Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:7-80

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Vessel: means a boat or watercraft, other than a sea plane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
11. a. A law enforcement officer may serve a summons on any person violating any provision of chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Revised Statutes.

b. A law enforcement officer may arrest any person violating in his presence any provision of chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Revised Statutes instead of issuing a summons pursuant to subsection a. of this section.

c. A law enforcement officer may arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has probable cause to believe has operated a vessel in violation of section 3 of P.L.1952, c.157 (C. 12:7-46), regardless of whether the suspected violation occurred in the officer’s presence.

L.1995,c.401,s.11.

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