New Jersey Statutes 38A:15-9. List of possessors of Gold Star Family license plate, driver’s license, identification card; fraudulent use; violations, penalties
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 38A:15-9
- 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.
- 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
b. It shall be unlawful for any person:
(1) To have in the person’s possession any canceled, fictitious, fraudulently altered, or fraudulently obtained driver’s license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation;
(2) To lend a driver’s license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another;
(3) To display or represent a driver’s license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation not issued to the person as being the person’s card;
(4) To permit any unlawful use of a driver’s license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation issued to the person;
(5) To photograph, photostat, duplicate, or in any way reproduce a driver’s license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation, or facsimile thereof, in such a manner that it could be mistaken for a valid driver’s license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation, or to display or have in the person’s possession any such photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction, or facsimile; or
(6) To alter a driver’s license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation in any manner.
c. A person who violates any provision of subsection b. of this section shall be liable to a civil penalty of $1,000. The civil penalty shall be collected pursuant to the “Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,” P.L.1999, c.274 (C. 2A:58-10 et seq.), in a summary proceeding before the municipal court having jurisdiction.
L.2017, c.175, s.1.