Linden, NJ Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Authorized by
- Ordinance No. 52-32, under P.L. 2007, c.348
- System approval
- NJ Commissioner of Transportation and Governing Body resolution
- Engineer inspection
- certified at least every 6 months
- Summons deadline
- within 40 business days or images purged
- Image retention cap
- 60 days after fine is collected
- Liability
- owner and operator jointly liable
- Public records
- images exempt from OPRA
Summary
Linden installed a traffic control signal monitoring system under Ordinance No. 52-32, adopted through New Jersey's P.L. 2007, c.348 pilot program, at intersections approved by the state Commissioner of Transportation. The Linden Police Department reviews recorded images and issues summonses for red-light violations. Images are not public records, must be purged within two business days if no summons issues within 40 business days, and cannot be kept more than 60 days after a fine is collected.
By P.L. 2007, Chapter 348 (the "Act") the Legislature of the State of New Jersey has determined that the installation of a traffic control signal monitoring system by municipalities complementing local law enforcement could serve as an effective tool in encouraging drivers to observe ... traffic control devices at intersections. ... The Police Department of the City of Linden shall review the recorded images produced by the System, to determine whether sufficient evidence exists demonstrating that a traffic control signal violation has occurred and shall issue a summons when appropriate. ... Any recorded image or information collected in connection with a traffic control signal violation shall not be retained after sixty (60) following the collection of any fine or penalty. ... If a summons is not issued within forty (40) business days following the ... violation, all recorded images ... shall be removed by the Police Department within two (2) business days. ... The liability of the owner and operator of a motor vehicle for a traffic control signal violation summons pursuant to the System shall be joint subject to provisions of the Act.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4586096; v16 updated 2025-12-16; through 12-16-2025).
Full Breakdown
Ordinance No. L. 348. The Governing Body approves each installed system by resolution, and any installation contract that conflicts with the state Act is reformed to match the Act rather than voided. Warning signs approved by the Municipal Engineer must be posted on every street converging into a monitored intersection, and the Municipal Engineer has to inspect and certify each system at least once every six months from the date it is installed. 3, the Linden Police Department reviews the recorded images and issues a summons only when the footage shows sufficient evidence of a signal violation, following the Rules of Court.
4 restricts what happens to the images afterward: they belong exclusively to the Police Department for enforcing the Act, are not a public record under New Jersey's Open Public Records Act or common law, and cannot be subpoenaed except by a grand jury or produced under a court order in a criminal case, and cannot be used as evidence in an unrelated civil or administrative proceeding. If police do not issue a summons within 40 business days of the violation, all images must be purged within two business days; images tied to a violation that does result in a fine cannot be kept more than 60 days after the fine is collected. 6 sets fines according to the amounts the State of New Jersey establishes, not a locally set schedule.
Violations & Fines
A summons issued from System footage is prosecuted through the Municipal Court, with fines set by the State of New Jersey rather than fixed locally in the ordinance. Both the vehicle's registered owner and its operator are jointly liable for the violation under § 7-44.5. Images not tied to a timely summons must be purged within two business days after the 40-business-day deadline passes.
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