New Jersey · New Jersey Revised Statutes — Title 2C, The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice
N.J.S.A. Title 2C § 2C:13-2: Criminal restraint
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits a crime if they knowingly restrain another person unlawfully in dangerous circumstances or hold them in involuntary servitude. A relative or legal guardian of a child under 18 may have an affirmative defense if control was the sole purpose.
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