Similarly, it is also a crime to make a false statement or give misinformation on an application in order to obtain or facilitate the receipt of license plates or placards for disabled individuals. This means illegally using or misusing disability placards in NJ violates N.J.S.A. Likewise, parking in a space you are not entitled to park in is the “wrongdoing” that you are “concealing” by using the handicapped placard or plate. In New Jersey, driving around with the disability placard or license plate is considered “uttering” and (believe it or not) the placard or plate is considered a “writing” or “record” for the purpose of this law. Moreover, under that same law, it is also unlawful for a person to utter any writing or record while knowing that it contains a false statement or information with the purpose of deceiving or injuring a person or to conceal wrongdoing. 2C:21-4a, it is unlawful for a person to falsify, destroy, remove, or conceal any writing or record. Misusing a handicap cardīy hanging a handicapped placard from your mirror or driving in a car that has a handicapped license plate, you are holding yourself out to be something you are not while simultaneously taking away a spot from someone who genuinely needs it. Therefore, the New Jersey legislature and judiciary have determined that such conduct is unlawful.
In New Jersey, a person who is not physically or mentally disabled, but uses a disability placard in order to park in a handicapped parking space is considered to be misrepresenting who he is (unless one of his passengers is disabled).
If you think you can get away with parking in a handicapped spot when you are not really handicapped, guess again. If you or your passengers are not truly disabled, you can face criminal charges even if you have a disability placard hanging from your rear view mirror.
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