{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-48-17-38","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 48:17-38","heading":"Opting out of contracts without penalty for victims of domestic violence.","body":"4.\tA local exchange telephone company shall allow a residential customer who is under contract with the local exchange telephone company, including but not limited to, a bundle contract or multi-year contract, to opt-out of the contract without paying an early termination fee or other similar charge when the customer is a victim of domestic violence and requests to opt-out of the contract in writing.  The residential customer who is a victim of domestic violence shall provide to the local exchange telephone company, within one year of the customer's request, a copy of a permanent restraining order: issued by a court pursuant to section 13 of the \"Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991,\" P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-29); or from another jurisdiction issued pursuant to the jurisdiction's laws concerning domestic violence.  A request for opting-out of the contract without charge shall be made in good faith.  The local exchange telephone company shall waive the otherwise applicable charges for the residential customer requesting to opt-out of the contract as of the date the local exchange telephone company receives the request.\nL.2017, c.378, s.4.","path":["TITLE 48 PUBLIC UTILITIES"],"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":"669954a1ffa5868ed316cf616616b0ca2672261597f8038797ad3796d57a3d1b","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-48-17-37","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-48-19-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}