New Jersey § 2a:159a-3

§ 2a:159a-3.

ARTICLE III (a) Whenever a person has entered upon a term of imprisonment in a penal or correctional

institution of a party State, and whenever during the continuance of the term of imprisonment

there is pending in any other party State any untried indictment, information or complaint

on the basis of which a detainer has been lodged against the prisoner, he shall be

brought to trial within 180 days after he shall have caused to be delivered to the

prosecuting officer and the appropriate court of the prosecuting officer's jurisdiction

written notice of the place of his imprisonment and his request for a final disposition

to be made of the indictment, information or complaint: provided that for good cause

shown in open court, the prisoner or his counsel being present, the court having jurisdiction

of the matter may grant any necessary or reasonable continuance. The request of the prisoner shall be accompanied by a certificate of the appropriate

official having custody of the prisoner, stating the term of commitment under which

the prisoner is being held, the time already served, the time remaining to be served

on the sentence, the amount of good time earned, the time of parole eligibility of

the prisoner, and any decisions of the State parole agency relating to the prisoner. (b) The written notice and request for final disposition referred to in paragraph

(a) hereof shall be given or sent by the prisoner to the warden, commissioner of corrections

or other official having custody of him, who shall promptly forward it together with

the certificate to the appropriate prosecuting official and court by registered or

certified mail, return receipt requested. (c) The warden, commissioner of corrections or other official having custody of the

prisoner shall promptly inform him of the source and contents of any detainer lodged

against him and shall also inform him of his right to make a request for final disposition

of the indictment, information or complaint on which the detainer is based. (d) Any request for final disposition made by a prisoner pursuant to paragraph (a)

hereof shall operate as a request for final disposition of all untried indictments,

informations or complaints on the basis of which detainers have been lodged against

the prisoner from the State to whose prosecuting official the request for final disposition

is specifically directed. The warden, commissioner of corrections or other official having custody of the

prisoner shall forthwith notify all appropriate prosecuting officers and courts in

the several jurisdictions within the State to which the prisoner's request for final

disposition is being sent of the proceeding being initiated by the prisoner. Any notification sent pursuant to this paragraph shall be accompanied by copies

of the prisoner's written notice, request, and the certificate. If trial is not had on any indictment, information or complaint contemplated hereby

prior to the return of the prisoner to the original place of imprisonment, such indictment,

information or complaint shall not be of any further force or effect, and the court

shall enter an order dismissing the same with prejudice. (e) Any request for final disposition made by a prisoner pursuant to paragraph (a)

hereof shall also be deemed to be a waiver of extradition with respect to any charge

or proceeding contemplated thereby or included therein by reason of paragraph (d)

hereof, and a waiver of extradition to the receiving State to serve any sentence there

imposed upon him, after completion of his term of imprisonment in the sending State. The request for final disposition shall also constitute a consent by the prisoner

to the production of his body in any court where his presence may be required in order

to effectuate the purposes of this agreement and a further consent voluntarily to

be returned to the original place of imprisonment in accordance with the provisions

of this agreement. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the imposition of a concurrent sentence

if otherwise permitted by law. (f) Escape from custody by the prisoner subsequent to his execution of the request

for final disposition referred to in paragraph (a) hereof shall void the request.