{
  "code": "US-NJ",
  "name": "New Jersey",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-07",
  "confidence": "high",
  "black_letter": "N.J.S.A. 9:17-44 is physician-oriented: unless the donor and woman have a written contract to the contrary, the donor of semen provided to a licensed physician for AI of a woman other than the donor\u2019s wife is treated as if not the father. Informal AI without that pathway is outside the clear safe harbor.",
  "ai_informal": "clinic_or_physician_required",
  "ni": "not_recognized",
  "physician_or_clinic_for_safe_harbor": "yes",
  "agreement_effect": "limited_or_unclear",
  "key_citations": [
    {
      "label": "N.J.S.A. 9:17-44",
      "url": "https://law.onecle.com/new-jersey/title-9/9-17-44.html",
      "quote": "Unless the donor of semen and the woman have entered into a written contract to the contrary, the donor of semen provided to a licensed physician for use in artificial insemination of a woman other than the donor's wife is treated in law as if he were not the father of a child thereby conceived and shall have no rights or duties stemming from the conception of a child."
    }
  ],
  "emerging_law_note": "Always re-read current official code; definitions of \u201cdonor\u201d and \u201cassisted reproduction\u201d control.",
  "page": "/Pages/US/NJ/nj.html",
  "region_group": "US",
  "status_badges": {
    "AI-Single": "Banned",
    "AI-Married": "Banned",
    "NI": "Banned",
    "Contract": "Unknown"
  }
}