New Jersey § 52:17b-9

§ 52:17b-9.

Whenever a law enforcement agency seizes or recovers a firearm that was unlawfully

possessed, used for any unlawful purpose, recovered from the scene of a crime, is

reasonably believed to have been used or associated with the commission of a crime,

or is acquired by the agency as an abandoned or discarded firearm, the agency shall

arrange for every such firearm that, in accordance with protocols promulgated by the

Attorney General and superintendent, is determined to merit and be suitable for National

Integrated Ballistics Identification Network data entry and examination to be test-fired

as soon as may be practicable and the results of that test-firing be forthwith submitted

to the National Integrated Ballistics Identification Network to determine whether

the firearm is associated or related to a crime, criminal event, or any individual

associated or related to a crime or criminal event or reasonably believed to be associated

or related to a crime or criminal event. Whenever a law enforcement agency recovers any spent shell casing at a crime scene

or has reason to believe that the recovered spent shell casing is related to or associated

with the commission of a crime or the unlawful discharge of a firearm, the agency

shall, as soon as may be practicable, submit the ballistics information to the National

Integrated Ballistics Identification Network.