{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-33-12.2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:33-12.2","heading":"Sexually oriented business, nuisance; crime","body":"2. a.  As used in this act:\n(1)  \"Sexually oriented business\" means:\n(a)  A commercial establishment which as one of its principal business purposes offers for sale, rental, or display any of the following:\nBooks, magazines, periodicals or other printed material, or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or other visual representations which depict or describe a \"specified sexual activity\" or \"specified anatomical area\"; or still or motion picture machines, projectors or other image-producing devices which show images to one person per machine at any one time, and where the images so displayed are characterized by the depiction of a \"specified sexual activity\" or \"specified anatomical area\"; or instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with a \"specified sexual activity\"; or\n(b)  A commercial establishment which regularly features live performances characterized by the exposure of a \"specified anatomical area\" or by a \"specified sexual activity,\" or which regularly shows films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other photographic representations which depict or describe a \"specified sexual activity\" or \"specified anatomical area\";\n(2)  \"Person\" means an individual, proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity.\n(3)  \"Specified anatomical area\" means:\n(a)  Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttock or female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola; or\n(b)  Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if covered.\n(4)  \"Specified sexual activity\" means:\n(a)  The fondling or other erotic touching of covered or uncovered human genitals, pubic region, buttock or female breast; or\n(b)  Any actual or simulated act of human masturbation, sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse.\nb.   In addition to any activities proscribed by the provisions of N.J.S.2C:33-12, a person is guilty of maintaining a nuisance when the person owns or operates a sexually oriented business which offers for public use booths, screens, enclosures or other devices which facilitate sexual activity by patrons.\nc.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality shall have the power to determine restrictions, if any, on the hours of operation of sexually oriented businesses.\nd.   A person who violates this act is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.\nL.1995,c.167,s.2.","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":"33207f530474b80b856334673884d1177a4c3aacacaae8b80e03e8f38483d1c9","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-33-12.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-33-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}