Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:3-29.7

  • 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
6. a. The chief administrator shall charge fees as follows:

Standard Identification Card, Original $18

Identification Card, Duplicate $5

Identification Card, Renewal $18

REAL ID Identification Card $29

Digitized photograph $6, in addition to the fees required above

b. The chief administrator may waive the fees established under subsection a. of this section for a person who is homeless who submits proof of temporary residence through a social worker or the coordinator of an emergency shelter for the homeless where the person is temporarily residing. On or before December 31 of each year, the commission shall report to the Office of Homelessness Prevention in the Department of Community Affairs an accounting of each instance in which the commission provided a fee waiver pursuant to this section. For the purposes of this section, “person who is homeless” means a person without a domicile who is unable to secure permanent and stable housing as determined by a social worker or the coordinator of an emergency shelter for the homeless established pursuant to P.L.1985, c.48 (C. 55:13C-1 et seq.).

c. The chief administrator may waive the fee imposed for a duplicate identification card if the applicant, at the time of application: is applying for a REAL ID identification card, as that term is defined in R.S.39:1-1; currently holds a valid identification card issued by the commission; and is not eligible to renew the applicant’s current identification card. The chief administrator’s authority to waive the duplicate identification card fee under this subsection shall expire on October 1, 2020. In order to receive a REAL ID identification card pursuant to this subsection, the applicant shall first surrender to the commission the applicant’s current identification card.

L.1980, c.47, s.6; amended 1989, c.52, s.5; 1999, c.28, s.9; 2001, c.391, s.8; 2016, c.99, s.1; 2019, c.73, s.6; 2019, c.271, s.18.