New Jersey § 2c:20-31

§ 2c:20-31.

a. For the purposes of this section: “ Authorized person ” means a covered person or any of the following persons hereby authorized to submit

or revoke a request for the redaction or nondisclosure of a home address or unpublished

telephone number on behalf of a covered person pursuant to subsection c. of this section: (1) on behalf of any federal judge, a designee of the United States Marshals Service

or of the clerk of any United States District Court; (2) on behalf of any covered person who is deceased or medically or psychologically

incapacitated, a person acting on behalf of the covered person as a designated trustee,

as an estate executor, or pursuant to a written power of attorney or other legal instrument;

and (3) on behalf of any immediate family member who is a minor and who is otherwise entitled

to address redaction or nondisclosure pursuant to this act, P.L.2021, c. 371 ( C.47:1B-1 et al.), the parent or legal guardian thereof. “ Covered person ” means an active, formerly active, or retired judicial officer , law enforcement officer , or child protective investigator in the Division of Child Protection and Permanency , as those terms are defined by section 1 of P.L.1995, c. 23 ( C.47:1A-1.1 ), or prosecutor and any immediate family member residing in the same household as

the judicial officer, law enforcement officer, child protective investigator in the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, or prosecutor. “ Home telephone number ” means any telephone number used primarily for personal communications, including

a landline or cellular telephone number. “ Immediate family member ” means a spouse, child, or parent of, or any other family member related by blood

or by law to, an active, formerly active, or retired judicial officer , law enforcement officer, or child protective investigator in the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, as those terms are defined by section 1 of P.L.1995, c. 23 ( C.47:1A-1.1 ), or prosecutor and who resides in the same household as the judicial officer, law

enforcement officer, child protective investigator in the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, or prosecutor. “ News media ” means newspapers, magazines, press associations, news agencies, wire services, or

other similar printed means of disseminating news to the general public. “Person” shall not be construed to include in any capacity the custodian of a government

record as defined in section 1 of P.L.1995, c. 23 ( C.47:1A-1.1 ). b. Upon notification pursuant to subsection c. of this section, and not later than

10 business days after receipt thereof, a person shall not knowingly, with purpose

to expose another to harassment or risk of harm to life or property, or in reckless

disregard of the probability of such exposure, post, repost, publish, or republish

on the Internet, or otherwise make available, the home address or unpublished home

telephone number of any covered person, except in compliance with any court order,

law enforcement investigation, or request by a government agency or person duly acting

on behalf of the agency. c. An authorized person, as defined in subsection a. of this section, seeking to prohibit

the disclosure of the home address or unpublished home telephone number of any covered

person consistent with subsection b. of this section shall provide written notice

to the person from whom the authorized person is seeking nondisclosure that the authorized person is an authorized person and requesting that such person cease the disclosure of such

information and remove the protected information from the Internet or where otherwise

made available. d. A reckless violation of subsection b. of this section is a crime of the fourth

degree. A purposeful violation of subsection b. of this section is a crime of the third degree. e. This section shall not be construed to prohibit a person, business, or association that has received information as unredacted pursuant to the provisions of sections 1 through

3 of P.L.2021, c. 371 ( C.47:1B-1 through C.47:1B-3 ) from making the information available consistent with the purposes for which the

person, business, or association received the information. A person, business, or association that uses or makes available the information in

a way that is inconsistent with the purposes for which the person, business, or association

received the information shall be liable as provided pursuant to subsection d. of

this section. f. Nothing herein shall be construed to impose liability on the news media for failure

to remove information from previously printed newspapers , and nothing herein shall be construed to impose liability relating to telephone

directories or directory assistance unless the covered person has requested to be

unpublished in the directory and directory assistance by the applicable publication

deadline .