{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12-4-3","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 12:4-3","heading":"Owners of docks, wharves and piers may collect wharfage, dockage and rent;  no hindrance to navigation","body":"The owners or holders of all docks, wharves, storehouses and piers may:\na.  Use, possess and repair the same;\nb.  Lay any vessel alongside the same;\nc.  Demand, receive and sue for and recover of and from any vessel or person  using the same, reasonable wharfage, demurrage, rent or dockage; and\nd.  Recover for any damage done to the same.\nThis section shall not impair the legal rights of any other persons or authorize any hindrance to navigation.","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":"e668e9227a3bb39b4cb9e4608bdf14eaab01ddc43506a9ee36f1bcfd3bea9c4b","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12-4-2","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12-4-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}