# N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-3: False imprisonment

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T2C_C13_S13-3

## Section

- **Citation:** N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-3
- **Heading:** False imprisonment
- **Jurisdiction:** New Jersey
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** NJ Code / Title 2C / Chapter 13 / Section 13-3

## Text

A person commits a disorderly persons offense if he knowingly restrains another unlawfully so as to interfere substantially with his liberty. In any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense that the person restrained was a child less than 18 years old and that the actor was a relative or legal guardian of such child and that his sole purpose was to assume control of such child. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:13-3, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by L.1979, c. 178, s. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.

## Nearby sections

- [N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-1 Kidnapping.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T2C_C13_S13-1.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-2 Criminal restraint](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T2C_C13_S13-2.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-3 False imprisonment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T2C_C13_S13-3.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-4 Interference with custody.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T2C_C13_S13-4.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-5 Criminal coercion.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T2C_C13_S13-5.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-6 Luring, enticing child by various means, attempts; crime of second degree; subsequent offense, mandatory imprisonment; definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T2C_C13_S13-6.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-7 Luring, enticing an adult, certain circumstances, third degree crime; definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T2C_C13_S13-7.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-8 Human trafficking.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T2C_C13_S13-8.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-8.1 Civil action permitted by injured person.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T2C_C13_S13-8.1.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-9 Second degree crime; penalties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T2C_C13_S13-9.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-10 Findings, declarations relative to human trafficking; definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T2C_C13_S13-10.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-11 Coordination of State's involvement with national, 24-hour toll-free hotline service on human trafficking.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T2C_C13_S13-11.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 2C:13-12 Training courses on handling, response procedures, investigation, prosecution of human trafficking cases.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T2C_C13_S13-12.md)

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