New Jersey Statutes 2B:25-7. Supersedure by Attorney General, county prosecutor
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2B:25-7
- 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.
- 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
7. Whenever in the opinion of the Attorney General or a county prosecutor the public interest of the State will be promoted by so doing, the Attorney General or county prosecutor, with notice to the Attorney General, may supersede a municipal prosecutor by prosecuting any offense against the laws of this State within the jurisdiction of a municipal court, or by intervening in any prosecution before a municipal court.
L.1999,c.349,s.7.