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The NJ State Library’s (NJSL) Law Library provides access to digitized Acts of the Legislature (Chapter or Session Laws), which are the official records of laws enacted by the New Jersey Legislature, organized by year and legislative session.

This collection, hosted through the New Jersey State Publications Digital Library, allows users to search, view, and download historical legal statutes from 1776 to the present for research and reference.

These PDF scans can be keyword searched, saved and printed.

Other Means to Access New Jersey Laws

Chapter/Session Laws of New Jersey

* An asterisk indicates that Additional Acts of this legislative session were published in the following year’s volume.

Twentieth Century

Nineteenth Century

Eighteenth Century

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