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N.J.S.A. 2C:3-10 — Justification in property crimes

Current through P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

Part of Chapter 3, Colorado Revised Statutes.

Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:3-10

Statutory text current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.

N.J.S.A. 2C:3-10Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

Conduct involving the appropriation, seizure or destruction of, damage to, intrusion on, or interference with, property is justifiable under circumstances which would establish a defense of privilege in a civil action based thereon, unless: a. The code or the law defining the offense deals with the specific situation involved; or b. A legislative purpose to exclude the justification claimed otherwise plainly appears. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:3-10, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.

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