Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:156A-15

  • 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.
Applications made and orders granted pursuant to this act and supporting papers shall be sealed by the court and shall be held in custody as the court shall direct and shall not be destroyed except on order of the court and in any event shall be kept for 10 years. They may be disclosed only upon a showing of good cause before a court of competent jurisdiction.

Any violation of the provisions of this section may be punished as contempt of the issuing or denying court.

L.1968, c. 409, s. 15, eff. Jan. 1, 1969.

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