{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-4b-61","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 52:4B-61","heading":"Findings, declarations relative to profits related to crime","body":"1.  a.  The Legislature finds:\n(1)\tThe State of New Jersey has a compelling interest in preventing any person who is convicted of a crime from directly or indirectly profiting from the crime or circumstances surrounding the crime.\n(2)\tTo that end, the State has established the Victims of Crime Compensation Board to help compensate victims of crime for their loss.\nb.\tThe Legislature declares that it is altogether fitting and proper and within the public interest to provide a mechanism where profits from a crime that are received by a convicted person should be available as restitution to the victim of the crime.\nL.2003,c.190,s.1.","path":["TITLE 52 STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS"],"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":"946207184c2828ea517af14f6e785d23b28a86abfe823e554b426fe4ce93e25e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-4b-60.11","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-4b-62"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}