New Jersey Statutes 2A:20-2. Persons arrested; discharge; requirements
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:20-2
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- 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
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
a. He shall make out and deliver to the officer making the arrest, or in whose custody he may be, a true and perfect inventory, under oath or affirmation, of all of his personal property and real estate, or any interest therein;
b. He shall give bond to the plaintiff at whose suit he is arrested, with sufficient security, in double the sum for which he is arrested or taken in execution. If the security is individual and not corporate, the surety or sureties shall be freeholders and resident of the county. Such bond shall be conditioned as follows:
1. That he will commence an action in the Superior Court on or before a certain designated date, not more than one month after the date of the bond and apply for his discharge under this chapter; and
2. That he will in all things comply with the requirements of this chapter; and
3. That he will prosecute such an action diligently until duly discharged as an insolvent debtor and, if refused a discharge, he will surrender himself immediately thereafter to the sheriff, warden or keeper of the jail of such county, there to remain until discharged by due course of law.
In case of the forfeiture of such bond by breach of any condition therein, the plaintiff, his executors or administrators, may bring an action thereon, and recover the debt, damages and costs due from such person, and for which such arrest was made.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.76.