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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:5A-28

  • 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
8. The provisions of this act regarding the practice of locksmithing services shall not apply to:

a. The activities of any person performing public emergency services for a governmental entity if that person is operating under the direction or control of the organization by which he is employed;

b. The activities of any sales representative who is offering a sales demonstration to licensed locksmiths;

c. The activities of any automotive service dealer or lock manufacturer, or their agent or employee, while servicing, installing, repairing, or rebuilding locks from a product line utilized by that dealer or lock manufacturer;

d. The activities of any member of a trade union hired to install any mechanical locking device as part of a new building construction or renovation project;

e. The activities of any person using any key duplicating machine or key blanks, except for keys marked “do not duplicate” or “master key;” and

f. The activities of an alarm business that is licensed pursuant to P.L.1997, c.305 (C. 45:5A-23 et seq.), performed in combination with the installation, maintenance, moving, repairing, replacing, servicing or reconfiguration of an alarm system and limited to locks or access control devices that are controlled by an alarm system control device, including the removal of existing hardware.

L.1997, c.305, s.8; amended 2015, c.154.