New Jersey Statutes 39:3-17. Touring privileges of nonresident chauffeurs or drivers
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:3-17
- 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
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The touring privileges allowed by R.S. 39:3-15 are also extended to any nonresident chauffeur or driver who has complied with the law of his resident state, or country, with respect to the licensing of drivers or chauffeurs. No such nonresident shall operate a motor vehicle registered under the laws of this State unless he is seventeen years of age or over. No nonresident shall be permitted to avail himself of the right of driving a New Jersey registered vehicle under his reciprocity privilege unless he is a holder of a driver’s license from the state, or country, in which he resides. A nonresident shall, at all times while operating a motor vehicle in this State under this reciprocity provision, have in his possession the registration certificate of the car which he shall be then operating and his driver’s license, and shall exhibit them to a police officer or judge who, in the performance of the duties of his office, shall request the same. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to imprisonment in the county jail for not more than sixty days.
Amended by L.1939, c. 79, p. 133, s. 3; L.1983, c. 403, s. 9, eff. Dec. 23, 1983.