Attorney's Note

Under the New Jersey Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
disorderly persons offenseup to 6 monthsup to $1,000
petty disorderly persons offenseup to 30 daysup to $500
For details, see N.J. Rev. Stat.N.J. Rev. Stat.2C:43-8

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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2C:43-8.1

  • 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
  • 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
1. In addition to any other disposition authorized by law, if a person is convicted of a disorderly persons offense, a petty disorderly persons offense or a violation of a municipal ordinance and the offense or violation occurred at or involved the use of a seasonally leased premises, the court may order the termination of that person’s right to occupy or visit the seasonally leased premises for a period not to exceed 125 days.

As used in this section, “seasonally leased premises” means premises leased as a residence for a period of less than 125 consecutive days. The term “seasonally leased premises” shall not include any structure provided by an employer on the employer’s property which is used as living quarters for seasonal, temporary or migrant workers nor shall it include any premises used as the principal residence of a tenant pursuant to the terms of a month to month or week to week lease.

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