{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-48-8-5","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 48:8-5","heading":"Refusal to or delay in carrying passengers or goods; exception.","body":"Every ferryman shall give constant and diligent attendance to his ferry, and  shall not deny or unnecessarily delay the carrying over any passenger, horses,  cattle, vehicles or goods under the penalty of three dollars for every such  offense.  He shall also be liable to an action for damages, at the suit of the  party aggrieved.\nThis section shall not require a ferryman to put off from his wharf or shore  when it is manifestly hazardous so to do.","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":"d582ed4d2e35686e87d62e6a1221d0dc687607c7592b645fed6062b6d1529cb0","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-48-8-4","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-48-8-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}