offense. For purposes of this section, an alcoholic beverage includes powdered alcohol as defined by R.S.33:1-1, and a cannabis item includes any item available for lawful consumption pursuant to the "New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act," P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31 et al.). L.1981, c.197, s.1; amended 2021, c.16, s.75.

Official sources

justia: N.J.S.A. 2C:33-16

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Questions this section answers

Is bringing alcoholic beverages, cannabis items onto school property; disorderly person a crime in New Jersey?

Bringing alcoholic beverages, cannabis items onto school property; disorderly person 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:33-16.

Which New Jersey statute covers bringing alcoholic beverages, cannabis items onto school property; disorderly person?

Bringing alcoholic beverages, cannabis items onto school property; disorderly person is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:33-16 (Bringing alcoholic beverages, cannabis items onto school property; disorderly person).

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