N.J. Stat. tit. 40, ch. 24

in effect

N.J. Stat. § 40:24-1 Ordinances in effect in 1918 to continue until altered

L.1918, c. 185, s. 1714, p. 621 [1924 Suppl. s. 48-*1714], being section 1714 of an act entitled "An act concerning counties," approved March fourth, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, saved from repeal. [This section provided that all ordinances, resolutions, actions and regulations in force when the act was passed and not inconsistent therewith, should remain in effect until repealed or otherwise altered.]

N.J. Stat. § 40:24-1.1 Members of board in military service; vote required for adoption

Whenever any member of the governing body of any county is in the active military or naval service of the United States or of this State and shall fail to attend any meeting of the governing body, the said governing body, at any such meeting, may adopt any resolution which by law requires a vote measured by all the members of said governing body, by a vote measured by the members of said governing body, excluding from the number of members any such member who is in the active military or naval service of the United States or of this State and who fails to attend such meeting. L.1942, c. 301, p. 1128, s. 1, eff. Oct. 3, 1942.

N.J. Stat. § 40:24-2 Penalties for violation of resolutions

The board of chosen freeholders may prescribe penalties for the violation of any resolution it may have authority to pass, either by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding ninety days or by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or both.

N.J. Stat. § 40:24-3 Resolutions providing penalty; publication

All resolutions of the board of chosen freeholders, providing a penalty for violation thereof, shall be published at least once in a newspaper circulating in the county before they shall become effective.

N.J. Stat. § 40:24-4 Proceedings against persons violating resolutions

Proceedings against any person violating any such resolution of the board of chosen freeholders shall be as in the case of disorderly persons. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 643, s. 41, eff. March 19, 1953.

N.J. Stat. § 40:24-5 Who may serve warrant or other process.

40:24-5. Any police officer may serve any warrant or other process issuing out of the court, to apprehend any person for the violation of any such resolution. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 643, s. 42, eff. March 19, 1953; amended 2023, c.250, s.41.

N.J. Stat. § 40:24-6 Arrest without warrant.

Every police officer shall, and any other person may, apprehend without warrant or other process any person violating in his presence or view any of the provisions of any such resolution, and shall take the offender before a court of the county where apprehended. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 643, s. 43, eff. March 19, 1953.

N.J. Stat. § 40:24-7 Conviction; penalty; imprisonment on default of fine.

The court before which any violator of any such resolution is convicted may impose any fine or term of imprisonment not exceeding the maximum fixed in the resolution. In default of the payment of the fine imposed thereunder, a person convicted of a violation of any such resolution may, in the discretion of the court in which he was convicted, be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding ninety days. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 643, s. 44, eff. March 19, 1953.

N.J. Stat. § 40:24-8 Fines paid to county treasurer.

All fines collected under this chapter shall be paid to the treasurer of the county for the use of the county.

N.J. Stat. § 40:24-9 Court defined; jurisdiction.

40:24-9. The word "court" as used in this chapter means and includes the Superior Court, municipal court and any judge having the powers of a committing magistrate; and jurisdiction for the purpose mentioned herein is hereby conferred upon said courts and judges respectively. Amended 1953,c.37,s.45; 1991,c.91,s.379.

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