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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2B:12-17

Jurisdiction of specified offenses

Known as the State Judicial Unification Act

The act spans §§ 2B:10-1 to 2B:9-1 (254 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 39 F. Supp. 2d 479 - Figueroa v. Blackburn (1999)

Most recently applied in 39 F. Supp. 2d 479 - Figueroa v. Blackburn (March 1999)

L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.12.

Jurisdiction of specified offenses. A municipal court has jurisdiction over the following cases within the territorial jurisdiction of the court:

a. Violations of county or municipal ordinances;

b. Violations of the motor vehicle and traffic laws;

c. Disorderly persons offenses, petty disorderly persons offenses and other non-indictable offenses except where exclusive jurisdiction is given to the Superior Court;

d. Violations of the fish and game laws;

e. Proceedings to collect a penalty where jurisdiction is granted by statute;

f. Violations of laws regulating boating; and

g. Any other proceedings where jurisdiction is granted by statute.

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