12:4-17 - Recovery of penalties - New Jersey Statutes

12:4-17.     Recovery of penalties       12:4-17. The Superior Court and every municipal court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine actions for the recovery of penalties under R.S.12:4-16. All such penalties shall be enforced and collected under "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.), and the process shall be a warrant. A commitment for failure to pay a penalty shall be to the county jail for a period of not more than twenty days. All penalties recovered under this section shall be paid to the county treasurer for the use of the county. 

    Amended 1953, c.12, s.8; 1991,c.91,s.218.