{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-12-18.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2B:12-18.1","heading":"Complaints, county, State Police, Statewide, county law enforcement agency, heard in municipal court.","body":"3.\tAll complaints issued in the county on or after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.284 (C.2B:12-18.1 et al.) by the State Police or any Statewide law enforcement agency, or by any county law enforcement agency, any county code enforcement entity, or by any other non-municipal law enforcement agency, shall be heard in the municipal court of the municipality from which the complaint originates, consistent with the provisions of N.J.S.2B:12-17 and N.J.S.2B:12-18.  A regional municipal court established prior to the enactment of P.L.2023, c.284 (C.2B:12-18.1 et al.) shall retain jurisdiction over all matters pending as of the effective date of P.L.2023, c.284 (C.2B:12-18.1 et al.).  The assignment judge of the vicinage shall have the authority to transfer matters between the municipal courts of the county consistent with the provisions of this section.\nL.2023, c.284, s.3.","path":["TITLE 2B COURT ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL CODE"],"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":"dbb2a6bdb1c237dbf511cf1b5640f0b1a1a9a8903ae24f95dbeb08c9720561e8","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-12-18","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-12-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}