{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-5-51","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 39:5-51","heading":"Information to municipal court judges","body":"In a municipal court case which involves a violation of the motor vehicle and traffic laws as set forth in Title 39 of the Revised Statutes or in any other case which involves directly or indirectly a motor vehicle accident, the municipal prosecutor shall inform the municipal court judge in writing during the initial appearance of a defendant before the court of the death of any person or the extent of any personal injury sustained by a person as a result of the violation of the motor vehicle or traffic laws by the defendant or as a result of a motor vehicle accident which occurred during the violation of any other law by the defendant.\nL. 1987, c. 307, s. 1.","path":["TITLE 39 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION"],"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":"eecfd5f1e9b0879cbb554d21e218df0a1f37648ff06b34ac93439048591ff300","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-5-47","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-5-52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}