2020 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 2C - The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice
Section 2C:20-31.1 - Posting of certain information on the Internet; degree of crime.
2C:20-31.1 Posting of certain information on the Internet; degree of crime.
1. A person shall not knowingly, with purpose to expose another to harassment or risk of harm to life or property, or in reckless disregard of the probability of such exposure, post or publish on the Internet, or repost, republish, or otherwise make available, the home address or unpublished home telephone number of any active, formerly active, or retired judicial officer, as defined by section 1 of P.L.1995, c.23 (C.47:1A-1.1), prosecutor, or law enforcement officer, or the spouse or child thereof. A reckless violation of this section is a crime of the fourth degree. A purposeful violation of this section is a crime of the third degree.
The amendatory provisions of this section, enacted by P.L.2020, c.125 (C.56:8-166.2 et al.), shall not be operative and enforceable with respect to any active, formerly active, or retired law enforcement officer, or the spouse or child thereof, until 18 months after the effective date of that act; but the provisions of this section, prior to being amended, shall remain operative and enforceable with respect to any active or retired law enforcement officer, or the spouse or child of a law enforcement officer, during that 18-month period.
L.2015, c.226, s.1; amended 2020, c.125, s.5.
