{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-7-23","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:7-23","heading":"Sex offender prohibited from participation in youth serving organization.","body":"2. a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection e. of this section, it shall be unlawful for an excluded sex offender to hold a position or otherwise participate, in a paid or unpaid capacity, in a youth serving organization.\nb.\tA person who violates subsection a. of this section is guilty of a crime of the third degree.\nc.\tA person who knowingly hires, engages or appoints an excluded sex offender to serve in a youth serving organization in violation of subsection a. of this section is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.\nd.\tThe provisions of this act shall not apply to participation by an excluded sex offender under 18 years of age in a youth serving organization which provides rehabilitative or other services to juvenile sex offenders.\ne.\tIt shall not be a violation of subsection a. of this section for an excluded sex offender to serve in a youth serving organization if the excluded sex offender is under Parole Board supervision and the Parole Board has given express written permission for the excluded sex offender to hold a position or otherwise participate in that particular youth serving organization.\nf.\tNothing herein shall be construed to authorize an excluded sex offender, as defined in section 1 of P.L.2009, c.139 (C.2C:7-22), to hold a position or otherwise participate, in a paid or unpaid capacity, in a youth serving organization or any other entity from which the excluded sex offender is otherwise statutorily disqualified.\nL.2009, c.139, 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":"e1bfef20a3445ac5631e30d4ac2a4a4d360fc5dbbc4e2f080745726fe4ac6b32","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-7-22","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-11-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}