{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-3b-12","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:3B-12","heading":"Commitment for failure to pay judgment","body":"The court shall cause a defendant, other than a body corporate, who refuses  or neglects to pay forthwith the amount of a judgment rendered against him and  the costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for  a period not exceeding ten days in the case of a first conviction, and in the  case of a conviction for a second or subsequent violations for a period of not  less than ten days nor more than thirty days.\nL.1945, c. 192, p. 656, s. 12.  Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 471, s. 31.","path":["TITLE 26 HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS"],"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":"b37f58973cff25bd0bbd90c6f3c343944846a332283757509806dcbc83c370cb","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-3b-11","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-3b-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}