Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:3C-9

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
  • 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. a. Every person operating a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or dirt bike registered or transferred in accordance with any of the provisions of P.L.1973, c.307 (C. 39:3C-1 et seq.) shall, upon demand of any law enforcement officer, duly authorized conservation police officer of the Division of Fish and Wildlife or park police officer or law enforcement operation officer of the Division of Parks and Forestry within the Department of Environmental Protection, or any other police officer, produce for inspection the certificate of registration and shall furnish to the officer any information necessary for the identification of the snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or dirt bike and its owner. The failure to produce the certificate of registration when operating a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or dirt bike on public lands and waters, or when crossing a public highway, shall be presumptive evidence in any court of competent jurisdiction of operating a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or dirt bike which is not registered as required by P.L.1973, c.307 (C. 39:3C-1 et seq.).

b. A person less than 18 years of age who operates a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or a dirt bike which is registered in this State shall produce upon demand a certificate indicating that person’s successful completion of a safety education and training course established or certified by the commissioner in accordance with section 15 of P.L.1973, c.307 (C. 39:3C-15). The failure to produce the certificate when operating a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or dirt bike on public lands or waters, or when crossing a public highway, shall be presumptive evidence in any court of competent jurisdiction of the operation of the snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or dirt bike in violation of the requirement in subsection c. of section 16 of P.L.1973, c.307 (C. 39:3C-16).

L.1973, c.307, s.9; amended 1985, c.375, s.10; 1991, c.322, s.2; 2009, c.275, s.9; 2019, c.407, s.18.

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