New Jersey Statutes 54:39A-20. False statements; violations; penalties
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:39A-20
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- 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
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
(2) Any person who willfully violates any other provision of this act or any provision of the rules and regulations prescribed under this act, except provisions of this act or of such rules and regulations for the violation of which a penalty is otherwise provided in this act, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500.00 to be recovered in a summary proceeding pursuant to the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). For the purposes of such proceeding, such violation shall be deemed an act committed in part at the office of the director in Trenton.
b. In addition to the provisions and remedies contained in the Penalty Enforcement Law, the following provisions and remedies shall be applicable in any proceeding brought for a violation of any of the provisions of this act:
(1) The several municipal courts shall have jurisdiction of any such proceeding in addition to the courts prescribed in said Penalty Enforcement Law, provided, however, that the maximum fine which may be imposed by a municipal court in a proceeding involving failure to exhibit an identification marker or a registration card shall be $50.00;
(2) The complaint in any such proceeding may be made on information and belief by the director or by any member of the State Police;
(3) A warrant may be issued in lieu of summons;
(4) Any police or peace officer shall be empowered to serve and execute process in any such proceeding;
(5) The hearing in any such proceeding shall be without a jury;
(6) Any such proceeding may be brought in the name of the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, in the Department of Transportation or in the name of the State of New Jersey;
(7) Any sums received in payment of any fines imposed in any such proceeding shall be paid to the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles and shall be paid by the director into the State Treasury .
L.1963,c.44,s.20; amended 1964,c.84,s.2; 1973,c.117,s.19; 1995,c.347,s.10.