{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-24-2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2B:24-2","heading":"Definitions relative to municipal public defenders","body":"2.  As used in this act:\n\"Indigent defendant\" means a person who is entitled to be represented by a municipal public defender pursuant to this act, and does not have the present financial ability to secure competent legal representation, as determined by section 9 of this act.\n\"Municipal court\" means a municipal, central or joint municipal court established pursuant to N.J.S.2B:12-1.\n\"Municipal public defender\" means a person, as defined in section 4 of this act, appointed to represent indigent defendants in proceedings over which the municipal court has jurisdiction.\nL.1997,c.256,s.2.","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":"2942bafa91c4c2e7c284f64d43f11728ba212562f2f9b926ee814cb533a854b1","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-24-1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-24-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}