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Laws current as of October 23, 2024 What are the legal definitions of nonconsensual sexual contact, sexual penetration, lewdness, stalking, and cyber-harassment?
To qualify for a protective order for sexual offenses, stalking, or cyber-harassment, you must be the victim of actual or attempted nonconsensual sexual contact, sexual penetration, lewdness, stalking, or cyber-harassment by someone who is not a current or former intimate partner.1 You can read the definitions of these crimes on our Selected New Jersey Statutes page.
1 N.J. Stat. § 2C:14-14(a)(1)
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