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Code · New Jersey · Title 2A — Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice · Chapter 157

2A:157-2.1. Power of arrest for crime committed in presence of officer within territorial limits of state

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Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, any full-time, permanently appointed county detective, sheriff's officer and investigator sheriff's office shall have full power of arrest for any crime committed in his presence anywhere within the territorial limits of the State of New Jersey.
L.1977, c. 438, s. 2, eff. March 2, 1978.
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