New Jersey Statutes
§ 44:4-79 — Bringing poor person into county unlawfully; misdemeanor
New Jersey § 44:4-79
JurisdictionNew Jersey
Title 44POOR
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Bluebook
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 44:4-79 (2026).
Text
A person who shall send, bring, remove or entice to remove, or cause to be sent, brought or enticed, any poor person into a county from any other county within this state without first having obtained the consent of the county welfare board of the county, or from any other state into any county within this state without first having obtained the consent of the commissioner and furnishing suitable bond, and there leave or attempt to leave the person without first having obtained that consent, in order that the support or maintenance of the person upon the county may be avoided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the poor person shall not gain a legal settlement thereby and shall be returned from whence he came in the manner provided by law.
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Nearby Sections
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§ 44:4-1
Definitions.§ 44:4-101
Relatives chargeable§ 44:4-102
Compelling support by relatives§ 44:4-104
Compelling support by husband or wife§ 44:4-105
Sequestration of estate§ 44:4-107
Recovery of expenses of support§ 44:4-109
Complaint by director of welfare§ 44:4-113
Contract for visiting nursing care§ 44:4-114
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New Jersey § 44:4-79, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nj/44/44%3A4-79.