New Jersey Statutes 39:3-85.1. Stolen motor vehicles or registration plates; notification of police
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:3-85.1
- 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.
- 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
Any person or persons whose motor vehicle has been stolen, and any person or persons whose registration plates have been lost or stolen, shall immediately notify the chief of police or other peace officer within whose jurisdiction the theft or loss occurred.
Any person or persons who have given any such report shall immediately, upon the recovery of same, notify the chief of police or other peace officer to whom the original report had been made, of the recovery of the motor vehicle or registration plates.
L.1938, c. 352, p. 880, s. 1.