{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12-4-17","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 12:4-17","heading":"Recovery of penalties","body":"The Superior Court and every municipal court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine actions for the recovery of penalties under R.S.12:4-16. All such penalties shall be enforced and collected under \"the penalty enforcement law\" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.), and the process shall be a warrant. A commitment for failure to pay a penalty shall be to the county jail for a period of not more than twenty days. All penalties recovered under this section shall be paid to the county treasurer for the use of the county.\nAmended 1953, c.12, s.8; 1991,c.91,s.218.","path":["TITLE 12 COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"8982d43f1cb92608a452911d2f4bfecdc284ed2d51994d89615008bed9da8ec8","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12-4-16","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12-4-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}