South Jersey Laws
Aggravated Sexual Assault
New Jersey Statutes Annotated 2C:14-2: Sexual Assault


An actor is guilty of aggravated sexual assault if he commits an act of sexual penetration with another person and:

  • The victim is less than 13 years old;
  • The victim is at least 13 but less than 16 years old; and
    • The actor is related to the victim by blood or affinity to the third degree; or
    • The actor has supervisory or disciplinary power over the victim by virtue of the actor's legal, professional, or occupational status; or
    • The actor is a foster parent, a guardian, or stands in loco parentis within the household;
  • The act is committed during the commission, or attempted commission of robbery, kidnapping, homicide, aggravated assault on another, burglary, arson or criminal escape;
  • The actor is armed with a weapon or any object fashioned in such a manner as to lead the victim to reasonably believe it to be a weapon and threatens by word or gesture to use the weapon or object;
  • The actor is aided or abetted by one or more other persons and the actor uses physical force or coercion;
  • The actor uses physical force or coercion and severe personal injury is sustained by the victim;
  • The victim is one whom the actor knew or should have known was physically helpless, mentally defective or mentally incapacitated.


Aggravated sexual assault is a crime of the first degree and is punishable by:

  • Imprisonment for ten to twenty years;
  • A fine of up to $200,000; or
  • Both; or

  • Imprisonment for a term of five years with no chance of parole; or

  • Imprisonment for a term of thirty years to life.
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