New Jersey § 2c:12-3
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 2c:12-3, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2c:12-3.
Terroristic threats. a. A person is guilty of a crime of the third degree if he threatens to commit any
crime of violence with the purpose to terrorize another or to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly,
or facility of public transportation, or otherwise to cause serious public inconvenience,
or in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or inconvenience. A violation of this subsection is a crime of the second degree if it occurs during
a declared period of national, State or county emergency. The actor shall be strictly liable upon proof that the crime occurred, in fact,
during a declared period of national, State or county emergency. It shall not be a defense that the actor did not know that there was a declared
period of emergency at the time the crime occurred. b. A person is guilty of a crime of the third degree if he threatens to kill another
with the purpose to put him in imminent fear of death under circumstances reasonably causing
the victim to believe the immediacy of the threat and the likelihood that it will
be carried out.
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Section 2c:12-3 is part of the New Jersey Statutes, the codified statutory law of New Jersey. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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