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NJ Rev Stat § 4:20-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:20-21 - Failure of clerk to register; penalty

4:20-21. Failure of clerk to register; penalty  A township clerk who shall fail to enter or register an agreement or certificate such as is referred to in section 4:20-19 of this Title, within two weeks after it is made and delivered to him with a tender of the fees, shall forfeit five dollars ($5.00) to be recovered, with costs of action, by a civil action by any person who shall sue for it. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 44, s. 54.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:20-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:20-22 - Damages by animals breaking through lawful fences

4:20-22. Damages by animals breaking through lawful fences  When horses, cattle or sheep shall get over, creep through or break down any fence declared lawful by this chapter, the owner of the animals shall pay to the person injured all damages occasioned thereby, to be appraised and certified in writing by two substantial and indifferent men of the neighborhood mutually chosen by the parties, which men, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties, shall be owners of a class of property similar to that damaged. If the owner of the animals shall neglect or refuse to choose one of the appraisers then the injured party may choose both such appraisers himself. When the appraisers cannot agree upon the damages they may choose a freeholder of the neighborhood to join them, whereupon the appraisement by any two of them, made and certified in writing, shall be binding and conclusive upon the parties.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:20-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:20-23 - Impounding and sale of such animals

4:20-23. Impounding and sale of such animals  The person injured as provided in section 4:20-22 of this title may take and impound the animals found trespassing or doing damage, as therein provided, in his field or other inclosure for twenty-four hours and shall give notice thereof to the owner of the animals, if known and easily to be found. If the animals are not redeemed within the twenty-four hours by payment of or satisfaction for the damages certified as provided in said section 4:20-22, the person damaged shall take them to the public pound of the township, where the poundkeeper shall receive and keep them until the damages so certified and the charges of conveying and pounding are paid. The person damaged shall have twenty-five cents per head for horses and cattle and fifteen cents for sheep, for taking the animals to the pound, and the poundkeeper shall have the same fees for letting in and out of the pound, and forty cents per head for horses and cattle and twenty-five cents for sheep for every twenty-four hours they shall remain in the pound. If the owner of the impounded animals does not pay the damages and charges of impounding within four days after the animals are impounded, or replevy them, the poundkeeper shall set up advertisements in at least three of the most public places in the township to which the pound belongs, and in one or more of the most public places in the two next adjoining townships, particularly describing the animals and giving at least thirty days' notice of an intended day and place of sale, and stating that if the owner does not appear and redeem the animals before the time so notified, they will be sold at public sale. If the owner, or another for him, does not appear and redeem the animals at the time and place of the sale, the poundkeeper shall sell them accordingly, and out of the money arising therefrom shall pay the damages and charges of conveying to the pound, retain his fees for pounding, keeping and feeding the animals and the further sum of one dollar for each animal for setting up the advertisements and notice of sale and selling such animal, and return the surplus to the owner. If the owner does not appear and claim the surplus within twelve calendar months after the sale, it shall be paid to the clerk of the township where the animals were impounded, for the use of the township.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:20-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:20-24 - Impounding and sale where no public pound

4:20-24. Impounding and sale where no public pound  Where there is no public pound kept within the township, the person damaged by animals trespassing as provided in section 4:20-22 of this title may impound them in his own field or inclosure until redeemed as provided in section 4:20-23 of this title, and he shall act in all respects, and be entitled to the same fees as the poundkeeper.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:20-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:20-25 - Molestation of gate in partition fence; penalty; damages and impounding of animals

4:20-25. Molestation of gate in partition fence; penalty; damages and impounding of animals  A person who shall stake, shore or leave open or insecure, or cut, break, pull down or destroy or in any way leave a gate, erected as a part of a partition fence as authorized in section 4:20-24 of this Title, so that the horses or cattle of the owner of the adjoining lands may pass through it, shall, for every such offense, be liable to a penalty of five dollars ($5.00), to be recovered with costs by a civil action by any person who shall sue for it. The offender shall also pay to the owner or tenant of the lands trespassed upon all damages which he or they may have sustained thereby, to be appraised as provided in section 4:20-22 of this Title, which damages shall be recovered by a civil action. The owner of the trespassing horses, cattle or sheep shall be entitled to protection from injury to such animals as provided in section 4:20-28 of this Title, and shall not be liable to have his animals impounded, or be liable to an action for damages accruing thereby. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 44, s. 55.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:20-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:20-26 - Effect of failure to maintain fences on damages and impounding

4:20-26. Effect of failure to maintain fences on damages and impounding  An owner or possessor of land who shall fail to make and keep in good repair the fence or fences about his own land as directed by this chapter, shall not have a cause of action for damages caused by animals of another person which by reason of such failure shall break in or enter into or upon such land, over or through such fence, nor shall such animals be impounded. This section shall not apply to partition fences.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:20-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:20-27 - Effect of failure to maintain portion of partition fence

4:20-27. Effect of failure to maintain portion of partition fence  A person to whom a part or share of a partition fence is assigned to make or amend and maintain as provided in this chapter, who shall neglect or refuse, after due notice, to make and repair such part or share, shall be liable to make good all damages, to be ascertained according to the directions of this chapter, caused by his own or the animals of a third person which by reason of such neglect or refusal shall break in, enter into or upon his neighbor's land, over or through such fence and his animals may be impounded and held in pound until he shall pay the damages and all charges occasioned thereby as provided in this chapter. When the animals of a third person only have trespassed upon the neighbor's land by reason of such neglect or refusal, the neighbor may sue for and recover his damages, with costs, from the person so neglecting or refusing, in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction. When the animals of the neighbor who has made and maintained the part or share of the partition fence assigned to him according to the directions of this chapter, or the animals of a third person, shall trespass on the land of a person through that part of the partition fence which he has neglected or refused to make or maintain, such neighbor or a third person shall not be liable to have their animals impounded or be liable to an action to recover damages accruing thereby.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:20-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:20-28 - Injuring animals trespassing for want of sufficient fence

4:20-28. Injuring animals trespassing for want of sufficient fence  An owner or possessor of land who is damaged for want of a lawful and sufficient fence and who shall hurt or cause any horses, cattle or sheep to be hurt, wounded, lamed, killed or destroyed, shall be liable to pay full damages to the owner of such animals, to be recovered, with costs, in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:20-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:20-29 - Damages to animals by barbed wire partition fences

4:20-29. Damages to animals by barbed wire partition fences  A person who, without the consent of the adjoining landowner, shall erect a partition fence of barbed wire or wire on which barbs or points are strung or fastened shall be liable for all damages which may be caused thereby to the animals of the adjoining landowner.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:20-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:20-30 - Fences in highway for preservation of hedges

4:20-30. Fences in highway for preservation of hedges  A person who shall plant a hedge for fencing upon the line of a public highway three rods or more wide, may erect and keep up, for the preservation of such hedge for a period not exceeding six years from the planting thereof, a fence of the kind he may choose, out into the public highway at a distance of four feet from the hedge; and neither the officer, board or body having control of the highways nor any other person shall, within the six-year period, remove, destroy or in any manner injure the fence.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:20-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:20-31 - Ploughing or digging close to hedge prohibited

4:20-31. Ploughing or digging close to hedge prohibited  Neither the officer, board or body having control of the highways nor any other person shall plough, dig or otherwise turn up or remove any earth or soil within four feet of a hedge planted upon the line of a public highway, whether the fence authorized in section 4:20-30 of this title is put up or not.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:20-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:20-32 - Violations of sections 4:20-30 and 4:20-31; penalty; damages

4:20-32. Violations of sections 4:20-30 and 4:20-31; penalty; damages  Any person who shall offend against the provisions of sections 4:20-30 and 4:20-31 of this Title, or shall willfully injure, dig up, or otherwise deface or destroy any hedge sets, hedges or fence erected for their protection, shall for each offense be liable to a penalty of thirty dollars ($30.00), to be recovered, with costs, in a court of competent jurisdiction, by a civil action by and in the name of the person injured, and in addition thereto shall be liable for all damages to the person injured. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 45, s. 56.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:21-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:21-1 - Right to impound animals running at large

4:21-1. Right to impound animals running at large  A person may drive or convey to the public pound in a township, horses, cattle, sheep or swine found running at large in the streets or highways of the township, and impound them.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:21-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:21-2 - Right to impound trespassing animals

4:21-2. Right to impound trespassing animals  A person who shall discover stray horses, cattle, sheep or swine upon his improved lands in a township may drive or convey them to the public pound in the township.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:21-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:21-3 - Interference with impounding of animals; penalty

4:21-3. Interference with impounding of animals; penalty  A person, having charge of horses, cattle, sheep or swine found running at large in the streets or highways or trespassing upon the improved lands of another, who shall attempt to hinder or take away such animals from a person taking or driving or attempting to take or drive them to the pound; or a person who shall unlawfully drive from a public pound in the township horses, cattle, sheep or swine which are therein impounded, shall be liable to a penalty of fifteen dollars ($15.00) to be recovered in a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction by and for the use of any person prosecuting the suit. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 45, s. 57.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:21-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:21-4 - Right to drive animals over streets and highways

4:21-4. Right to drive animals over streets and highways  Nothing in this article shall debar a person from driving horses, cattle, sheep or swine along or over the streets or highways of a township to or from pasture, or from using the streets or highways for the purpose of driving over them in any lawful way.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:21-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:21-5 - Fee for taking stray or trespassing animals to pound

4:21-5. Fee for taking stray or trespassing animals to pound  For bringing horses, cattle, sheep or swine to the pound as authorized by sections 4:21-1 and 4:21-2 of this title, the person bringing them shall receive two dollars and fifty cents per head from the poundkeeper to be by him collected from the owner as provided in section 4:21-7 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:21-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:21-6 - Poundkeeper's fees

4:21-6. Poundkeeper's fees  The poundkeeper shall have two dollars and fifty cents per head for letting in, two dollars and fifty cents per head for letting out and fifty cents per day or part thereof for feeding and keeping while in the pound.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:21-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:21-7 - Sale of impounded animals and disposition of proceeds

4:21-7. Sale of impounded animals and disposition of proceeds  If the owner of cattle, horses, sheep or swine impounded as provided in sections 4:21-1 and 4:21-2 of this title, shall not pay the charges for impounding and keeping such animals within five days after they are impounded, and take them away, the poundkeeper shall give at least five days' notice of the intended sale of such animals by setting up notices in five or more public places in the township. If the owner shall not redeem the animals before the time so notified, the poundkeeper shall sell them accordingly, either on the day so advertised or on the day to which the sale may be publicly adjourned. Out of the money arising from the sale the poundkeeper shall pay the charges of conveying to and letting into the pound, keeping and feeding the animals and two dollars for advertising and one dollar per head for selling them, and pay the surplus to the owner of the animals if he shall appear and claim it within three months after the sale. If the owner shall not appear within three months, the surplus shall be paid to the overseer of the poor of the township for the use of the poor thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:21B-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:21B-1 - Establishment and operation to provide services for alteration of reproductive capacity; ordinance; fees

4:21B-1. Establishment and operation to provide services for alteration of reproductive capacity; ordinance; fees  Any municipality individually or two or more municipalities jointly may, by ordinance, provide for the establishment and operation of a clinic to provide services for the alteration of the reproductive capacity through spaying or neutering of cats and dogs owned by the residents thereof. Any such ordinance may provide for reasonable fees to be paid for such services, which fees shall not exceed the costs incurred by the municipality in establishing and operating such clinic. L.1978, c. 120, s. 1, eff. Sept. 25, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:21B-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:21B-2 - Notarized authorization by owner for consent and agreement to hold harmless

4:21B-2. Notarized authorization by owner for consent and agreement to hold harmless  Any animal which is presented at such clinic for alteration shall be accompanied by a notarized authorization signed by the owner thereof consenting to such alteration and agreeing to hold the clinic, the municipality, its agents, servants and employees harmless for any damages arising therefrom or incidental thereto. L.1978, c. 120, s. 2, eff. Sept. 25, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:21B-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:21B-3 - Terms and conditions for maintenance of animal while in custody of clinic

4:21B-3. Terms and conditions for maintenance of animal while in custody of clinic  Any municipality or municipalities enacting an ordinance as authorized by this act shall further provide for the regulation of such clinic with respect to the terms and conditions under which any animal will be maintained while the animal remains in the custody of the clinic. L.1978, c. 120, s. 3, eff. Sept. 25, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:22-11.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:22-11.12 - Assistance from governmental entities.

4:22-11.12 Assistance from governmental entities.  12. All State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies and all county and municipal health agencies shall, upon request, make every reasonable effort to assist any municipal humane law enforcement officer or humane law enforcement officer of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals in the enforcement of all laws and ordinances enacted for the protection of animals. L.2005, c.372, s.12; amended 2017, c.331, s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:22-14.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:22-14.3 - Eligibility.

4:22-14.3 Eligibility.  27. Any humane law enforcement officer or agent appointed by a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, prior to the date of enactment of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.1 et al.), or the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shall be eligible for designation as a municipal humane law enforcement officer pursuant to section 26 of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.2) or as a humane law enforcement officer of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals pursuant to section 29 of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.5). L.2017, c.331, s.27.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:22-14.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:22-14.4 - Actions of county prosecutor.

4:22-14.4 Actions of county prosecutor.  28. a. Each county prosecutor shall: (1) designate any municipal or county prosecutor as the animal cruelty prosecutor of the county, and may designate any assistant animal cruelty prosecutor as needed, who shall investigate, prosecute, and take other legal action as appropriate for violations of any provision of article 2 of chapter 22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes, and who may serve in such capacity on a part-time basis if the responsibilities of the position allow; (2) (a) designate, in consultation with the county sheriff, a county law enforcement officer to serve as the chief humane law enforcement officer of the county, and may designate any other law enforcement officer under the supervision of the chief humane law enforcement officer, who shall assist with investigations, arrest violators, and otherwise act as an officer for detection, apprehension, and arrest of offenders against the provisions of article 2 of chapter 22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes; or (b) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals designated pursuant to section 32 of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.8), which authorizes the county society, under the supervision of the county prosecutor, to assist with enforcement of article 2 of chapter 22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes, and to designate humane law enforcement officers, subject to the provisions of section 29 of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.5), to assist with investigations, arrest violators, and otherwise act as an officer for detection, apprehension, and arrest of offenders against the provisions of article 2 of chapter 22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes; and (3) designate a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals pursuant to the provisions of section 32 of P.L.2017, c.331 (C.4:22-14.8) with which, to the extent practicable and as needed, the county prosecutor and county sheriff shall coordinate shelter and care for animals. b. A person who has been convicted of, or found civilly liable for, a violation of any provision of article 2 of chapter 22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes or whose name is on the list or any revision thereto established and provided by the Commissioner of Health pursuant to subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.1983, c.525 (C.4:19-15.16a) shall not be designated by the county prosecutor for any position provided in subsection a. of this section. L.2017, c.331, s.28.