New Jersey Statutes 12:7-81. Jurisdiction of courts
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:7-81
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Director: means the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
- 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.
- Operate: means to navigate, use, control or command a vessel. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
- 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
- Power vessel: means a vessel temporarily or permanently equipped with machinery for propulsion, including a personal watercraft, and shall not include a vessel propelled wholly by sails or by muscular power. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
12. a. The Superior Court and every municipal court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Revised Statutes. Each of these courts shall have jurisdiction to receive complaints, order arrests, issue summonses and warrants, admit to bail, and take any action required of a judge in the enforcement of the provisions of chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Revised Statutes within their respective territorial jurisdictions.
b. A court that suspends or revokes a person‘s privilege to operate a power vessel shall transmit forthwith to the director an order indicating that fact and the ground upon which the privilege was suspended or revoked.
L.1995,c.401,s.12.