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Legal Research Home > New Jersey Lawyer > The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice > New Jersey The New Jersey Code Of Criminal Justice Laws Section 2C:3-10. Justification in property crimes.

    Conduct involving the appropriation, seizure or destruction of, damage to, intrusion on, or interference with, property is justifiable under circumstances which would establish a defense of privilege in a civil action based thereon, unless:

    a. The code or the law defining the offense deals with the specific situation involved; or

    b. A legislative purpose to exclude the justification claimed otherwise plainly appears.

     L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:3-10, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.

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New Jersey The New Jersey Code Of Criminal Justice Laws Section 2C:3-10. Justification in property crimes.