New Jersey Statutes Title 2C. The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice 2C § 1-13

a. No person may be convicted of an offense unless each element of such offense is proved beyond a reasonable doubt. In the absence of such proof, the innocence of the defendant is assumed.

b. Subsection a. of this section does not:

c. A defense is affirmative, within the meaning of subsection b.(1) of this section, when:

d. When the application of the code depends upon the finding of a fact which is not an element of an offense, unless the code otherwise provides:

e. When the code or other statute defining an offense establishes a presumption with respect to any fact which is an element of an offense, it has the meaning accorded it by the law of evidence.

f. In any civil action commenced pursuant to any provision of this code the burden of proof shall be by a preponderance of the evidence.