{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12-7-80","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 12:7-80","heading":"Summons; arrest","body":"11. a.  A law enforcement officer may serve a summons on any person violating any provision of chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Revised Statutes.\nb. \tA law enforcement officer may arrest any person violating in his presence any provision of chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Revised Statutes instead of issuing a summons pursuant to subsection a. of this section.\nc. \tA law enforcement officer may arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has probable cause to believe has operated a vessel in violation of section 3 of P.L.1952, c.157 (C.12:7-46), regardless of whether the suspected violation occurred in the officer's presence.\nL.1995,c.401,s.11.","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":"2c2bd9b1f08db0ddb98e93ebf49f07e14d7d977a9cf85960ff7c608427fdee3f","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12-7-79","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12-7-81"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}