{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-29-8.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:29-8.1","heading":"Prohibited juror contact","body":"a.   Any person impaneled as a petit or grand juror in any criminal action in this State who, before the rendering of a verdict, entry of a plea, or the termination of service as a grand juror, solicits, negotiates, accepts, or agrees to accept a contract for a movie, book, magazine article, other literary expression, recording, radio or television presentation, or live entertainment or presentation of any kind which would depict his service as a juror is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.\nb.   Any person who offers, negotiates, confers, or agrees to confer a contract for a movie, book, magazine article, other literary expression, recording, radio or television presentation, or live entertainment or presentation of any kind which would depict the juror's service, to any person impaneled as a petit or grand juror in any criminal action in this State, during the term of service of the juror, is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.\nL. 1989, c. 22, s. 1.","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":"9f86d983ca8b4ba779c4fe1f3b94b206e25e1d03ef1302a5811a18619e68b50e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-29-8","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-29-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}