Criminal investigation.

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2C:35-10c Criminal investigation.

61. Criminal Investigation.

None of the following shall, individually or collectively, constitute reasonable articulable suspicion of a crime, unless on property used for school purposes which is owned by a school or school board, or at any detention facility, adult correctional facility, or youth correction facility:

a. The odor of cannabis or burnt cannabis;

b. The possession of or the suspicion of possession of marijuana or hashish without evidence of quantity in excess of any amount that would exceed the amount of cannabis items which may be lawfully possessed pursuant to section 46 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.2C:35-10a); or

c. The possession of marijuana or hashish without evidence of quantity in excess of any amount that would exceed the amount of cannabis items which may be lawfully possessed pursuant to section 46 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.2C:35-10a), in proximity to any amount of cash or currency.

L.2021, c.16, s.61.


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