{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-58-4.5","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:58-4.5","heading":"Restrictions, public carrying, handgun.","body":"6.\tRequirements and restrictions on the lawful carrying of a handgun in public.\nExcept as permitted pursuant to N.J.S.2C:39-6, in addition to any criminal penalties under subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:39-5, sections 5 and 7 of P.L.2022, c.131 (C.2C:58-4.4 and C.2C:58-4.6), or any other law, it shall be a crime of the fourth degree for any person in a public place:\na.\tto carry a handgun concealed on or about their person, except as permitted in accordance with N.J.S.2C:39-6, without possessing on their person a valid and lawfully issued permit to carry under N.J.S.2C:58-4 and proof of the liability insurance required pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2022, c.131 (C.2C:58-4.3); or\nb.\tto carry a handgun openly, whether or not in possession of a valid and lawfully issued permit to carry under N.J.S.2C:58-4 and proof of the liability insurance required pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2022, c.131 (C.2C:58-4.3).\nL.2022, c.131, s.6.","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":"7f1c77954ca3e2d5b786609a23f9a6f641af40f4d6f55739311293e6e134f8f8","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-58-4.4","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-58-4.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}