{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-38-4","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:38-4","heading":"Hindering apprehension or prosecution for terrorism.","body":"4.\tHindering Apprehension or Prosecution for Terrorism.\na.\tA person commits a crime if, with the purpose to hinder the detention, apprehension, investigation, prosecution, conviction or punishment of another for the crime of terrorism, he:\n(1)\tHarbors or conceals the other;\n(2)\tProvides or aids in providing a weapon, money, transportation, disguise or other means of avoiding discovery or apprehension or effecting escape;\n(3)\tSuppresses, by way of concealment or destruction, any evidence of the crime, or tampers with a witness, informant, document or other source of information, regardless of its admissibility in evidence, which might aid in the discovery or apprehension of such person or in the lodging of a charge against him;\n(4)\tWarns the other of impending discovery or apprehension, except that this paragraph does not apply to a warning given in connection with an effort to bring another into compliance with law;\n(5)\tPrevents or obstructs, by means of force, intimidation or deception, anyone from performing an act which might aid in the discovery or apprehension of such person or in the lodging of a charge against him;\n(6)\tAids such person to protect or expeditiously profit from an advantage derived from such crime; or\n(7)\tGives false information to a law enforcement officer.\nb.\tA violation of subsection a. of this section is a crime of the first degree if the crime of terrorism resulted in death. Otherwise, it is a crime of the second degree.\nL.2002,c.26,s.4.","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":"653c0df52e9047e79190c17ea1676e9be0af23181e9ab532eba5b6b0ed327aee","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-38-3","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-38-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}