{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-22-2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:22-2","heading":"Disposition of body parts, criminal penalties imposed for certain offenses.","body":"1. a. A person who knowingly, for valuable consideration, purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy, if removal of a part from a donor is intended to occur after the donor's death, is guilty of a crime of the third degree and, notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50,000, as well as the term of imprisonment provided under N.J.S.2C:43-6, or both.\nNothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a person from charging a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, disposal, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, or implantation of a part.\nb.\tA person who intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document by which a gift of all or part of a human body may be made pursuant to P.L.2008, c.50 (C.26:6-77 et al.), an amendment or revocation of such a document, or any death record or document of medical or social history pertaining to the body or part of the donor, or a refusal to make a gift, in order to obtain a financial benefit or gain, is guilty of a crime of the second degree and, notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50,000, as well as the term of imprisonment provided under N.J.S.2C:43-6, or both.\nc.\tAs used in this section, the terms \"decedent,\" \"donor,\" \"part,\" and \"person\" have the meaning ascribed to them in section 2 of P.L.2008, c.50 (C.26:6-78).\nL.2007, c.36, s.1; amended 2008, c.50, s.22.","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":"0b5380b4128a18658fbd2cf840c0954b4f7cb06feaf7db2589711df8efc7be44","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-22-1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-24-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}