Section 2C:20-10.2 - Receiving a stolen motor vehiclea. Receiving a stolen motor vehicle. A person is guilty of receiving a stolen motor vehicle if the person knowingly receives or brings into this State a motor vehicle that is the property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it is probably stolen. Receiving a stolen motor vehicle is a crime of the second degree if the value of the motor vehicle is $75,000 or more, otherwise it is a crime of the third degree.b. It is an affirmative defense that the property was received with the purpose to restore it to the owner.c. Permissive inference. The requisite knowledge or belief may be inferred in the case of a person who:(1) is found in possession or control of two or more motor vehicles stolen on two or more separate occasions; or(2) has received a stolen motor vehicle in another transaction within the year preceding the transaction charged; or(3) being a person in the business of buying or selling motor vehicles, acquires the motor vehicle without having ascertained by reasonable inquiry that the person from whom it was obtained had a legal right to possess and dispose of it; or(4) is found in possession of a motor vehicle without proper documentation or other evidence of right to possession.For the purposes of this section, "receiving" means acquiring possession, control or title, or lending on the security of the motor vehicle.
Added by L. 2023, c. 101,s. 2, eff. 7/7/2023.