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NJ Rev Stat § 4:17-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:17-4 - Failure to produce permit as evidence.

4:17-4 Failure to produce permit as evidence.  4:17-4. In a prosecution for violation of the provisions of this article, the failure of the defendant to produce a written permit to enter upon the lands upon which the defendant is charged with trespassing, signed by the owner, occupant, lessee, or licensee thereof, shall be prima facie proof that the defendant was forbidden by the owner, occupant, lessee, or licensee to enter upon the lands of the owner, occupant, lessee, or licensee. amended 2018, c.121, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:17-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:17-5 - Jail for non-payment of fine.

4:17-5 Jail for non-payment of fine.  4:17-5. Upon the failure of a person convicted of violating the provisions of this article to pay a fine as imposed pursuant to this article, the court convicting the person may commit such person to the county jail until the fine is paid. amended 1953, c.5, s.43; 2018, c.121, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:17-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:17-9 - Injury to or taking of wild flowers, plants or trees; penalty

4:17-9. Injury to or taking of wild flowers, plants or trees; penalty  A person who, without the personal direction or written consent of the owner of the property, shall:  a. Remove, cut, break, injure or destroy any tree, shrub, flower, vine or moss, or attempt so to do;  b. Take any tree, holly, laurel, rhododendrons, winterberry or ground pine--  Shall be punishable by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars in an action at law to be commenced within three months from the time of the commission of the offense. Nothing in this section shall apply to public utility companies or their agents engaged in the performance of public utility company duties.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:17-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:17-10 - Injuring, destroying or removing trees, saplings or poles; penalty

4:17-10. Injuring, destroying or removing trees, saplings or poles; penalty  A person who shall cut, fell, work up, carry away, box, bore or destroy any tree, sapling or pole, standing or lying on any land within this State to which he has no right and title, without leave first obtained of the owner of the land for that purpose, shall forfeit and pay the sum of eight dollars ($8.00) for each tree, sapling or pole so cut, felled, worked up, carried away, boxed, bored or destroyed. One-half of such sum shall go to the owner or owners of the land and the other half to the person or persons suing for and prosecuting the same to effect, at any time within eighteen months from the commission of the acts complained of. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 42, s. 45.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:18A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:18A-1 - Funds held by United States as trustee in behalf of New Jersey Rural Rehabilitation Corporation; receipt from Federal officials

4:18A-1. Funds held by United States as trustee in behalf of New Jersey Rural Rehabilitation Corporation; receipt from Federal officials  The Secretary of Agriculture of the State of New Jersey (hereinafter called the "secretary" ) is hereby designated as the State official of New Jersey to make application to and receive from the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or any other proper Federal official, pursuant and subject to the provisions of Public Law 499, 81st Congress, approved May third, one thousand nine hundred and fifty, the trust assets, either funds or property, held by the United States as trustee in behalf of the New Jersey Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, now dissolved. L.1951, c. 321, p. 1151, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:18A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:18A-2 - Funds to be forwarded to State Treasurer; disbursement

4:18A-2. Funds to be forwarded to State Treasurer; disbursement  Funds and the proceeds of the trust assets return to the secretary in accordance with an application made pursuant to section one of this act and all moneys collected under this act shall be forwarded to the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey. The State Treasurer shall disburse same, subject to the provisions of this act, and in the same manner as other Federal funds, devoted to specific purposes, are now disbursed by him. L.1951, c. 321, p. 1152, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:18A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:18A-3 - Uses of funds

4:18A-3. Uses of funds  The fund shall be available to the secretary for: (a) Such rural rehabilitation purposes which were permissible under the Certificate of Incorporation of the now dissolved New Jersey Rural Rehabilitation Corporation as may from time to time be agreed upon by the secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or his delegate, including but not limited to, loans to farmers for the purpose of leasing, purchasing and acquiring title in land, and making improvements thereon, for the purchase of farm equipment, livestock, materials and supplies needed for the production of crops, livestock and poultry, and to finance the employment of farm labor, and for any other costs incidental to the production, processing, distribution and marketing of food. Loans shall be made at such rates of interest and upon such security and other terms and conditions as the secretary may prescribe. (b) Loans to be insured by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States under Subtitle A of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 (P.L. 87-128), as now or hereafter amended, subject to all of the provisions of said Subtitle A and the applicable provisions of Subtitle D of that act as now or hereafter amended. (c) For transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to section 5 of this act, and (d) For administrative expenses which shall not, without the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, exceed 3% annually of the then book value of the assets. L.1951, c. 321, p. 1152, s. 3. Amended by L.1962, c. 78, s. 1, eff. June 11, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:18A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:18A-4 - Vouchers

4:18A-4. Vouchers  Money requisitioned for the purposes specified in section three of this act shall be paid by the treasurer upon receipt by him of a voucher duly signed and attested by the secretary. L.1951, c. 321, p. 1152, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:18A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:18A-5 - Agreements with United States Secretary of Agriculture regarding loans under Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act

4:18A-5. Agreements with United States Secretary of Agriculture regarding loans under Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act  The Secretary is authorized, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture, to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, pursuant to section 2(f) of Public Law 499, 81st Congress, approved May 3, 1950, upon such terms and conditions and for such periods of time as may be mutually agreed upon, pursuant to which the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States will accept, administer, expend and use with respect to loans to farmers only in the State of New Jersey all or any part of the trust assets referred to in section 1 of this act or any funds from any other source which may be available for such uses, for carrying out the purposes of Subtitles A and B of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 and in accordance with the applicable provisions of Subtitle D thereof, as now or hereafter amended. L.1951, c. 321, p. 1153, s. 5. Amended by L.1962, c. 78, s. 2, eff. June 11, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:18A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:18A-6 - Powers of secretary of agriculture; delegation of authority

4:18A-6. Powers of secretary of agriculture; delegation of authority  The secretary, pursuant to regulations to be promulgated by him, subject to the approval of the Attorney General of this State, is authorized and empowered to: (a) Collect, compromise, adjust or cancel claims and obligations heretofore or hereafter arising out of or administered under this act or under any mortgage, lease, contract or agreement heretofore or hereafter entered into or administered pursuant to this act and, if in his judgment, necessary and advisable, pursue the same to final collection in any court having jurisdiction; and (b) Bid for and purchase at any execution, foreclosure or other sale, or otherwise to acquire property upon which the secretary has a judgment lien by reason of, or which is pledged, mortgaged, conveyed or which otherwise secures any loan or other indebtedness heretofore or hereafter owing to or acquired by the secretary under this act. The foregoing authorities may be delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States with respect to assets heretofore or hereafter transferred to him pursuant to section 5 of this act. L.1951, c. 321, p. 1153, s. 6. Amended by L.1962, c. 78, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:18A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:18A-7 - Accounts; audit

4:18A-7. Accounts; audit  The secretary shall keep accurate accounts of the receipts and disbursements of the fund which shall be subject to examination by the State auditor at any time, and which shall be audited annually by a certified public accountant, copies of whose report shall be submitted to the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey and to the secretary. L.1951, c. 321, p. 1153, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:18A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:18A-8 - Rules and regulations; delegations of authority

4:18A-8. Rules and regulations; delegations of authority  The secretary, with the advice of the State Board of Agriculture, is authorized to make such rules and regulations and such delegations of authority as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. L.1951, c. 321, p. 1154, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:18A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:18A-9 - Freedom from liability

4:18A-9. Freedom from liability  The United States and the Secretary of Agriculture thereof shall be held free from liability by virtue of the transfer of the assets to the secretary pursuant to this act. L.1951, c. 321, p. 1154, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:18A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:18A-10 - Partial invalidity

4:18A-10. Partial invalidity  If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. L.1951, c. 321, p. 1154, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:19-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:19-1 - Annual dog taxes

4:19-1. Annual dog taxes  A person shall, except as hereinafter provided, be taxed annually the sum of one dollar for each dog above the age of six months kept or harbored in a taxing district of this state, sometimes in this article called a municipality, and two dollars for each additional dog above the age of six months. A further dog tax may be levied annually when legally ordered and shall be assessed and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other annual taxes raised for the use of the state, county or municipalities. This article shall not apply to taxing districts wherein the running at large of dogs is or shall be restrained or regulated by ordinance.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:19-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:19-2 - Assessors to set down number of dogs owned

4:19-2. Assessors to set down number of dogs owned  The assessors of the several taxing districts in this state shall set down in a separate column on the several duplicates opposite the name of each person, the number of dogs which he owns or harbors at the time of the annual assessment.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:19-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:19-3 - Refusal to report number and age of dogs; penalty

4:19-3. Refusal to report number and age of dogs; penalty  An inhabitant who shall refuse or willfully neglect to deliver to the assessor, when required by him, a true account of the number and age of the dogs made taxable under this article which are owned or harbored by him shall, for every such failure, be liable to a penalty of five dollars ($5.00), to be recovered with costs by the collector of the taxing district in a civil action, the amount of the penalty recovered to be for the use of the taxing district. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 42, s. 46.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:19-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:19-4 - Use of tax collections to pay claims; handling of fund

4:19-4. Use of tax collections to pay claims; handling of fund  The sums of money collected from the tax imposed by virtue of this article shall be appropriated in the annual budget and the taxing ordinance of the taxing district to make good any loss which may be sustained by any person by the destruction or wounding of his sheep, lambs, domestic animals or poultry, except dogs and cats, within the taxing district where the tax is collected and shall be kept as a separate fund for that purpose by the officer having charge of the general funds of the taxing district. The appropriation shall be made by adding to the budget substantially the following words: "Anticipated revenue from tax on dogs, $ , to be used for payment of claims for damages by dogs to sheep, lambs, domestic animals or poultry." Claims for damages shall be presented to the governing body as provided in section 4:19-5 of this title, and shall be paid in the order in which they are presented and approved if there is sufficient money in the fund for that purpose. If there is not sufficient money on hand in the fund, the claims, as and when approved, shall be held and paid as soon as the collections from the tax will permit. If the collections from the tax in any year are not sufficient to pay all the claims presented and approved, there shall be assessed and collected in the following year a tax in addition to the annual tax provided in this article, which shall be sufficient to pay such claims. Any balance in the fund after all claims for the year which have been presented and approved have been paid, shall be transferred to a special account to be kept separate and apart from any of the other accounts of the municipality. Whenever the fund at the close of any fiscal year of the municipality shall equal the amount received by it from such dog tax for the then next preceding three years, then the surplus over and above such amount shall be paid over by the officer having charge of the general funds of the taxing district to the surplus revenue account of the municipality at the close of the year in which the surplus arises, and the tax provided for in this article need not be assessed for the ensuing fiscal year, or thereafter until the net amount of the special fund has been reduced from such stated amount by the payment of claims presented and approved. The use of general funds of the municipality to pay claims for damages, or the use of the moneys collected from such dog tax in any other manner than as provided in this article, shall be a misdemeanor.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:19-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:19-5 - Claims for and establishment of damages

4:19-5. Claims for and establishment of damages  When any person shall sustain damage by the destruction or wounding of his sheep, lambs, domestic animals or poultry, except dogs and cats, he may take two respectable freeholders of the taxing district wherein the damage was done, who are not related to him, to view the animals or poultry so killed or wounded. If it shall appear to their satisfaction that the animals or poultry were killed or wounded by a dog or dogs, the freeholders shall make a return or certificate thereof in writing, properly verified, stating the amount of damages such person has sustained. That certificate, together with the properly verified certificate of the person suffering the damage, setting forth the facts of the case in full and the estimate of damages sustained, shall entitle the person damaged to the sum stated therein, to be paid by the governing body of the municipality in conformity with this article; except that if the damages certified appear to the governing body to be excessive, it may require the facts stated, claimed and exhibited to be investigated before it under oath and shall award payment accordingly. No claim for damages shall be valid unless the certificate is filed with the clerk of the municipality within thirty days after the damage for which claim is made has been sustained.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:19-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:19-6 - Suit by municipality against owner

4:19-6. Suit by municipality against owner  If any claim for damage is presented and allowed by the governing body of a municipality, such governing body may institute and maintain an action, in the name and for the benefit of the municipality, in any court of competent jurisdiction, against the owner of the offending dog to recover the amount of damages allowed by such governing body as provided in section 4:19-5 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:19-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:19-7 - Effect of article on owner's liability

4:19-7. Effect of article on owner's liability  This article shall not exempt the owner, possessor or harborer of a dog from liability for damage done by it but he is hereby declared to be responsible for such injury. A civil action may be brought by a person for the full amount of the damages sustained by him and in such action it shall not be necessary to prove that the dog was accustomed to commit the injury complained of or a similar injury. The presentation of a claim for damages to the governing body of a municipality shall constitute a waiver of all claims against the owner. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 43, s. 47.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:19-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:19-8 - Failure to kill dog found worrying livestock, penalty

4:19-8. Failure to kill dog found worrying livestock, penalty  4:19-8. An owner or person harboring a dog which is found killing, worrying or wounding any sheep, lamb, domestic animal or poultry, who shall, after being informed thereof, fail to kill the dog within twenty-four hours after receiving such information, shall be liable, to any person who shall sue for the same, to a penalty of ten dollars ($10.00), to be recovered with costs by a civil action before the Superior Court and shall also pay triple damages for any injury done.  Amended 1953, c.5, s.48; 1991,c.91,s.173.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:19-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:19-9 - Right to destroy offending dogs

4:19-9. Right to destroy offending dogs  A person may humanely destroy a dog in self defense, or which is found chasing, worrying, wounding or destroying any sheep, lamb, poultry or domestic animal.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:19-15.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:19-15.1 - Definitions.

4:19-15.1 Definitions.  1. As used in P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.1 et seq.): "Animal rescue organization" means an individual or group of individuals who, with or without salary or compensation, house and care for homeless animals in the home of an individual or in other facilities, with the intent of placing the animals in responsible, more permanent homes as soon as possible. "Animal rescue organization facility" means the home or other facility in which an animal rescue organization houses and cares for an animal. "Certified animal control officer" means a person 18 years of age or older who has satisfactorily completed the course of study approved by the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services and the Police Training Commission as prescribed by paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.1983, c.525 (C.4:19-15.16a); or who has been employed in the State of New Jersey in the capacity of, and with similar responsibilities to those required of, a certified animal control officer pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1983, c.525 for a period of three years before January 17, 1987. "Dog" means any dog, bitch or spayed bitch. "Dog of licensing age" means any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which possesses a set of permanent teeth. "Foster home" means placement of a cat or dog with an individual or group that is not an animal rescue organization for the purpose of temporarily caring for the cat or dog, without the individual or group assuming ownership and with the intent of the individual or group relinquishing the cat or dog to a suitable owner when one is located. "Kennel" means any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a pet shop. "Owner" when applied to the proprietorship of a dog shall include every person having a right of property in that dog and every person who has that dog in his keeping, and when applied to the proprietorship of any other animal, including, but not limited to, a cat, shall include every person having a right of property in that animal and every person who has that animal in his keeping. "Pet shop" means any place of business which is not part of a kennel, wherein animals, including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, rabbits, hamsters or gerbils, are kept or displayed chiefly for the purpose of sale to individuals for personal appreciation and companionship rather than for business or research purposes. "Pound" means an establishment for the confinement of dogs or other animals seized either under the provisions of this act or otherwise. "Shelter" means any establishment where dogs or other animals are received, housed and distributed. "Sterilize" means to render an animal incapable of reproducing by either spaying or neutering. L.1941, c.151, s.1; amended 1978, c.82; 1983, c.525, s.1; 1997, c.247, s.1; 2011, c.142, s.1.