Laser pointer laws in New Jersey

We found no New Jersey law restricting the sale or shipping of laser pointers. Federal rules apply regardless.

What we searched

https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip (full NJ statutes text, copy downloaded 2026-10-23, grepped for laser)

Full NJ statutes text: laser appears only in assault/vehicle-interference offenses (2C:12-1); no sale or age rule.

Federal

These apply in every state.

BannedDon't sell a laser marketed as a pointer (or for amusement/demonstration) whose output exceeds 5 mW (Class IIIa/3R); FDA treats such products as violative anywhere in the US.

21 CFR 1040.11(b), (c) · draft

Exact text

(b) Surveying, leveling, and alignment laser products. Each surveying, leveling. or alignment laser product shall comply with all of the applicable requirements of § 1040.10 for a Class I, IIa, II or IIIa laser product and shall not permit human access to laser radiation in excess of the accessible emission limits of Class IIIa.
(c) Demonstration laser products. Each demonstration laser product shall comply with all of the applicable requirements of § 1040.10 for a Class I, IIa, II, or IIIa laser product and shall not permit human access to laser radiation in excess of the accessible emission limits of Class I and, if applicable, Class IIa, Class II, or Class IIIa.