4:5-106.16 - Imprisonment upon failure to pay judgment - New Jersey Statutes

4:5-106.16.  Imprisonment upon failure to pay judgment
    If judgment is rendered for the plaintiff the court shall cause a defendant  who shall fail to pay forthwith the amount of the judgment rendered against  him, and all costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county  jail until the judgment is paid but no such imprisonment shall exceed 30 days  in the case of the first offense or 90 days for a second or subsequent  offense.

     L.1957, c. 140, p. 537, s. 16.