2019 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice
Section 2A:53A-16 - Parental liability for certain acts of minor.

2A:53A-16 Parental liability for certain acts of minor.

1. The parents of any minor who shall maliciously or willfully injure any property of a railroad, street railway, traction railway or autobus public utility shall be liable for damages in the amount of the injury to a limit of $5,000, to be collected by the property owner in the Superior Court, together with costs of suit.

L.1970,c.246,s.1; amended 2001, c.413, s.1.

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