Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges...oh yes you do on The Jersey Shore

"Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!" is a memorable and widely-quoted (or misquoted) line from cinematic history from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Well, you DO need those 'stinkin' badges' on the beaches of Ocean County and all along The Jersey Shore as badges have been around for more than 30 years at New Jersey beaches. The idea behind a state law was that towns could "provide facilities and safeguards for public bathing and recreation," including lifeguards, clean-up by charging "reasonable fees." And, Ocean County Beach Badge sales are significantly ahead of last year.

Ocean County Beach Badge Fees:

Best Deal for the Family: Island Beach State Park: (per vehicle) $6 daily, $10 weekends.

Barnegat Light: $5 daily, $5 weekends. ($1 surcharge if purchased on beach).

Beach Haven: $5 daily, $5 weekends.

Brick (Barnegat Peninsula): $5 daily, $5 weekends.

Lacey Township: $5 daily, $5 weekends. (Proof of residency is required).

Long Beach Township: $5 daily, $5 weekends.

Seaside Heights: $5 daily, $5 weekends.

Ship Bottom: $5 daily, $5 weekends.

White Sands Beach: $5 daily, $6 weekends.

Martell’s (Point Pleasant Beach): $6 daily, $7.50 weekends.

Bay Head: $7 daily, $7 weekends.

Lavallette: $7 daily, $7 weekends.

Surf City: $7 daily, $7 weekends.

Jenkinson’s (Point Pleasant Beach): $7 daily, $8 weekends.

Ortley Beach: $7 daily, $8 weekends.

Bradshaw’s (Point Pleasant Beach): $8 daily, $8 weekends.

Maryland Avenue (Point Pleasant Beach): $8 daily, $8 weekends.

Risden’s (Point Pleasant Beach): $8 daily, $8 weekends.

Harvey Cedars: $9 daily, $9 weekends.

Seaside Park: $10 daily, $10 weekends.

Mantoloking: $12 for the season.

Access to Jersey Shore Beaches is free to active duty military members and thier families.

By the way, the original version of the line appeared in the 1927 novel The Treasure of the Sierra Madre:

"All right," Curtin shouted back. "If you are the police, where are your badges? Let's see them.""Badges, to god-damned hell with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don't need badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges, you god-damned cabrón and ching' tu madre!"