{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-21-17.6","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:21-17.6","heading":"Report of identity theft to local law enforcement agency.","body":"3. a. A person who reasonably believes or reasonably suspects that he has been the victim of identity theft in violation of N.J.S.2C:21-1, section 1 of P.L.1983, c.565 (C.2C:21-2.1) or N.J.S.2C:21-17 may contact the local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction where he resides, which shall take a police report of the matter and provide the complainant with a copy of that report.  Notwithstanding the fact that jurisdiction may lie elsewhere for investigation and prosecution of a crime of identity theft, the local law enforcement agency shall take the complaint and provide the complainant with a copy of the complaint and may refer the complaint to a law enforcement agency in that different jurisdiction.\nb.\tNothing in this section shall interfere with the discretion of a local law enforcement agency to allocate resources for investigations of crimes.  A complaint filed under this section is not required to be counted as an open case for purposes such as compiling open case statistics.\nL.2005,c.226,s.3.","path":["TITLE 2C THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF 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":"07556f4cc53116403e64df302bbf868ad0dfc9b0d39c14d9c428752d318be18c","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-21-17.5","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-21-17.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}