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NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-14.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-14.1 - Disease public nuisance

4:7-14.1. Disease public nuisance  The Dutch elm disease (Graphium ulmi, Schwarz) is hereby declared a public nuisance, and the protection of the susceptible host plants (elm species) is deemed to be a subject of public welfare. L.1935,c.56,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-14.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-14.2 - Control by state board of agriculture

4:7-14.2. Control by state board of agriculture  The state board of agriculture, hereinafter in this article referred to as the "board" , may issue orders pertaining to the control, eradication and prevention of the Dutch elm disease and issue regulations and orders for the destruction and removal of diseased trees and of other trees involved in the spread of the disease and for the disposition of the wood therefrom.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-14.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-14.3 - Right of entry

4:7-14.3. Right of entry  Duly authorized representatives of the board may enter upon any lands or premises, public or private, within the state for the purpose of making necessary inspections, for the removal of condemned trees, and for the disposition of the wood therefrom.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-14.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-14.4 - No damages awarded for destroyed property

4:7-14.4. No damages awarded for destroyed property  No damages shall be awarded for the destruction of infected or condemned trees nor for the wood resulting therefrom.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-14.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-14.5 - Co-operative agreements with other bureaus

4:7-14.5. Co-operative agreements with other bureaus  The board may enter into agreements with the United States department of agriculture or the department, bureau or other state agency of any other state in the Union, or any or all of them, for the purpose of establishing co-ordinating plant pest control eradication work in New Jersey in so far as deemed desirable by the said board to further the purpose of this article.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-14.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-14.6 - Penalty for violations; jail for nonpayment

4:7-14.6. Penalty for violations; jail for nonpayment  Any person who shall interfere with the representatives of the board while engaged in the performance of any of the duties imposed by this article or in the enforcement of any of the provisions hereof or of any of the regulations or orders of the board issued pertaining hereto, shall be deemed a violator of this article and shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for the first offense and two hundred dollars for the second and each subsequent offense, which penalty shall be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the secretary of agriculture in the manner provided in article 1 of chapter 23 of this title (s. 4:23-1 et seq.). If judgment is rendered for the plaintiff the court shall cause a defendant who may refuse or neglect to pay the judgment rendered against him, and all costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for a period of thirty days for the first offense and for a period of sixty days for the second and each subsequent offense.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-15 - Definitions

4:7-15. Definitions  As used in sections 4:7-16 to 4:7-35 of this title: "Department" means the department of agriculture. "Nursery" includes all lands, premises and buildings upon, on or in which plants, trees, shrubs or vines of any kind, whether for fruit, shade or ornament, are grown for sale within the state or for shipment to other states or countries. "Nurseryman" includes any person, firm, copartnership or corporation growing plants, trees, shrubs or vines for sale, or dealing in such stock, whether he or they be owners, lessees or tenants of or on the premises upon which the stock is grown or offered for sale. "Nursery stock" includes all plants, shrubs, trees and vines grown for sale, as well as buds, grafts, stocks, cions and other parts of plants, shrubs, trees and vines that may be sold for propagation; but shall not include herbaceous annuals or plants, flowers, vines or cuttings grown under glass and commonly known as florists' stock.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-16 - Plants infested with insects likely to spread, as nuisance

4:7-16. Plants infested with insects likely to spread, as nuisance  All growers of or dealers in plants of any kind, upon their own or upon leased lands or premises, shall free and keep freed all plants, shrubs, trees, vines, cuttings, cions, buds, stocks or other plant parts grown, cultivated or dealt in by them, from all injurious insects that might spread from the plants infested to others on the public highways or upon lands adjoining or belonging to others. All plants, shrubs, trees or parts of such so infested, are hereby declared to be a nuisance, to be abated as prescribed in sections 4:7-17 to 4:7-35 of this title, and their maintenance after notice given as set forth in section 4:7-17 of this title shall render the grower or dealer liable to the penalty prescribed in section 4:7-18 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-17 - Ordering nuisances abated

4:7-17. Ordering nuisances abated  Whenever complaint is made to the department that a person is maintaining a nuisance as defined in section 4:7-16 of this title, the department shall investigate the truth of the charge, or cause the same to be investigated, as soon as conveniently possible. If after investigation the department decides that a nuisance exists, it shall notify the owner or occupant of the premises of the fact, in writing. The department shall include in the notice a statement of the conditions constituting the nuisance, an order that the same be abated within a specified time, which shall not be less than ten days from the date of the notice nor less than eight days from the date of its service, and a direction written or printed pointing out the methods which should be taken to abate the nuisance. The notice and order may be served personally or by depositing the same in the post office, properly stamped, addressed to the owner or occupant of the land or premises upon which the nuisance exists. The directions for treatment may consist of a printed circular, bulletin or report of the department or of the agricultural experiment station or an extract from the same.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-18 - Penalty for failure to obey order

4:7-18. Penalty for failure to obey order  4:7-18. A person who shall fail to obey an order of the department made and served as prescribed in R.S.4:7-17, within the time therein specified, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) to be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the department in the manner provided in article one of chapter twenty-three of this Title (R.S.4:23-1 et seq.) in the Superior Court or municipal court of any municipality.  Amended 1953, c.5, s.8; 1991,c.91,s.161.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-19 - Ordering destruction of plants

4:7-19. Ordering destruction of plants  If the order of the department, made and served as prescribed in section 4:7-17 of this title, commanded the destruction of any trees, shrubs, plants or nursery stock, the judgment of the court imposing the penalty shall include an order to the officer enforcing its judgment to seize and destroy the specified trees, shrubs, plants or nursery stock, in accordance with the order, which the officer shall thereupon be fully authorized to do.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-21 - Inspection of nurseries; fee

4:7-21. Inspection of nurseries; fee  The department shall examine and inspect, or cause to be examined and inspected, at least once in each year, at such time or times as it may determine, with or without notice to the nurseryman, all nurseries or establishments of all dealers in nursery stock and shall investigate the sources of nursery stock dealt in by dealers within the state, to ascertain whether the stock grown thereon or sold therefrom is free from dangerously injurious insects and from such as in its opinion are likely to become so when the stock is transplanted or set out into orchard, vineyard, field or garden; and every nurseryman within the state may demand that such inspection be made, in case his nursery has not been inspected prior to the first day of October in any year. A fee may be charged to cover the cost of such inspection, and all fees collected under this section shall be paid into the state treasury, which fees are hereby appropriated to the department for use in carrying out the provisions of sections 4:7-15 to 4:7-35 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-22 - Certificate of inspection

4:7-22. Certificate of inspection  After any nursery has been inspected, the nurseryman may demand of the department a certificate stating the condition of the stock on the inspected premises, and the department shall issue a certificate in accordance with the facts found. If the inspection shows freedom from dangerously injurious insects, or from such as are liable to become so, the department shall issue a certificate to that effect, specifying in such certificate the date up to which it shall remain valid; but the department may impose as a condition that the nurseryman comply with the requirements of section 4:7-28 of this title, and this condition must be accepted in writing by the nurseryman.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-23 - Treatment and reinspection where inspection shows infestation

4:7-23. Treatment and reinspection where inspection shows infestation  If the inspection shows the presence of dangerously injurious insects or such as are likely to become so, the department shall require the nurseryman to destroy the infested stock and to treat that exposed to infestation in the manner necessary to render the insects harmless and the stock safe. After complying with the requirements of the department, any nurseryman may apply for a reinspection of his stock, and the department shall, if it finds the conditions fulfilled and the stock apparently clean, issue a certificate to that effect upon such conditions as may be deemed necessary for the protection of purchasers. Such conditions shall be in writing and must be accepted by the nurseryman in writing.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-24 - Inspection as a prerequisite to sales, penalty

4:7-24. Inspection as a prerequisite to sales, penalty  4:7-24. No nurseryman within the State shall sell or offer for sale any nursery stock or shall deliver the same within the State until it has been inspected by the department and until a certificate has been issued to him in accordance with the provisions of section 4:7-22 of this Title.  For every sale or shipment to a point within this State in violation of this section, a nurseryman shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) to be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the department in the manner provided in article one of chapter twenty-three of this Title (R.S.4:23-1 et seq.) in the Superior Court or municipal court of any municipality.  Amended 1953, c.5, s.10; 1991,c.91,s.162.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-25 - Attaching certificate to goods delivered or shipped

4:7-25. Attaching certificate to goods delivered or shipped  Every nurseryman growing stock within this State, and every dealer in nursery stock, shall attach to every car, box, bale or parcel of stock sent out or delivered by him, a written or printed copy of the certificate issued to him by the department.   Amended 1941, c.111, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-26 - Misuse of certificate, penalty

4:7-26. Misuse of certificate, penalty  4:7-26. Any nurseryman to whom a certificate has been issued, who shall: a. Use the same on stock not actually inspected; or b. In any way fail to comply with the conditions upon which the certificate was issued or the requirements of sections 4:7-15 to 4:7-35 of this Title --  Shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense, to be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the department in the manner provided in article one of chapter twenty-three of this Title (R.S.4:23-1 et seq.) in the Superior Court or municipal court of any municipality, and the certificate of such nurseryman may be canceled in the discretion of the department.  Amended 1953, c.5, s.11; 1991,c.91,s.163.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-29 - Shipment by nurseryman under certificate of stock grown elsewhere

4:7-29. Shipment by nurseryman under certificate of stock grown elsewhere  A nurseryman or dealer may, under the certificate issued to him, ship nursery stock grown for him elsewhere or purchased by him from other states or countries, if such stock was received under a certificate, satisfactory to the department, that it had been inspected where grown and found to be apparently free from dangerously injurious insects and such as were liable to become so; and no such stock shall be sold within the state or shipped until the certificate accompanying it has been submitted to and approved by the department.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-30 - Certificate of inspection to accompany nursery stock shipped in

4:7-30. Certificate of inspection to accompany nursery stock shipped in  All nursery stock shipped into this state from any foreign state or country must be accompanied by a certificate, dated not more than six months prior to the date of the shipment, or by a written or printed copy of the certificate, attached to each car, box, bale or parcel thereof, stating that the stock to which the certificate is attached has been inspected by an officer duly authorized by the laws of the state where the stock was grown, and that the same was found to be free from dangerously injurious insects and from such as might be liable to become so when introduced into nursery, vineyard, farm or garden. Every such certificate shall be accompanied by a written or printed statement from the nurseryman shipping the same, declaring that the stock is part of that which was inspected by or under the direction of the officer signing the certificate, and he shall further state whether or not the stock has been fumigated with hydrocyanic acid gas.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-31 - Inspection of nursery stock entering state; disposition of infested stock

4:7-31. Inspection of nursery stock entering state; disposition of infested stock  The department may inspect nursery stock entering this State that might be capable of disseminating or carrying injurious insects. If, upon inspection, any such stock is found to be infested, it may be destroyed, returned to the point of origin or submitted under supervision of the department to the treatment necessary to destroy the pests that may be in or on it. The disposition of such cases shall be within the discretion of the department. Amended by L.1941, c. 111, p. 254, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-32 - Nursery stock shipped in unaccompanied by certificate

4:7-32. Nursery stock shipped in unaccompanied by certificate  A car, box, bale or parcel of nursery stock shipped into this state unaccompanied by a certificate as required by section 4:7-30 of this title, may be seized and detained by the department wherever found, whether in the hands of a common carrier or in the hands of the consignee or his agent. Such stock may be detained until it has been inspected and found free from dangerously injurious insect pests and from such as in the judgment of the department are liable to become so. The department shall destroy any stock so examined which is found to be so infested and shall require such as may not be actually infested to be submitted to the treatment necessary to make it safe and the insects that may be harbored in or on it, harmless.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-33 - Carriers to refuse transportation, penalty

4:7-33. Carriers to refuse transportation, penalty  4:7-33. Every carrier for hire maintaining offices or stations within this State for the receipt of nursery stock for transportation to points within or without the State, and the agents and servants of every such carrier, shall determine, before accepting stock for transportation to points within or without the State, that the stock offered for shipment at any such office or station is properly provided with a certificate as required by R.S.4:7-15 to R.S.4:7-35, signed by authority of the department and valid by its terms at the date on which the shipment is offered.  Every such carrier for hire and the agents and servants of every such carrier shall refuse for transportation in and delivery to points within this State, all boxes, bales, or parcels of nursery stock which are not accompanied by a certificate of inspection as required by R.S.4:7-30; but shipments of nursery stock from countries foreign to the United States, and bearing a certificate signed by a proper official of the country from which the stock was received, may be accepted at any port of entry within the State for transportation to points within or without the State.  For every violation of this section, and for every bale, box, parcel or package accepted or transported without such certificate, the carrier shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00), to be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the department in the manner provided in article one of chapter twenty-three of this Title (R.S.4:23-1 et seq.) in the Superior Court or a municipal court of any municipality.  Amended 1941, c.111, s.5; 1953, c.5, s.12; 1991,c.91,s.164.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-34 - Inspection of fruit bearing trees or plants at request of grower

4:7-34. Inspection of fruit bearing trees or plants at request of grower  A farmer, horticulturist or other grower of fruits within this state may request an examination of his trees or other fruit bearing plants, to determine whether or not they are infested by any dangerously injurious insect pest and the department shall examine the trees or other fruit bearing plants with all convenient dispatch. The department shall inform the owner as to the best methods of treating trees or plants, which are found to be so infested, in order that they may be preserved if possible and the spread of the insects checked. This section shall apply only to such insects as may endanger the life of the infested trees or plants and may spread from such as are already infested to others in their vicinity.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-35 - Right to enter premises for inspection; interference or obstruction

4:7-35. Right to enter premises for inspection; interference or obstruction  For the purpose of making the inspections, examinations and investigations specified in sections 4:7-15 to 4:7-34 of this title, and to enforce the provisions of the same, the department by its authorized officers or agents may enter upon any lands, open or inclosed, upon which such inspections, examinations and investigations are necessary or where any nuisance as defined in section 4:7-16 of this title is maintained or charged, and into any storehouse or building containing nursery stock which the department is directed or entitled to inspect. Any interference with or obstruction made to any such officer or agent while engaged in the performance of the duties imposed by sections 4:7-15 to 4:7-34 of this title, shall subject the offender to punishment as a disorderly person under the general laws of this state upon a charge made against him by the officer interfered with.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-36 - Declared a nuisance

4:7-36. Declared a nuisance  The gipsy moth (Porthetria dispar L.) is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the protection of vegetation or plant life therefrom is deemed to be a subject matter of public welfare.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-37 - Inspection of lands and premises

4:7-37. Inspection of lands and premises  At such times as the department of agriculture, hereinafter referred to as the "department" , may deem necessary, its officers or agents may enter and inspect any public or private lands and premises within this state to ascertain whether the plant life or vegetation found thereon is free from the gipsy moth and its preliminary stages.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-38 - Measures to abate nuisance

4:7-38. Measures to abate nuisance  Whenever, as a result of inspection as provided in section 4:7-37 of this title, the department shall find evidence of the gipsy moth or its preliminary stages, it shall have recourse to such recognized measures as it may deem advisable to abate and suppress the gipsy moth and its preliminary stages and to protect therefrom surrounding vegetation or plant life.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:7-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:7-39 - Notice of proposed action

4:7-39. Notice of proposed action  Before entering any lands and premises and starting the work of abating and suppressing the gipsy moth in its preliminary stages and protecting surrounding vegetation or plant life therefrom, the department shall cause a notice to be given to the occupants of all affected lands and premises, setting forth the nature of the action that it is proposed to take and fixing a time therefor, in the following manner: a. By two separate insertions in a newspaper qualified to accept legal notices published in the county of the proposed treatment or other action and circulating in the affected area. The two insertions shall appear at least 7 days apart, the first of which shall be not earlier than 21 days prior to the proposed date of treatment or other action and the second of which shall be not later than 7 days prior to the proposed date thereof, and b. By mailing a notice by regular first class mail to the occupant of each affected parcel of property no later than 10 days prior to the proposed date of treatment or other action. Amended by L.1975, c. 69, s. 1, eff. April 14, 1975.