New Jersey · statute · N.J. Stat. tit. 52 · 4,364 active provisions
52:1-1. a. Trenton, in the county of Mercer, shall be the seat of the government of this State. b. All sessions of the Legislature shall be held at Trenton or, on a temporary basis, for ceremonial or commemorative purposes or, notwithstanding section 1 of P.L.1963, c.118 (C.52:1-1.1), by reason of emergency or other ex…
1. Whenever, due to an emergency or the anticipated effects of such emergency, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of State Government at the normal location of the seat thereof in the city of Trenton in the county of Mercer, the Governor shall, as often as the exigencies of the situa…
During such time as the seat of Government remains at such emergency temporary location, or locations, all official acts now or hereafter required by law to be performed at the seat of Government by any officer, agency, department or authority of this State, including the convening and meeting of the Legislature in reg…
The provisions of this act shall control and be supreme in the event it shall be employed notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary or in conflict herewith.
The great seal of this state shall be engraved on silver, which shall be round, of two and a half inches in diameter and three-eighths of an inch thick; the arms shall be three ploughs in an escutcheon, azure; supporters, Liberty and Ceres. The Goddess Liberty to carry in her dexter hand a pole, proper, surmounted by a…
A new great seal of the state, drawn in accordance with the description set forth in section 52:2-1 of this title, shall be certified thereon by the state house commission as being correct, and when illuminated, the colors and tinctures shall conform thereto. A replica or copy thereof, made on steel, shall be for use i…
1. The Governor of the State, the head of any principal executive department of the State, the members of the Legislature of the State, the former members of the Legislature of the State as provided in section 2 of P.L.1999, c.374 (C.39:3-27.115), the Justices of the Supreme Court, the judges of the Superior Court, the…
Any person who is not authorized by law to use, exhibit or display the State Seal, who uses, exhibits or displays the Great Seal of the State of New Jersey, in whole or in part, is a disorderly person and upon conviction as such shall be subject to a fine of $50.00.
Any person who is convicted as a disorderly person for an unauthorized use of the State Seal upon a motor vehicle license plate shall be subject to a revocation of his motor vehicle registration by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the State Department of Law and Public Safety.
Section 2A:148-23 of the New Jersey Statutes is repealed.
This act shall take effect 30 days after its approval.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the Secretary of State is hereby authorized to give written consent to the use of reproductions of the Great Seal of the State of New Jersey in the preparation of commemorative items and for historical, civic and educational purposes. The secretary shall promulgate rules…
The official colors of the State of New Jersey for use on the State Flag and for other purposes shall be buff and Jersey blue. For the purposes of this act the specifications, references and designations for the official colors of the State are as follows: Jersey Blue (Cable No. 70087, Royal Blue. The Color Association…
The state flag shall be of buff color, having in the center thereof the arms of the state emblazoned thereon.
The state flag shall be the headquarters flag for the governor as commander in chief, but shall not supersede distinctive flags which are or may be prescribed for different arms of military or naval service of this state.
A suitable flag shall be hoisted and displayed on the state house flagstaff during the hours when the senate or house of assembly is in session, and on such days as the governor is present at the state house for the transaction of state business in the discharge of his official duty, and it shall be the duty of the cus…
It shall be unlawful to display the flag or emblem of any foreign state or country either on public or private property within this state, unless such foreign flag or emblem be accompanied by a national flag of the United States of America, of at least equal dimensions; but whenever a foreigner becomes the guest of the…
All historic battle and other flags of the State displayed in the State House shall be maintained and preserved by the State authority in whose custody they are. Removal of historic battle flags for display elsewhere than in the State House may be authorized by the State House Commission. Amended by L.1961, c. 16, p. 9…
The State flag may be displayed on all occasions and in such manner as it shall be appropriate and lawful to display the flag of the United States.
The Adjutant-General is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the repair and preservation of all historic flags of the State of New Jersey.
The Governor be and he is hereby authorized to name, designate and hereafter cause to be known the period between sundown and midnight of National Flag Day as "American Night."
The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Over 2,400 Americans, including 64 from the State of New Jersey, who served in the United States armed forces during the war in Indochina are still listed as prisoners of war or missing in action. b. There is significant evidence that many of these missing American servicemen…
The P.0.W.-M.I.A. flag, which depicts a prisoner's profile against the background of a P.0.W. camp watchtower, shall be displayed at public buildings in the State of New Jersey during normal business hours. As used in this section, "public buildings" means the principal municipal building in each municipality, the prin…
The Governor shall, upon receiving timely notification and verification of the death of a New Jersey citizen who has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by an act of the Congress of the United States, direct that the State flag at all public buildings throughout the State be flown at half-staff for a period o…
1. a. The Governor, upon timely notification and verification of the death of a federal, State or local law enforcement officer or firefighter who either works in New Jersey or is a citizen of New Jersey and who died in the line of duty, shall direct that the flag of the United States and the State flag be flown at hal…