Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 58:11-9.9

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
9. Any penalty incurred under any of the provisions of section 8 of this act shall be recovered in a civil action in the name of the State department, a local board of health, or the owner of the supply specified in said section eight. Such action may be maintained in the Superior Court or any municipal court, and jurisdiction is conferred upon said courts, within their respective territorial jurisdictions, to hear and determine such actions.

L.1942,c.308,s.9; amended 1953,c.54,s.21; 1991,c.91,s.529.

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