{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-38a-15-9","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 38A:15-9","heading":"List of possessors of Gold Star Family license plate, driver's license, identification card; fraudulent use; violations, penalties.","body":"1. a. The department shall maintain a list of each person possessing a Gold Star Family license plate, issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2011, c.17 (C.39:3-27.142), and each person holding a driver's license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation, issued pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2013, c.165 (C.39:3-10f6) or section 2 of P.L.1980, c.47 (C.39:3-29.3), respectively.  The department shall distribute the list to the appropriate representative of a State veteran service entity in each county.\nb.\tIt shall be unlawful for any person:\n(1)\tTo have in the person's possession any canceled, fictitious, fraudulently altered, or fraudulently obtained driver's license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation;\n(2)\tTo lend a driver's license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another;\n(3)\tTo display or represent a driver's license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation not issued to the person as being the person's card;\n(4)\tTo permit any unlawful use of a driver's license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation issued to the person;\n(5)\tTo photograph, photostat, duplicate, or in any way reproduce a driver's license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation, or facsimile thereof, in such a manner that it could be mistaken for a valid driver's license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation, or to display or have in the person's possession any such photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction, or facsimile; or\n(6)\tTo alter a driver's license or identification card with a Gold Star Family designation in any manner.\nc.\tA person who violates any provision of subsection b. of this section shall be liable to a civil penalty of $1,000.  The civil penalty shall be collected pursuant to the \"Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,\" P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.), in a summary proceeding before the municipal court having jurisdiction.\nL.2017, c.175, s.1.","path":["TITLE 38A MILITARY AND VETERANS LAW"],"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":"6885e72354dceb9753cce3523c8027cf760e4df2ea9fab71bcfb6be95170faa5","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-38a-15-8","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-38a-15-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}