New Jersey Revised Statutes Title 6 - Aviation

• Section 6:1-1 - Purpose
  The purpose of this chapter is to provide, in the interests of public safety and of aeronautical progress, for the regulation of aircraft in...
• Section 6:1-2 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter: "Aircraft" means any contrivance invented, used or designed for navigation or flight in the air except a parachute or...
• Section 6:1-9 - Powers And Duties Of Commission; Traffic And Field Rules; Aircraft Standards; Commission's Records And Reports
  The commission shall have general charge of and supervision over the administration and enforcement of this chapter. It may establish and revise from time...
• Section 6:1-11 - Power To Subpoena; Penalty For Failure To Obey
  The chairman of the commission shall have power to administer oaths and, when directed by vote of the commission, to subpoena and require the...
• Section 6:1-12 - Pilots To Have Federal License; Certificate To Be Carried And Shown On Demand
  No person shall operate or navigate any aircraft within the state unless he shall have a proper and effective pilot's license or permit issued...
• Section 6:1-13 - Aircraft To Be Licensed And Registered By Department Of Commerce
  No person shall operate or navigate any aircraft within the state unless such aircraft has an appropriate effective license issued by the department of...
• Section 6:1-14 - Exceptions To Preceding Sections
  Sections 6:1-12 and 6:1-13 of this title shall not apply to military aircraft of the United States or its possessions, public aircraft of any...
• Section 6:1-15 - Licensing Of Airports And Landing Fields
  No owner or operator of any airport or landing field shall permit the owner or pilot of any aircraft to use such airport or...
• Section 6:1-16 - Display Of Circle Or Cross Markers On Airports Or Landing Fields
  No circle marker shall be displayed on any landing field other than an airport. The circle marker shall be used by licensed airports only....
• Section 6:1-17 - Exhibitions To Be Licensed
  No air meet, air race or aerial exhibition shall be conducted or operated in this state without a license first obtained from the commission....
• Section 6:1-18 - Flying Aircraft While Under Influence Of Liquors Or Drugs; Passengers
  No person shall fly any aircraft in this state while under the influence of or using intoxicating liquors, cocaine or other habit-forming drugs, nor...
• Section 6:1-19 - Violations; Penalty
  Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
• Section 6:1-20 - Purpose
  The purpose of this act is to provide in the interest of public safety and of aeronautic progress for the regulation of aeronautics in...
• Section 6:1-21 - Definitions
  When used in this act: (a) "Aeronautics" means avigation of or transportation by aircraft; air instruction; the operation, repair or maintenance of aircraft, aircraft...
• Section 6:1-29 - Powers And Duties Of The Commissioner; Adoption Of Rules, Regulations And Orders
  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development shall promote progress and education in and shall have supervision...
• Section 6:1-30 - Powers And Duties Of Director
  The director shall be the executive officer of the department and, under the supervision of the commission, shall administer and enforce the provisions of...
• Section 6:1-31 - Commission: Hearings; Information; Records; Reports
  It shall be the duty of the commission to hold public hearings on matters affecting aeronautics; to conduct investigations, inquiries and hearings concerning matters...
• Section 6:1-32 - Commission: Safety Devices And Facilities; Markings; Hazards To Avigation
  The commission may, in order to protect the public safety and the safety of those participating in aeronautical activities adopt reasonable rules, regulations and...
• Section 6:1-33 - Police And Departmental Co-operation
  It shall be the duty of all departmental and political subdivisions of this State, all peace officers, and every county and municipal officer charged...
• Section 6:1-34 - Licenses: Aircraft; Requirement For
  It shall be unlawful, except as hereinafter provided, to operate, pilot or avigate, or cause to be operated, piloted or avigated, any aircraft on...
• Section 6:1-35 - Licenses: Aircraft; Provisions For
  The commissioner may provide for the licensing of civil aircraft by reasonable rules, regulations and orders adequate to protect the public safety and the...
• Section 6:1-37 - Identification Of Aircraft
  It shall be unlawful to operate, pilot or avigate any aircraft on or over the land or waters or through the air space of...
• Section 6:1-38 - Licenses: Pilots, Requirement For
  It shall be unlawful, except as hereinafter provided, for any person to operate, pilot or avigate any aircraft on or over the land or...
• Section 6:1-40 - Licenses: Possession; Inspection
  Any pilot licensed under this chapter shall at all times have his license and the license of the aircraft operated by him or under...
• Section 6:1-42 - Licenses: Air Meets, Exhibitions, et Cetera
  No air meet, air race or aerial exhibition shall be conducted or operated in this State without a license first obtained from the commission....
• Section 6:1-43 - Use Of Emergency Facility Or Facility Operated Exclusively By And For Government; License For Aeronautical Activity; Fixed Base Operation
  It shall be unlawful, except as provided for by the provisions of this chapter and the rules, regulations and orders adopted pursuant to this...
• Section 6:1-44 - Licenses; Aviation Facilities And Temporary Landing Areas
  The commissioner shall provide for the licensing of airports, landing strips, or other avigation facilities and temporary landing areas by rules, regulations and orders...
• Section 6:1-44.1 - Licenses Or Certificates For Operation Of Aeronautical Facilities And Fixed Base Operations; Expiration; Fee.
  1.The commissioner shall have the power to grant an appropriate license or certificate upon application properly made and the fee therefor paid for activities...
• Section 6:1-44.2 - Effective Date
  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. L.1953, c. 234, p. 1714, s. 2.
• Section 6:1-45 - Licenses: Modification; Suspension; Revocation
  Any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be modified, suspended or revoked when in the interest of public safety or...
• Section 6:1-46 - Examination And Inspection; Pilots And Aircraft
  Any member of the commission, the director, any inspector or other authorized agent of the commission may examine and inspect any pilot, aircraft, airport,...
• Section 6:1-47 - Licenses: Burden Of Proof
  In any proceeding, investigation or hearing, criminal or otherwise, under any of the provisions of this chapter, any person who relies upon a license...
• Section 6:1-48 - Periodical Inspection: Aircraft, Airports, Avigation Facilities, et Cetera
  The commission may adopt rules, regulations and orders providing for the periodical inspection and examination of aircraft, airports, landing fields, landing strips, fixed base...
• Section 6:1-50 - Rules, Regulations And Orders; Posting; Service; Filing
  General rules and orders of the commission shall be posted for public inspection in all offices of the commission at least fifteen days before...
• Section 6:1-50.1 - Verification Of Identity Of Pilots Renting Aircraft.
  1.Any person who provides aircraft for rent in New Jersey shall verify the identity of the pilot seeking to rent the aircraft by requesting...
• Section 6:1-50.2 - Regulations.
  2.The commissioner is authorized to adopt regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c.410 ( C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes...
• Section 6:1-51 - Investigation Of Aircraft Accidents, Hearings
  32. The Department of Commerce, Energy and Economic Development shall have the power to conduct investigations, inquiries and hearings concerning matters covered by the...
• Section 6:1-52 - Depositions: Records; Findings, Witness Fees And Expenses; Testimony Of Commissioners Or Director
  The commission or director or any party, in any investigation, may cause to be taken the deposition of witnesses residing within or without the...
• Section 6:1-53 - Review
  Any order made by the department may be reviewed by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ in the Superior Court. L.1938, c. 48,...
• Section 6:1-59 - Penalties
  Any person willfully violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or the rules, regulations or orders issued pursuant thereto, except provisions, rules, regulations...
• Section 6:1-59.1 - Violations Or Failure To Have License; Penalties And Costs.
  7.Any person violating any provisions of this act or any rule, regulation or order authorized hereby and any person who operates, conducts, uses or...
• Section 6:1-60 - Constitutionality
  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect...
• Section 6:1-61 - Evidence Regarding Safety Of Methods Of Operation Of Aircraft And Airports, Duty To Furnish; Notice
  Any person who operates, pilots or avigates, or any person, copartnership, association or corporation who causes to be operated, piloted or avigated, any aircraft...
• Section 6:1-62 - Refusal To Furnish Evidence; Injunction Against Using Airports
  In event that any such person, copartner or copartners, officer or officers shall neglect or refuse to appear or, appearing, shall refuse to testify...
• Section 6:1-80 - Findings, Declarations
  1. It is found and declared by the Legislature that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of the users of the airport...
• Section 6:1-81 - Short Title
  2. Sections 1 through 9 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Air Safety and Zoning Act of 1983."...
• Section 6:1-82 - Definitions
  3. As used in this amendatory and supplementary act: a. "Airport" means any area of land or water, or both designed and set aside...
• Section 6:1-83 - Airport Safety Zones, Delineation
  4. After public hearing upon notice, including notice to each affected municipality, and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.),...
• Section 6:1-84 - Uses Within Airport Safety Zones, Standards
  5. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), promulgating standards which specify permitted and...
• Section 6:1-85 - Municipal Ordinance To Meet State Standards
  6. Each municipality which contains within its boundaries any part of a delineated airport safety zone shall enact an ordinance or ordinances incorporating the...
• Section 6:1-85.1 - Municipal Notice To Owners
  11. a. Each municipality which contains within its boundaries any part of a delineated airport safety zone shall notify, in writing, each owner of...
• Section 6:1-85.2 - Sellers' Notice To Buyers
  12. Any person who sells or transfers a property in an airport safety zone delineated under the "Air Safety and Zoning Act of 1983,"...
• Section 6:1-86 - Nonconforming Use; Permits; Fees
  The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), providing for the issuing...
• Section 6:1-87 - Injunctions
  The commissioner may institute, in any court of competent jurisdiction, an action in the name of the State to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate...
• Section 6:1-88 - Acquisition Of Interest In Property Or Nonconforming Structure
  In any case in which it is desired to remove, lower, or otherwise terminate a nonconforming use; or in which the necessary protection from...
• Section 6:1-89 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Airport Safety, Security and Improvement Act." L.1983, c.264, s.1; amended 2010,...
• Section 6:1-90 - Findings, Declarations.
  2. a. The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) New Jersey's public use, general aviation airports are an integral part of the State's transportation...
• Section 6:1-91 - Definitions.
  3. As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Transportation. b. "Department" means the Department of Transportation. c. "Fund" means the...
• Section 6:1-92 - "Airport Safety Fund."
  4. a. There is established in the general fund a separate special account to be known as the "Airport Safety Fund." Notwithstanding any provisions...
• Section 6:1-93 - Permitted Uses Of Airport Safety Fund.
  9.The commissioner is hereby authorized to expend moneys from the Airport Safety Fund established by section 4 of the "New Jersey Airport Safety, Security...
• Section 6:1-94 - Qualifications For Assistance From Airport Safety Fund; Factors Considered In Granting Application For Assistance; Certification Requirements
  Any airport, to qualify under the provisions of section 9 of this act, ^1^ shall not be an international airport, either by classification or...
• Section 6:1-95 - Powers Of Commissioner.
  11. a. The commissioner may acquire airports or lands or rights therein, including aviation easements necessary for clear zones or clear areas, by gift,...
• Section 6:1-95.1 - Submission Of Summary Of Terms, Conditions To Legislature.
  2.The Commissioner of Transportation shall submit to the Legislature for approval a summary of the terms and conditions of each purchase of development rights...
• Section 6:1-96 - Rules And Regulations
  The commissioner is authorized to make such rules and regulations, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et...
• Section 6:1-97 - Aircraft Exempt From Taxation
  All aircraft, whether or not the same are required to be registered under State or federal law, shall be exempt from taxation under chapters...
• Section 6:1-98 - Governor's Air And Space Medal
  1. a. Each year during the month of May, Aviation Awareness Month, an award shall be presented by the Governor or the Governor's designee,...
• Section 6:1-100 - Definitions Relative To Airport Employment Restrictions; Criminal History Record Checks
  2. a. As used in this section: "Aircraft operator" means the holder of an operating certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration or a...
• Section 6:2-1 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter: "Aircraft" includes balloon, aeroplane, seaplane and every other vehicle used for navigation through the air. A seaplane, while at...
• Section 6:2-2 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the "uniform state law for aeronautics" .
• Section 6:2-3 - How Construed
  This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact...
• Section 6:2-4 - Right Of Sovereignty In Air
  Sovereignty in space above the lands and waters of this state is declared to rest in the state, except where granted to and assumed...
• Section 6:2-5 - Ownership Of Space
  The ownership of space above the lands and waters of this state is declared to be vested in the several owners of the surface...
• Section 6:2-6 - Flight Over Lands Permitted; Liability For Forced Landing
  Flight in aircraft over the lands and waters of this state is lawful, unless at such a low altitude as to interfere with the...
• Section 6:2-7 - Liability For Injuries To Person Or Property; Lien On Aircraft; Mortgagees, Vendors And Trustees Not Deemed Owners
  The owner of every aircraft which is operated over the land or waters of this State is absolutely liable for injuries to persons or...
• Section 6:2-8 - Liability For Collision
  The liability of the owner of one aircraft, to the owner of another aircraft, or to airmen or passengers on either aircraft, for damages...
• Section 6:2-9 - Torts And Crimes Committed In Flight; Laws Of State Applicable
  All crimes, torts, and other wrongs committed by or against an airman or passenger while in flight over this state shall be governed by...
• Section 6:2-10 - Contracts Made During Flight
  All contractual and other legal relations entered into by aeronauts or passengers while in flight over this state shall have the same effect as...
• Section 6:2-11 - Acrobatic Stunts; Low Flying Over Public Gatherings Prohibited; Penalty
  Any airman or passenger who, while in flight over a thickly inhabited area or over a public gathering within this state, shall engage in...
• Section 6:2-12 - Killing Of Birds And Animals From Planes; Penalty
  Any airman or passenger who, while in flight within this state, shall intentionally kill or attempt to kill any birds or animals shall be...
• Section 6:3-1 - Department Of Transportation Approval
  No county, municipality, public agency, authority or private airport owner in this State, whether acting alone or jointly with another county, municipality, public agency...
• Section 6:5-1 - Definitions
  When used in this act "Avigation" means the operating, steering, directing or managing of aircraft in or through the air and on the ground...
• Section 6:5-2 - Right And Manner Of Service Of Process On Nonresidents Extended
  This chapter shall be construed as extending the right and manner of service of process upon nonresidents, and not as limiting any other lawful...
• Section 6:5-3 - Secretary Of State As Agent
  3. (a) Any person, not being a resident of this State, who shall operate, pilot or avigate any aircraft on or over the land...
• Section 6:5-4 - Manner Of Service Upon Secretary Of State; Notice
  Service of process upon the Secretary of State shall be made by leaving the original and a copy of the summons and 2 copies...
• Section 6:5-5 - Continuances
  The court in which an action, against an operator, pilot or owner mentioned in section three of this act, is pending may order such...
• Section 6:5-6 - Fee
  The fee of $20.00 paid by the plaintiff to the Secretary of State at the time of service and the cost of giving notice...
• Section 6:5-7 - Record Of Processes Served
  The Secretary of State shall keep a record of processes served pursuant to the provisions of this act, which shall show the day and...
• Section 6:5-8 - Nonresident Involved In Accident; Execution Of Power Of Attorney Appointing Secretary Of State As Agent
  Whenever any collision or accident shall occur on or over the land or waters or in the air spaces of this State and the...
• Section 6:5-9 - Service Of Process Upon Nonresident Owner Of Aircraft Involved In Accident
  Civil process in any civil action arising out of a collision or accident in which any aircraft of a nonresident owner, not registered or...

Last modified: October 11, 2016