About Samuel Sachs, Esq. - NJ Criminal Trial LawyerHow to contact Samuel Sachs, Esq - New Jersey Criminal AttorneySitemap for Sam Sachs, Esq.Home page for Sam Sachs, Esq. - New Jersey Criminal Lawyer
   
 

 

New Jersey Criminal Laws

2C:20-7.     Receiving stolen property

a.  Receiving.  A person is guilty of theft if he knowingly receives or  brings into this State movable property of another knowing that it has been  stolen, or believing that it is probably stolen.  It is an affirmative defense  that the property was received with purpose to restore it to the owner.  "Receiving"  means acquiring possession, control or title, or lending on the  security of the property.
b.  Presumption of knowledge.  The requisite knowledge or belief is presumed in the case of a person who:
(1)  Is found in possession or control of two or more items of property stolen on two or more separate occasions;  or
(2)  Has received stolen property in another transaction within the year preceding the transaction charged;  or
(3)  Being a person in the business of buying or selling property of the sort  received, acquires the property without having ascertained by reasonable inquiry that the person from whom he obtained it had a legal right to possess and dispose of it ;or
(4)  Is found in possession of two or more defaced access devices.

 

 

  » Back to Criminal Laws index page. «  
 
  (609) 448-2700
379 Princeton-Hightstown Rd
Princeton-Windsor Office Park
EAST WINDSOR, NJ
(609) 584-2275
Mercerville Professional Office Park,
Suite 7
2333 Whitehorse-Mercerville Rd
MERCERVILLE, NJ
(732) 255-2244
1108 Hooper Avenue
TOMS RIVER, NJ
(609) 298-5969
23659 Columbus Rd
Mansfield Center
COLUMBUS, NJ

©2005, Samuel Louis Sachs, Esq. All rights reserved.
A former New Jersey Municipal Court Judge and practicing New Jersey Criminal Law Attorney
Created with the assistance of Princeton Internet Group, Inc. (PInG).