{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-67-4","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:67-4","heading":"Prisoner not to be removed except in certain cases","body":"No person committed to a prison or in the custody of an officer or other person for a criminal or supposed criminal matter shall be removed from such prison or custody into the custody of any other officer or person, except:\na.\tBy habeas corpus or other legal writ or process; or\nb.\tWhere he is delivered to another officer in accordance with law; or\nc.\tWhere he is sent by order of a court, judge or magistrate to a workhouse or house of correction; or\nd.\tWhere he is removed to another place, within the county, for his trial or discharge in due course of law; or\ne.\tIn case of sudden fire or infection or other necessity.\nL.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 2023, c.250, s.7.","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":"683f89936aa7c041cf0012c700bb60f57c4d9726f2367949a460df38985c416f","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-67-3","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-67-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}