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N.J.S.A. 2C:40-19 — Consumer products; unauthorized writing, offense

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

Part of Chapter 40, New Jersey Statutes.

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Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:40-19

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:40-19Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22
1. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, any person who stamps, prints, places or inserts any writing in or on a consumer product offered for sale or the box, package or other container containing the product is guilty of a disorderly persons offense. b. This act shall not apply in any case where the owner or manager of the premises where the product is stored or sold; the product manufacturer; the authorized distributor or the retailer of the product consents to the placing or inserting of the writing. c. As used in this act: (1) "Writing" means any form of representation or communication, including handbills, notices or advertising, that contains letters, words or pictorial representations; (2) "Consumer product" includes but is not limited to any cosmetic, drug or food product as defined in section 1 of P.L.1987, c.421 (C.2C:40-16) or any article, product or commodity which is customarily produced or distributed for use by individuals. L.2000,c.153,s.1.

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Questions this section answers

Is consumer products; unauthorized writing, offense a crime in New Jersey?

Consumer products; unauthorized writing, offense 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:40-19.

Which New Jersey statute covers consumer products; unauthorized writing, offense?

Consumer products; unauthorized writing, offense is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:40-19 (Consumer products; unauthorized writing, offense).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.