{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-40-19","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:40-19","heading":"Consumer products; unauthorized writing, offense.","body":"1.  a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, any person who stamps, prints, places or inserts any writing in or on a consumer product offered for sale or the box, package or other container containing the product is guilty of a disorderly persons offense.\nb.\tThis act shall not apply in any case where the owner or manager of the premises where the product is stored or sold; the product manufacturer; the authorized distributor or the retailer of the product consents to the placing or inserting of the writing.\nc.\tAs used in this act:\n(1) \"Writing\" means any form of representation or communication, including handbills, notices or advertising, that contains letters, words or pictorial representations;\n(2) \"Consumer product\" includes but is not limited to any cosmetic, drug or food product as defined in section 1 of P.L.1987, c.421 (C.2C:40-16) or any article, product or commodity which is customarily  produced or distributed for use by individuals.\nL.2000,c.153,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":"5a45082b6eeb01c227160c0431b7fd44f11529fc4af6e53b75932a8b4c8becc9","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-40-18","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-40-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}