Theft by unlawful taking or disposition
Known as the September 11th, 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act
The act spans §§ 2–2 (912 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case V-Z-S (2000)
Most recently applied in K. A. v. Attorney General United States (May 2021)
L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:20-3, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
a. Movable property. A person is guilty of theft if he unlawfully takes, or exercises unlawful control over, movable property of another with purpose to deprive him thereof.
b. Immovable property. A person is guilty of theft if he unlawfully transfers any interest in immovable property of another with purpose to benefit himself or another not entitled thereto.
Current official text: New Jersey Legislature. Digitized from the New Jersey Legislature bulk statutes download. Reproduced from public-domain New Jersey statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.