{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-1-69.10","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 34:1-69.10","heading":"Qualified interpreter for hearing impaired persons' appointment;  prohibition of retention in custody pending arrival","body":"The appointing authority shall appoint a qualified interpreter to assist a hearing impaired person throughout the proceedings and in preparation with counsel as follows:\na.  In any case before any court or grand jury in which a hearing impaired person is a party, either as a complainant, defendant or witness, or as hearing  impaired parent of a juvenile;\nb.  At all stages in any proceeding of a judicial or quasi-judicial nature before any State agency or county or municipal governing body or agency in which a hearing impaired person is a principal party in interest, either as a complainant, defendant, witness or supplicant, or as hearing impaired parent of a juvenile;\nc.  In any proceedings in which a hearing impaired person may be subject to confinement or criminal sanction or in any proceeding preliminary thereto, including a coroner's inquest, grand jury proceedings and proceedings related to mental health commitments.  A hearing impaired person who has been arrested and who is otherwise eligible for release shall not be held in custody pending the arrival of an interpreter.\n(1) When a hearing impaired person is arrested for an alleged violation of a  criminal law, a qualified interpreter shall be appointed prior to reading of  Miranda warnings, interrogating or taking a statement from the hearing impaired  person.\n(2) Any statement, written or oral, made by a hearing impaired person in reply to a question from a law enforcement officer or any other person having a  prosecutorial function in any criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding shall not  be used against that hearing impaired person unless either the statement was  made or elicited through a qualified interpreter and was made knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently, or the hearing impaired person has requested a waiver pursuant to section 10 of this act and the court makes a finding that any statement made by the hearing impaired person was made knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently.\n(3) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to apprehensions, arrests or statements involving a violation of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes  (Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation).\nL.1983, c. 564, s. 4, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.","path":["TITLE 34 LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION"],"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":"2ff41da7b472ec8e446ae23d1619779b5802f8ef6ca52dfd9c6a1fda70d3bc1d","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-1-69.9","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-1-69.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}