New Jersey Statutes 12:7A-8. Manufacturer’s number
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:7A-8
- 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
b. After six months from the effective date of this act, no person shall possess, operate, use, transport, or sell any marine equipment requiring a certificate of ownership, without the manufacturer’s number.
c. The director shall adopt regulations to implement the purpose of this section, and the director shall provide for the assignment of manufacturers’ numbers to that marine equipment, including home-made marine equipment, which is without a manufacturer’s number.
d. Beginning six months from the effective date of this act, the director, the State Marine Police Force or any law enforcement officer may immediately seize and take possession anywhere in this State of any marine equipment on which the manufacturer’s number or numbers have been obliterated, erased, mutilated, removed or missing.
L. 1984, c. 152, s. 8, eff. June 15, 1987.