New Jersey § 2c:12-14

§ 2c:12-14.

a. At any time following the charge or conviction of a defendant for any crime directed

at or committed against a judicial officer where there is a nexus between the alleged

crime charged or the crime for which the defendant was convicted, as the case may

be, and the performance of the judicial officer's public duties, a petitioner may

petition the Superior Court for emergency, ex parte relief in the form of a temporary

order of protection if the court finds that the respondent poses a threat to the safety

or well-being of the judicial officer or a family or household member of the judicial

officer. b. The court may issue a temporary protection order upon good cause shown in sworn

testimony or petition by the petitioner. The temporary protection order shall remain in effect until a judge issues a further

order. c. Emergency relief granted in the temporary protection order may include forbidding

the respondent from returning to the scene of the alleged crime, prohibiting the respondent

from having any contact with the judicial officer, family or household members of

the judicial officer, or the judicial officer's friends, co-workers, or relatives

in any way, forbidding the respondent from possessing any firearm or other weapon

enumerated in subsection r. of N.J.S.2C:39-1 , ordering the search for and seizure of any firearm or other weapon at any location

where the court has reasonable cause to believe the weapon is located and the seizure

of any firearms purchaser identification card or permit to purchase a handgun issued

to the respondent. The court shall state with specificity the reasons for and the scope of any search

and seizure authorized by the order. d. An order granting emergency relief, together with the petition, shall be immediately

served upon the respondent and forwarded to the appropriate law enforcement agencies

for the municipalities in which the victim and the respondent reside. e. For purposes of this section and section 4 of P.L.2021, c. 327 ( C.2C:12-15 ): (1) “ Judicial officer ” means any active, formerly active, or retired federal, state, county, or municipal

judge, including a judge of the Tax Court and any other court of limited jurisdiction

established, altered, or abolished by law, a judge of the Office of Administrative

Law, a judge of the Division of Workers' Compensation, and any other judge established

by law who serves in the executive branch; (2) “ Law enforcement officer ” means a person whose public duties include the power to act as an officer for the

detection, apprehension, arrest, and conviction of offenders against the laws of this

State; (3) “ Petitioner ” means a law enforcement officer, a formerly active or retired judicial officer or

a family or household member of such judicial officer, or an active judicial officer

on behalf of whom a law enforcement officer has declined to petition the Superior

Court pursuant to this section or a family or household member of such judicial officer;

and (4) “ Family or household member ” means a spouse, domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c. 246 ( C.26:8A-3 ), partner in a civil union couple as defined in section 2 of P.L.2006, c. 103 ( C.37:1-29 ), or former spouse, former domestic partner, or former partner in a civil union couple,

or any other person who is a present household member or was at any time a household

member; a person with whom the respondent has a child in common, or with whom the

respondent anticipates having a child in common if one of the parties is pregnant;

or a current or former dating partner.