N.J. Stat. tit. 2A, ch. 21

in effect

N.J. Stat. § 2A:21-1 County prison limits

The prison limits or boundary lines of such limits shall be the county or boundary lines of the county in which the county prison or work house is located. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:21-2 Bond for prison limits

Each prisoner in a civil action, giving bond to the sheriff, with sufficient sureties, in double the sum for which he is committed, to keep within the prison limits or bounds prescribed by section 2A:21-1 of this title, shall be at liberty to be at large therein. If the sureties in the bond are individuals and not corporate they shall be freeholders of and residents in the county. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:21-3 Forfeiture of bond; action thereon by sheriff or plaintiff

If a prisoner at large within the prison limits after giving the bond required by section 2A:21-2 of this title voluntarily and intentionally goes out of and beyond the prison limits, such action on his part shall constitute an absolute forfeiture of his bond, and the sheriff to whom the bond has been given shall, or the plaintiff at whose suit the prisoner was committed to custody, if the bond has been assigned to him pursuant to section 2A:21-4 of this title, may, sue on the bond, although the prisoner may have returned within the prison limits before the commencement of such action, any law, custom or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:21-4 Assignment of bond to plaintiff on forfeiture thereof; action thereon

If the bond mentioned in section 2A:21-2 of this title is forfeited, the sheriff, at the request of plaintiff or his attorney, shall assign the bond to plaintiff, by indorsement, and by attestation under his hand and seal in the presence of 2 or more witnesses. Plaintiff may then bring an action on the bond. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:21-5 Bond for prison limits by debtor refused discharge from imprisonment

Any person in actual confinement for debt or damages in any jail in this state may give bond for the prison limits as provided by section 2A:21-2 of this title, and thereupon be discharged from imprisonment, except within such limits, notwithstanding any former verdict or judgment rendered against him in any action for his discharge under chapter 20 of this title (s. 2A:20-1 et seq.). L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

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