{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-15-44","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:15-44","heading":"Amercement of bail;  arrest and imprisonment of defendant","body":"If the bail fails to bring in the body of the defendant when ordered by the  court, they shall be amerced in a sum not exceeding plaintiff's debt or demand,  with costs.  The amercement shall have the force and effect of a judgment, upon  which execution in the name and for the use of the plaintiff may be awarded if  the court so directs;  or in lieu of amercement, the court may arrest and  commit the defendant as if upon a capias.\nL.1951 (1st SS), c.344.","path":["TITLE 2A ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"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":"0b98efba6bdadf3bc7b4e3d88c92596e316229d2001de81920e01756809da672","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-15-43","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-15-45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}