{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-42-1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:42-1","heading":"Municipality;  municipal corporation","body":"The term  \"municipality\"  or  \"municipal corporation\" , where used in this subtitle, means and includes  \"city\" ,  \"town\" ,  \"township\" , \"village\" , \"borough\" , and any municipality governed by a board of commissioners, or improvement commission.","path":["TITLE 40 MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES"],"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":"0c37b74b0bd3a6fd0b8e6f8a3b0b8a3f92c9929daa756cdfaec64e5af12954ea","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-41a-149","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-42-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}