Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:10-8

  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • 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
No person shall sell, lease, offer to sell, lease or deliver, or consign in sale or lease, or have in his possession with intent to sell, lease, deliver, or consign in sale or lease:

a. Any mattress that has been used for or about any person having a contagious or infectious disease;

b. Any mattress made, remade, or renovated in violation of section 26:10-7 of this title; or

c. Any mattress, not otherwise prohibited by this article, of which prior use has been made, unless since last used it has been thoroughly sterilized and disinfected by a reasonable process approved by the state department.