{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-67-15","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:67-15","heading":"Power and authority to issue writ","body":"The power and authority to issue writs of habeas corpus shall be and reside  in:\na.  The superior court and each judge thereof.\nb.  Each county judge, who shall have concurrent jurisdiction in his county  with the judges of the superior court to grant such writ in all criminal cases  where a person may be confined in prison or detained in custody, and to hear  and determine the same in like manner as though the application had been made  before a judge of the superior court.\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":"695154858fe9b6daba925919344549c4da009a6fec81a154058d047b64aaa407","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-67-14","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-67-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}