New Jersey Statutes 24:17-5. Recovery of penalties; enforcement
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 24:17-5
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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.
- local board of health: means the board of health of any municipality, or the boards, bodies, or officers in such municipality lawfully exercising the powers of a local board of health under the laws governing such municipality, and includes any consolidated local board of health or county local board of health created and established pursuant to law. See New Jersey Statutes 24:1-1
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- 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
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
24:17-5. Except as otherwise specifically provided, any and all penalties prescribed by any provision of this subtitle shall be sued for and recovered in a civil action by and in the name of the State Department of Health, or by and in the name of the local board of health, as the case may be, as plaintiff.
Jurisdiction of proceedings to collect such penalties is vested in the Superior Court and the municipal court in any municipality where the defendant may be apprehended or where he may reside. Process shall be either a summons or warrant and shall be prosecuted in a summary manner pursuant to “the penalty enforcement law” (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.).
Amended 1953,c.24,s.44; 1966,c.74,s.28; 1991,c.91,s.285.