New Jersey Statutes 2C:39-22. Unregistered prohibited firearm, procedure; exceptions, certain
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2C:39-22
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
(1) transfer the prohibited firearm to a person or firm lawfully entitled to own or possess such weapon;
(2) render the prohibited firearm inoperable; or
(3) voluntarily surrender the prohibited firearm pursuant to N.J.S. 2C:39-12
b. If the owner of the prohibited firearm elects to render the weapon inoperable, the owner shall file a certification on a form prescribed by the superintendent indicating the date on which the weapon was rendered inoperable. This certification shall be filed with either the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality in which the owner resides or, in the case of an owner who resides in a municipality which does not have a full-time police department, with the superintendent.
c. As used in this section, “inoperable” means that the firearm is altered in such a manner that it cannot be immediately fired and that the owner or possessor of the firearm does not possess or have control over the parts necessary to make the firearm operable.
d. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any antique firearm, curio or relic, or weapon solely used to fire blank ammunition for purpose of a living historical reenactment in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (5) of subsection c. of N.J.S. 2C:39-1
L.2022, c.54, s.3.