New Jersey statute

N.J.S.A. 2C:33-13.1 — Providing certain items to a person under 21 years of age, petty disorderly persons offense

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

Part of Chapter 33, Colorado Revised Statutes.

Criminal charges under this statute

Providing certain items to a person under 21 years of age, petty disorderly persons offense

Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:33-13.1

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:33-13.1Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

3. a. A person who delivers, sells, or gives to a person under 21 years of age any cigarettes made of tobacco or of any other matter or substance which can be smoked, or any cigarette paper or tobacco in any form, including smokeless tobacco, or any electronic smoking device that can be used to deliver nicotine or other substances to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, or pipe, or any cartridge or other component of the device or related product, or any cannabis item as defined in section 3 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-33), including an employee of a retail dealer licensee under P.L.1948, c.65 (C.54:40A-1 et seq.) or employee of a licensed cannabis establishment, cannabis distributor, or cannabis delivery service under P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31 et al.), who actually sells or otherwise provides a tobacco product, electronic smoking device, or cannabis item to a person under 21 years of age, shall be punished by a fine as provided for a petty disorderly persons offense. Consistent with federal law, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to an individual performing his or her assigned duties as an employee of the United States Postal Service. A person who has been previously punished under this section and who commits another offense under it may be punishable by a fine of twice that provided for a petty disorderly persons offense. b. The establishment of the following shall constitute a defense to any prosecution brought pursuant to subsection a. of this section: that the purchaser or recipient of the tobacco product, electronic smoking device, or cannabis item falsely represented, by producing a driver's license or non-driver identification card issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, a similar card issued pursuant to the laws of another state or the federal government of Canada, a photographic identification card issued by a county clerk, or other form of government-issued identification described in subparagraph (a) of paragraph (6) of subsection a. of section 18 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-35), that the purchaser or recipient was of legal age to purchase or receive the tobacco product, electronic smoking device, or cannabis item. c. A penalty imposed pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any penalty that may be imposed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2000, c.87 (C.2A:170-51.4) concerning tobacco products or electronic smoking devices or section 64 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.2C:35-10d) or section 6 of P.L.2021, c.25 (C.2A:170-51.11) concerning cannabis items. L.1999, c.90, s.3; amended 2000, c.87, s.4; 2005, c.384, s.5; 2009, c.182, s.4; 2017, c.118, s.3; 2021, c.25, s.10; 2025, c.226, s.3.

Official sources

justia: N.J.S.A. 2C:33-13.1

Legal terms used in this section

Questions this section answers

Is providing certain items to a person under 21 years of age, petty disorderly persons offense a crime in New Jersey?

Providing certain items to a person under 21 years of age, petty disorderly persons offense is a petty disorderly persons offense in New Jersey, which is not a crime under the New Jersey Constitution (N.J.S.A. 2C:1-4) — it carries no criminal record and is heard in municipal court. Governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:33-13.1.

Which New Jersey statute covers providing certain items to a person under 21 years of age, petty disorderly persons offense?

Providing certain items to a person under 21 years of age, petty disorderly persons offense is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:33-13.1 (Providing certain items to a person under 21 years of age, petty disorderly persons offense).

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