New Jersey Statutes

N.J. Stat. § 39:4-64 (2026)

Highway littering ban

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section JustiaN.J. Stat. CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

39:4-64. a. No person shall throw or drop any bundle, object, article or debris of any nature from a vehicle whether in motion or not when such vehicle is on a highway. The words "object, article or debris of any nature" as used in this section shall be deemed to include a cigarette, cigar, match, or ashes, or any substance or thing in and of itself likely to cause or fuel a fire, but such inclusion shall not be deemed to in any way limit the generality of the words "object, article or debris of any nature." Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $200 or more than $1,000 for each offense.

b. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle, if present in the vehicle, or, in his absence, the driver of the vehicle, is presumed to be responsible for any violation of this section, if:

(1) A bundle, object, article or debris of any nature is thrown or dropped from the vehicle by an occupant of the vehicle;

(2) There are two or more occupants in the vehicle; and

(3) It cannot be determined which occupant of the vehicle is the violator.

Amended 1954,c.37; 1975,c.154,s.1; 1981,c.143,s.1; 1983,c.346,s.1.; 1992,c.171,s.1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1974–2025 · leading case: State v. Tafoya, 2012 NMSC 30 (N.M. 2012).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

State v. Tafoya, 2012 NMSC 30 (N.M. 2012). “, N.J. Stat. Ann. § 39:4-64 (a) (West 1993) (state littering regulation providing that “}n]o person shall throw or drop any bundle, object, article or debris of any nature from a vehicle .”

Dubus v. Dresser Indus., 649 P.2d 198 (Wyo. 1982). · cites it 2× “N.J.S.A. 39:4-64." We believe that under these rules and the language of § 31-5-118(b), W.”

Valdes v. Smalley, 303 So. 2d 342 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974). “N.J.S.A. 39:4-64. "[9] In our view, although Holcombe's act in throwing the stick from the automobile may not have been foreseen or expected, it was a sufficiently foreseeable consequence of the use of the vehicle to mandate coverage under the terms of the policies.”

State of New Jersey v. Michael A. Trotman (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2025). “1; and littering or throwing debris from his vehicle N.J.S.A. 39:4-64. On January 11, 2021, defendant pleaded under Accusation No.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.