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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:20-7

Receiving stolen property

Known as the September 11th, 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act

The act spans §§ 2–2 (912 sections).

Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case K. A. v. Attorney General United States (2021)

Most recently applied in United States v. Tyren Cervenak (April 2025)

amended 1979, c.178, s.35; 1981, c.290, s.19; 1997, c.6, s.3; 2013, c.58, s.3; 2023, c.101, s.5.

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Receiving Stolen Property.

a. Receiving. A person is guilty of theft if he knowingly receives or brings into this State movable property, other than a motor vehicle, of another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it is probably stolen. It is an affirmative defense that the property was received with purpose to restore it to the owner. "Receiving" means acquiring possession, control or title, or lending on the security of the property.

b. Permissive inference. The requisite knowledge or belief may be inferred in the case of a person who:

(1) Is found in possession or control of two or more items of property stolen on two or more separate occasions; or

(2) Has received stolen property in another transaction within the year preceding the transaction charged; or

(3) Being a person in the business of buying or selling property of the sort received, acquires the property without having ascertained by reasonable inquiry that the person from whom he obtained it had a legal right to possess and dispose of it; or

(4) Is found in possession of two or more defaced access devices; or

(5) Is found in possession of property of a cargo carrier without proper documentation or other evidence of right to possession.

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.