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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 22A - Fees and Costs › Section 22A:4-10 - Sheriffs, constables and other officers

22A:4-10. Sheriffs, constables and other officers
Sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, court attendants and other officers authorized by law to perform any of the services enumerated below shall receive therefor the following fees:
Serving notice on a defaulting juror, to be paid by the juror, $1.00.
For making return when served with a writ of habeas corpus, $2.00.
For producing a prisoner held in custody on capias ad respondendum, before a court taking bail, $2.00.
For taking a bond and inventory pursuant to law, concerning insolvent debtors, to be paid by the defendant, $0.50.
For all services of the sheriff or other officer pursuant to a claim of exemption on execution or other civil process for seizure of property, $5.00. This fee includes $1.00 apiece to be paid by the sheriff to each of three appraisers appointed.
L.1953, c. 22, p. 436, s. 11. Amended by L.1971, c. 2, s. 12, eff. Jan. 15, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 22A - Fees and Costs › Section 22A:4-11 - Mileage of sheriffs, constables and other officers for service of compulsory process

22A:4-11. Mileage of sheriffs, constables and other officers for service of compulsory process
Sheriffs, constables and other authorized officers shall receive mileage for every mile actually traveled in serving and executing any bench warrant, State warrant, capias ad testificandum or other compulsory process issued by any court of this State. Such mileage shall be computed from the court issuing such process and shall be at the rate per mile of $0.10.
For transporting a prisoner taken on such process, per mile, $0.10.
L.1953, c. 22, p. 437, s. 11. Amended by L.1964, c. 210, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 22A - Fees and Costs › Section 22A:4-12 - Searches

22A:4-12. Searches
Fees for the services enumerated herein shall be as follows:
In Superior Court
The clerk shall receive for a search for judgments and all other records which may become a lien upon real estate, for each name, each year, each book, six cents ($0.06).
For stating a judgment, five cents ($0.05).
For every other search, for each name, each year, each book, two cents ($0.02).
For drawing certificate and seal, twelve cents ($0.12).
For copies or abstracts of judgments or other records included in such certificate, for each folio, eight cents ($0.08).
The fee for a search and certificate shall in no case be less than twenty-five cents ($0.25).
County Clerks and Registers of Deeds and Mortgages
County clerks and registers of deeds and mortgages shall receive for a search of all records except those enumerated hereunder, for each name, each year, each book, four cents ($0.04).
For a search of the records of assignments of mortgages, for each name, each year, each book, five cents ($0.05).
For a search of mechanic's lien claims, for each name, each book, each year, six cents ($0.06).
For a search of the records of registered mortgages, for each name, each year, each book, seven cents ($0.07).
For each search of the records of physician's lien claims, which shall include cost of search and certificate thereof, fifty cents ($0.50).
For each search of the records of hospital lien claims which shall include cost of search and certificate thereof, fifty cents ($0.50).
For copies of abstracts of all deeds, mortgages, judgments or other records included in a search certificate, for each folio, eight cents ($0.08).
For drawing a certificate and seal for a search, twenty cents ($0.20).
L.1953, c. 22, p. 437, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 22A - Fees and Costs › Section 22A:4-14 - Acknowledgments, proof, affidavits and oaths.

22A:4-14 Acknowledgments, proof, affidavits and oaths.
22A:4-14. For administering oaths, taking affidavits, taking proofs of a deed, and taking acknowledgements, notaries public, judges and other officers authorized by law to perform such services shall receive a fee as shall be fixed by the State Treasurer by regulation.
amended 1964, c.205; 2002, c.34, s.48; 2021, c.179, s.32.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 22A - Fees and Costs › Section 22A:4-15 - Accounting for fees by Clerk of Supreme Court and Clerk of Superior Court

22A:4-15. Accounting for fees by Clerk of Supreme Court and Clerk of Superior Court
Except as otherwise provided by statute fees, costs, allowances, percentages and other perquisites of whatsoever kind which the Clerk of the Supreme Court and the Clerk of the Superior Court, as such, and as clerk of the respective courts, and their office assistants are allowed by law to charge and receive for official acts or services they may render, shall be for the sole use of the State as public money, to be regularly accounted for and paid over as hereinafter set forth.
The Clerk of the Supreme Court and the Clerk of the Superior Court shall on the tenth day of each month, render a full and itemized statement of account and return to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting of all such sums received by them or their assistants and of all sums which may have been charged or taxed, or which may have accrued or become payable for services during the month preceding the making of such statement. The statement of account shall be made under oath in such form as the said director shall specify and shall be filed in his office to be forthwith audited by him and kept as a public record.
All such fees, costs, allowances, percentages and other perquisites shall be paid to the State Treasurer on or before the tenth day of each month, and whether collected or not, such officers shall be personally liable therefor.
The penalty for each day's neglect of any such officer in rendering his account or in paying over such money to the State Treasurer shall be $100.00, to be recovered in the name of the State in a civil action in the Superior Court, and said clerks may also be proceeded against by proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ.
L.1953, c. 22, p. 439, s. 11. Amended by L.1968, c. 124, s. 5, eff. July 1, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 22A - Fees and Costs › Section 22A:4-16 - Collection of fees for services of State judicial officers

22A:4-16. Collection of fees for services of State judicial officers
All fees allowed by law for the services of the Supreme Court, Superior Court, and any justice or judge thereof whether such services be performed in open court or in chambers shall be taxed, collected and accounted for by the clerks of the respective courts in the same manner as fees allowed to such clerks.
Fees for an order made, writ allowed, motion granted or other service rendered at chambers by a justice of the Supreme Court or by a judge of the Superior Court, shall be paid to, demanded and received by the clerk of the court to which the same may appertain, at the time of the filing or entering of the order, writ, motion or other service in the minutes of the court or docket of the clerk thereof.
L.1953, c. 22, p. 440, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 22A - Fees and Costs › Section 22A:4-17.1 - Funds to upgrade services, budgetary reduction.

22A:4-17.1 Funds to upgrade services, budgetary reduction.
7. a. The county treasurer shall return to the county clerk or the register of deeds and mortgages $2.00 of each fee received for the recording, filing or cancelling of a document in the office of the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages. Such sums shall be returned within 10 days of receipt of the fee by the county treasurer.
b. Monies received by the county clerks or registers of deeds and mortgages pursuant to the provisions of subsection a. shall be used to upgrade and modernize the services provided by their offices.
c. The provisions of subsection a. shall not apply to fees received from municipalities for recording, filing or cancelling documents.
d. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, monies received by a county clerk attributable solely to the amount of fee increases for services enumerated in N.J.S.22A:2-29 pursuant to the amendments set forth in section 2 of P.L.2001, c.370 and enumerated in section 2 of P.L.1965, c.123 (C.22A:4-4.1) pursuant to the amendments set forth in section 4 of P.L.2001, c.370, that exceed in any year the amount by which the annual minimum salary of the county clerk fixed pursuant to N.J.S.40A:9-76 exceeds the amount of the county clerk's salary in effect on November 1, 2000, shall be used for budgetary reduction by the county and shall be reflected as a county tax levy reduction.
e. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, monies received by a register of deeds and mortgages attributable solely to the amount of fee increases for services enumerated in section 2 of P.L.1965, c.123 (C.22A:4-4.1) pursuant to the amendments set forth in section 4 of P.L.2001, c.370 that exceed in any year the amount by which the annual minimum salary of the register of deeds and mortgages fixed pursuant to N.J.S.40A:9-92 exceeds the amount of the salary of the register of deeds and mortgages in effect on November 1, 2000, shall be used for budgetary reduction by the county and shall be reflected as a county tax levy reduction.
L.1985,c.422,s.7; amended 1989, c.301, s.1; 2001, c.370, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 22A - Fees and Costs › Section 22A:4-17.2 - Funds for service modernization, budgetary reduction

22A:4-17.2 Funds for service modernization, budgetary reduction
4. a. The county treasurer shall return to the county surrogate $2.00 of each fee received for the probate of a will; for the grant of general administration; for the grant of letters of guardianship; for the grant of letters of trusteeship for the filing of inventories; for the filing of accountings; and for any other proceeding filed, recorded or issued in the surrogate's court. Such sums shall be returned within 10 days of receipt by the county treasurer.
b. Monies received by the county surrogates pursuant to the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall be used to upgrade and modernize the services provided by their offices. These monies shall not be used for budgetary reduction by the counties.
c. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, monies received by a county surrogate attributable solely to the amount of fee increases for services enumerated in N.J.S.22A:2-30 pursuant to the amendments set forth in section 3 of P.L.2001, c.370, that exceed in any year the amount by which the annual minimum salary of the surrogate fixed pursuant to N.J.S.2B:14-3 exceeds the amount of the surrogate's salary in effect on November 1, 2000, shall be used for budgetary reduction by the county and shall be reflected as a county tax levy reduction.
L.1988,c.109,s.4; amended 2001, c.370, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 22A - Fees and Costs › Section 22A:4-19 - Collection of fees and costs in advance; deposits; accounts

22A:4-19. Collection of fees and costs in advance; deposits; accounts
22A:4-19. Surrogates, registers of deeds and mortgages, county clerks, clerks of courts, sheriffs and the Secretary of State, for their own protection, may exact in advance of a service the fees and costs therefor.
For convenience, such officers may receive reasonable deposits in advance to meet the fees and costs of persons who may desire such services, except that sheriffs and the Clerk of the Superior Court shall be required so to do. Such officers shall account to depositors at least once in four months for the sums deposited, except that the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Clerk of the Superior Court, sheriffs, and the Secretary of State shall so account at least annually.
The Secretary of State shall provide for the establishment of accounts for persons making application therefor, under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the Secretary of State.
Amended 1968,c.297; 1978,c.146; 1991,c.91,s.277.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 22A - Fees and Costs › Section 22A:4-20 - Services performed for State; charging and accounting for fees

22A:4-20. Services performed for State; charging and accounting for fees
Whenever any surrogate, register of deeds and mortgages, county clerk or sheriff shall be requested by the State or any of its agencies to file any paper, enter and docket any writ, order or judgment, record any paper, make a copy or search or perform any other service in their respective offices for which costs, fees or compensation is allowed, such surrogate, register of deeds and mortgages, county clerk or sheriff shall forthwith file or record such paper or perform the service requested without exacting payment in advance of the lawful fees incident to such filing, recording or service, but such officer shall render to the State, or the agency thereof making such request, a monthly statement of all such fees due and payable to him. No surrogate, register of deeds and mortgages, county clerk or sheriff shall become personally liable to his county for the payment of such fees and costs until the same shall have been actually paid to him.
L.1953, c. 22, p. 442, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 22A - Fees and Costs › Section 22A:4-21 - Fees for services provided by Secretary of State.

22A:4-21 Fees for services provided by Secretary of State.
40. The Secretary of State is authorized to establish reasonable fees for the specialized research, reference, and reproduction services provided by the State Archives, Division of Archives and Records Management in the Department of State, involving permanent historical documents in any format or medium. Such fees shall be established pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, and shall reflect the actual costs of the services, including labor and overhead. All fees collected by the State Archives for such services shall be paid into the existing nonlapsing "Archives User Fees Account" administered by the Division of Archives and Records Management.
L.2003,c.117,s.40.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 22A - Fees and Costs › Section 22A:5-1 - Fees in Tax Court

22A:5-1. Fees in Tax Court
2. a. The filing fee for commencement of proceedings in the Tax Court, other than proceedings in the Small Claims Division, shall be the same as proceedings in the Superior Court, Law Division, except that a taxing district shall not be required to pay a filing fee upon the filing of a counterclaim or any responsive pleading.
b. Additional fees, the reduction or waiver of fees for particular classes of cases, and the fees for the Small Claims Division of the Tax Court, shall be established by the Rules of the Supreme Court.
c. No proceeding shall be heard by the Tax Court unless the fees are paid.
d. All fees shall be payable to the clerk of the Tax Court for the use of the State, and shall not be refundable except as specifically provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court.
L.1993,c.74,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:1-1 - Definitions.

23:1-1 Definitions.
R.S.23:1-1. As used in this title:
"Apprentice license" means any resident's apprentice firearm hunting license, resident's apprentice bow and arrow license, nonresident's apprentice firearm hunting license, or nonresident's apprentice bow and arrow license issued pursuant to R.S.23:3-4;
"Assistant protector" or "assistant fish and game protector" means the Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Law Enforcement in the division;
"Closed season" means the date and time of year when wildlife may not be captured, taken, killed, or had in possession in the field;
"Code" means the State Fish and Game Code;
"Conservation police officer" means any sworn, salaried member of the Bureau of Law Enforcement in the division holding the titles of Conservation Police Officer I, II, or III, and includes the titles of Supervising Conservation Police Officer and Chief of the Bureau of Law Enforcement;
"Council" means the Fish and Game Council in the Division of Fish and Wildlife in the Department of Environmental Protection;
"Delaware river" means the waters of the Delaware river from the Pennsylvania shore to the New Jersey shore, or in the case of any tributaries or inland bays on the New Jersey side, to the mouths of those tributaries or bays;
"Deputy warden" or "deputy fish and game warden" means any commissioned deputy conservation police officer of the Bureau of Law Enforcement in the division;
"Division," "Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife," "board," or "Board of Fish and Game Commissioners" means the Division of Fish and Wildlife in the Department of Environmental Protection;
"Fishing" means the possession of an instrument used to take fish in a condition that makes the instrument readily usable, while in a place or in proximity thereto where fish may be found;
"Hunting" means the possession of an instrument used to take wildlife in a condition that makes the instrument readily usable, while in a place or in proximity thereto where wildlife may be found;
"Open season" means the date and time of year when wildlife may be captured, taken, killed, or had in possession;
"Protector" or "fish and game protector" means the Chief of the Bureau of Law Enforcement in the division;
"Warden" or "fish and game warden" means a conservation police officer;
"Wildlife" means any wild mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, mollusk, crustacean, or other wild animal or any part, product, egg, or offspring or the dead body or parts thereof.
amended 1948, c.448, s.39; 1958, c.80; 1993, c.20, s.1; 1997, c.291, s.1; 1999, c.282, s.1; 2015, c.83, s.1; 2019, c.407, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:1-2 - "Waters of this state" construed

23:1-2. "Waters of this state" construed
As used in this title, the term "waters of this state" means all the fresh waters of this state. All ponds, lakes and waters created by or under the exclusive control of any individuals or associations, stocked and maintained at their sole expense and not runways for migratory fish shall be considered private waters, and shall be exempt from the provisions of this title respecting bag limit, season and size as far as such individuals and the members of such associations or persons receiving permits from them are concerned.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:1-3 - Season includes date of beginning and end

23:1-3. Season includes date of beginning and end
When, in this title, a day of the month is given for the beginning or end of an open or close season, that day of the month of each year shall be construed to be included in the open or close season.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:1-4 - Inapplicability to public museums or natural history societies

23:1-4. Inapplicability to public museums or natural history societies
This title shall not apply to a public museum or natural history society of this State so as to prevent the collection of specimens for it nor to the breeding, raising and producing in captivity, and the marketing, of fox, other than red or gray, mink, chinchilla, marten, fisher, caracul or other fur-bearing animals not native to New Jersey.
Amended by L.1955, c. 153, p. 648, s. 1, eff. July 19, 1955.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2-2 - Powers and duties of board; annual report

23:2-2. Powers and duties of board; annual report
The duties of the board shall be the protection and propagation of fish, birds and game animals, enforcement of the laws relating thereto, propagation and distribution of food fish and the keeping up of the supply thereof in the waters of the state. The board may close streams or parts of streams for forty-eight hours immediately following the stocking of same by the board, and may revoke the license of any person who shall violate the regulation so prescribed. The board may permit persons, when duly authorized by the board, to carry firearms in the woods and fields at any time when necessary for the conservation of wild life. The board shall have the conduct and control of all hatching stations owned and operated by the state. It may investigate any complaint made to it, at all times inspect any dam, weir, fish basket, net or other illegal apparatus for taking fish, and forthwith remove the same, and, on view or information, enforce the laws for the protection and propagation of fish, birds and game animals in this state, by arrest and prosecution of the offender, without complaint or warrant. It shall make a full report to the legislature annually, at its meeting, of all its official operations for the year ending on June thirtieth preceding, with any suggestions and recommendations it deems useful.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2-2.1 - Open season suspended or curtailed by proclamation closing lands to entry; new open season

23:2-2.1. Open season suspended or curtailed by proclamation closing lands to entry; new open season
Whenever pursuant to law the Governor shall, by proclamation, close any forests, woodlands or open lands to entry, and any open season for taking fish, game birds, game animals or fur-bearing animals or any of them, shall have been suspended or curtailed thereby, the Fish and Game Council, at the expiration of the period of such closure, may, subject to the approval of the State Commissioner of Conservation, by order provide for a new open season or for an extension of such open season curtailed, within the limits of the area affected by the Governor's proclamation, for a period not exceeding that during which said open season was suspended or curtailed.
L.1948, c. 39, p. 113, s. 1, eff. April 29, 1948.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2-3 - Stocking with fish, birds and game restricted to certain places

23:2-3. Stocking with fish, birds and game restricted to certain places
The board may stock with fish, birds and game only such lands and waters of the state as are open to all anglers and hunters holding a hunting and fishing license issued by the board, or that are specifically designated as public sanctuaries closed to all fishing or hunting.
The board may stock with fish any body of water in this state that is under the control of and for the use of such organizations known as the Boy Scouts, Young Men's Christian Association, Young Women's Christian Association or other similar public organizations, but only during the time such camps are in operation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2-4 - Protector, assistant protector and wardens; appointment; compensation

23:2-4. Protector, assistant protector and wardens; appointment; compensation
The division may appoint such number of competent men as may be determined to be necessary, within the limits of available appropriations therefor, and subject to Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, Civil Service, who shall be known as fish and game wardens, with the powers and duties hereinafter enumerated.
The division shall designate one of the wardens as the fish and game protector, who shall, under the supervision of the division, have the direction, supervision and control of the other wardens. It shall designate from the whole number of wardens such other supervisory personnel as may be necessary, subject to Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, Civil Service.
The compensation of the protector, assistant protectors and wardens shall be the amounts fixed by statute or as otherwise determinable by authority of law.
Each warden shall give his entire time to the duties prescribed for wardens and shall not be engaged in any other business or occupation.
Amended by L.1953, c. 335, p. 1891, s. 1, eff. July 29, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2-5 - Payment of compensation and expenses

23:2-5. Payment of compensation and expenses
The compensation and expenses incurred under this title may be paid by the state treasurer, on warrants of the state comptroller, on bills properly approved by the board out of the resident license fund and other receipts of the board, received through the board, or otherwise.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2-6 - Powers and duties of protector and wardens

23:2-6. Powers and duties of protector and wardens
The wardens shall enforce all the laws of this state for the protection of fish, birds and game animals, and may execute all processes issued for the violation of these laws, and serve subpoenas issued for the examination, investigation or trial of all offenses against these laws. Each warden shall keep a daily record of his official acts, and at the close of each month make a summary of the record with such statements in detail as shall be necessary for the information of the board, and report the same to it. The protector shall report to the board any negligence or dereliction of duty or incompetency on the part of any of the wardens, with the facts relating thereto, shall report monthly to the board the operation of his department during the preceding month, and make any further report the board requires. Every warden shall seize, remove and forthwith destroy any net, pound or other device for taking fish found in or upon any of the waters of this state, or upon the shores or islands of those waters where fishing with nets is prohibited or illegal. Such nets, pounds or other devices are declared to be a public nuisance, and may be abated and summarily destroyed by any warden. No action for damages shall lie or be maintained against a warden for the seizure or destruction.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2-7 - Wardens may be armed

23:2-7. Wardens may be armed
The board, with the approval of the governor, may in writing authorize any of its salaried wardens to have in possession and carry a revolver, club, billy, handcuffs and twisters, or any other weapon or article required in the performance of their official duty.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2-8 - Summary arrest; aid by peace officers

23:2-8. Summary arrest; aid by peace officers
The council, the wardens, the deputy wardens and the protector shall have the power of summary arrest in cases of flagrant violation of this Title, or of the provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, and may, in the discharge of their duties, call in the aid of a constable, sheriff or other peace officer when deemed necessary. An officer neglecting or refusing to aid when so required shall forfeit twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to be recovered in a civil action.
Amended by L.1948, c. 448, p. 1804, s. 42; L.1953, c. 23, p. 450, s. 1, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2-11 - Power and authority.

23:2-11 Power and authority.
23:2-11. The deputy conservation police officers shall have the power and authority of conservation police officers to enforce Title 23 and the Fish and Game Code, and shall be subject to the regulations provided by law for the enforcement of the Title and Code, but shall receive no salary or other compensation from the State for the performance of duties of law enforcement.
amended 1953, c.95; 1977, c.167, s.2; 2019, c.407, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2-12 - Impersonating warden; penalty

23:2-12. Impersonating warden; penalty
A person who, not being a warden or a deputy warden of this state, shall:
a. Falsely pretend that he is such; or
b. Impersonate a warden or a deputy warden; or
c. Attempt, by any means, to induce another to believe that he is such--
Shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2-13 - Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.

23:2-13 Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.
1. a. There is established in the Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Fish and Wildlife, a Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program, which shall be based on a national program developed by the Future Fisherman Foundation that encourages school-aged children to avoid drug usage by providing alternative activities that involve learning to fish, appreciating aquatic and environmental resources, and developing positive life skills. The division shall assign staff to develop strategies for assisting school districts or other interested public service organizations in implementing this program throughout the State. Statewide program implementation shall be modeled after the pilot program implemented in Ocean County in calendar year 2000, which may include, but not be limited to, the distribution of materials to promote and operate the program throughout the State. To the maximum extent possible, the division shall implement and operate the program in every county in the State.
b. The division may work with educational, public safety and environmental groups in order to promote volunteerism among these groups for the purpose of acting as program instructors, mentors or advisors. The division may also work with public service organizations, sportsman groups and local merchants to encourage the donation of technical, material and financial assistance to the program.
L.2012, c.46, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2-14 - Collection, maintenance of data; annual report.

23:2-14 Collection, maintenance of data; annual report.
2. The division shall collect and maintain data on the Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program and provide an annual report to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), including information on the number of school districts or municipalities that have implemented the program and the number of pupils that are participating in the program. The report shall also include information on the effectiveness of the program in terms of drug usage avoidance or incidents among participating students.
L.2012, c.46, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2-15 - Rules, regulations.

23:2-15 Rules, regulations.
3. The Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.
L.2012, c.46, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2A-2 - Legislative findings and declarations.

23:2A-2 Legislative findings and declarations.
2. The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following:
a. That it is the policy of this State to manage all forms of wildlife to insure their continued participation in the ecosystem;
b. That species or subspecies of wildlife indigenous to the State which may be found to be endangered should be accorded special protection in order to maintain and to the extent possible enhance their numbers; and
c. That the State should assist in the protection of species or subspecies of wildlife which are deemed to be endangered elsewhere by regulating the taking, possession, transportation, importation, exportation, processing, sale or offer for sale, or shipment within this State of species or subspecies of wildlife including those on any federal endangered species list.
L.1973, c.309, s.2; amended 2016, c.6, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2A-3 - Definitions.

23:2A-3 Definitions.
3. For the purposes of P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.), unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection;
"Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection;
"Endangered species" means any species or subspecies of wildlife whose prospects of survival or recruitment are in jeopardy or are likely within the foreseeable future to become so due to any of the following factors: (1) the destruction, drastic modification, or severe curtailment of its habitat, or (2) its over-utilization for scientific, commercial or sporting purposes, or (3) the effect on it of disease, pollution, or predation, or (4) other natural or manmade factors affecting its prospects of survival or recruitment within the State, or (5) any combination of the foregoing factors. The term shall also be deemed to include any species or subspecies of wildlife appearing on any federal endangered species list;
"Nongame species" means any wildlife for which a legal hunting or trapping season has not been established or which has not been classified as an endangered species by statute or regulation of this State;
"Take" means to harass, hunt, capture, kill, or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill, wildlife;
"Wildlife" means any wild mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, mollusk, crustacean or other wild animal or any part, product, egg or offspring or the dead body or parts thereof.
L.1973, c.309, s.3; amended 1981, c.281, s.1; 2016, c.6, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2A-4 - Investigations, list of endangered species.

23:2A-4 Investigations, list of endangered species.
4. a. The commissioner shall conduct investigations concerning wildlife indigenous to the State in order to develop information relating to populations, distribution, habitat needs, limiting factors and other biological and ecological data to determine management measures necessary for their continued ability to sustain themselves successfully. On the basis of such determinations the commissioner shall develop management programs which shall be designed to insure the continued ability of wildlife to perpetuate themselves successfully.
b. On the basis of such investigations of wildlife and other available scientific and commercial data the commissioner may by rule or regulation promulgate a list of those species and subspecies of wildlife indigenous to the State which are determined to be endangered, giving their common and scientific names by species and subspecies. The commissioner shall periodically review the State list of endangered species and may by regulation amend the list making such additions or deletions as are deemed appropriate.
L.1973, c.309, s.4; amended 1981, c.281, s.3; 1981, c.511, s.14; 2016, c.6, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2A-4.1 - Diamondback terrapin designated nongame indigenous species.

23:2A-4.1 Diamondback terrapin designated nongame indigenous species.
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the diamondback terrapin shall be designated as a nongame indigenous species and shall be subject to the laws, rules, and regulations governing the importation, care, possession, and breeding of that type of animal in the State.
b. Any diamondback terrapin, including any nest or egg thereof, shall be protected by the Department of Environmental Protection, any other State agency, and any local governmental entity in the same manner and to the same extent as any nongame species of reptile indigenous to the State that is protected by "The Endangered and Nongame Species Conservation Act," P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.), any other applicable State law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto.
c. The commissioner shall investigate populations, distribution, habitat needs, limiting factors, and other biological and ecological data concerning the State's diamondback terrapin population to determine management measures necessary for their continued ability to sustain themselves successfully. On the basis of such determinations, the commissioner shall develop management programs which shall be designed to insure the continued ability of the State's diamondback terrapin population to perpetuate themselves successfully.
L.2016, c.17, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2A-5 - Rules, regulations; inspections; fees.

23:2A-5 Rules, regulations; inspections; fees.
5. a. The commissioner shall have the power to formulate and promulgate, adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations, limiting, controlling and prohibiting the taking, possession, transportation, importation, exportation, sale or offer for sale, or shipment of any nongame species or any wildlife on the State list of endangered species, and for the purposes of implementing section 6 of P.L.2016, c.6 (C.23:2A-6.1). Such rules and regulations shall be designed to promote the public health, safety and welfare and shall be adopted in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).
b. The commissioner is authorized to conduct periodic inspections in order to determine compliance with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section, and, to that end, is authorized to charge and collect fees in an amount sufficient to cover the costs of the inspections and services performed pursuant to P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.). Such fees shall be devoted entirely and exclusively to carrying out the purposes and provisions of P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.). Inspection fees shall be established in accordance with a fee schedule adopted by the department as a rule and regulation pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act."
L.1973, c.309, s.5; amended 1981, c.281, s.2; 2016, c.6, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2A-6 - Prohibitions relative to certain species.

23:2A-6 Prohibitions relative to certain species.
6. Except as otherwise provided in P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.) or the rules or regulations adopted thereunder, no person shall take, possess, transport, import, export, process, sell or offer for sale, or ship, and no common or contract carrier shall knowingly transport or receive for shipment, any species or subspecies of wildlife appearing on the following lists: (1) the list of wildlife determined to be endangered by the commissioner pursuant to P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.); (2) the list of nongame species regulated pursuant to P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.); and (3) any federal list of endangered species. Any species or subspecies of wildlife appearing on any of the foregoing lists which enters the State from another state or from a point outside the territorial limits of the United States and which is transported across the State destined for a point beyond the State may be so entered and transported without restriction in accordance with the terms of any federal permit or permit issued under the laws or regulations of another state.
L.1973, c.309, s.6; amended 1981, c.281, s.4; 2016, c.6, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2A-6.1 - Prohibitions relative to products, parts of certain species; exceptions; rules, regulations; definitions.

23:2A-6.1 Prohibitions relative to products, parts of certain species; exceptions; rules, regulations; definitions.
6. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-6) or any other law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, no person shall possess, transport, import, export, process, sell or offer for sale, or ship, and no common or contract carrier shall knowingly transport or receive for shipment any part or product of: (1) any specified African species; or (2) any species or subspecies of elephant, rhinoceros, tiger, lion, leopard, cheetah, pangolin, marine turtle, or ray listed in Appendix I or Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
b. The following exceptions and defenses shall apply to the prohibition in subsection a. of this section:
(1) the part or product was lawfully possessed within the State prior to the effective date of P.L.2016, c.6 (C.23:2A-6.1 et al.);
(2) the part or product is being used or displayed for scientific, zoological, or educational purposes;
(3) the part or product is conveyed directly to a devisee, heir, or beneficiary, provided that the part or product was lawfully possessed by the decedent prior to the effective date of this section; or
(4) the person lawfully possesses any ivory, ivory product, rhinoceros horn, or rhinoceros horn product in compliance with section 3 of P.L.2014, c.22 (C.23:2A-13.3).
c. The department may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement this section.
d. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a person violating this section from also being liable for any applicable violation of P.L.2014, c.22 (C.23:2A-13.1 et seq.), R.S.23:4-27, or any other State law, rule, or regulation.
e. As used in this section:
"Beneficiary" has the same meaning as that term is defined in N.J.S.3B:1-1.
"Devisee" has the same meaning as that term is defined in N.J.S.3B:1-1.
"Heir" has the same meaning as that term is defined in N.J.S.3B:1-1.
"Specified African species" means the following species of wildlife: (1) African elephant (Loxodonta Africana); (2) African leopard (Panthera pardus); (3) African lion (Panthera leo); (4) black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis); and (5) white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum).
L.2016, c.6, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2A-6.2 - Activities permitted pursuant to conduct of biomedical research.

23:2A-6.2 Activities permitted pursuant to conduct of biomedical research.
7. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-6), section 6 of P.L.2016, c.6 (C.23:2A-6.1), or any other State law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, unless such activity is otherwise prohibited by federal law, a person may possess, transport, import, export, process, sell or offer for sale, or ship wildlife, or part or product thereof: (1) for purposes related to the conduct of biomedical research at a facility licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the federal "Animal Welfare Act," 7 U.S.C. s.2131 et seq., or at a facility conducting biomedical research in compliance with the "Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals" issued by the United States National Institutes of Health; (2) in accordance with the terms of any federal permit or permit issued under the laws or regulations of another state, if the wildlife, or part or product thereof, enters the State from another state or from a point outside the territorial limits of the United States, and is transported across the State destined for a point beyond the State; or (3) in the course of undertaking any law enforcement activities pursuant to federal or State law, or other mandatory duties required by federal or State law, if the person is an employee or agent of the federal government, the State government, or a bi-state authority.
L.2016, c.6, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2A-7 - Programs for conservation and management of nongame and endangered species of wildlife.

23:2A-7 Programs for conservation and management of nongame and endangered species of wildlife.
7. a. The commissioner shall establish such programs, including acquisition of land or aquatic habitats, as are deemed necessary for the conservation and management of nongame and endangered species of wildlife.
b. In carrying out programs authorized by P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.), the commissioner may enter into agreements with federal agencies, with political subdivisions of the State, or with private persons for administration and management of any area established under this section or utilized for management of nongame or endangered species of wildlife.
c. With the approval of the Governor, the commissioner may cooperate with and receive money from the federal government, any county or municipal government, or private sources for the purposes of P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.). The commissioner may establish a separate fund from these contributions for the support of nongame and endangered species programs and for the purposes of P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.).
d. The commissioner may authorize, under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by rule or regulation, the taking, possession, transportation, importation, exportation, sale or offer for sale, or shipment of nongame species and wildlife which appear on the State list of endangered species for scientific, zoological, or educational purposes, for propagation in captivity of such wildlife, or for other special purposes.
e. The commissioner shall appoint a committee of experts to advise and assist the commissioner in carrying out the intent of P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.). These experts shall include persons actively involved in the conservation of wildlife.
L.1973, c.309, s.7; amended 1981, c.281, s.5; 2016, c.6, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2A-8 - Obstruction, hindrance or delay of personnel of department

23:2A-8. Obstruction, hindrance or delay of personnel of department
No person shall obstruct, hinder or delay, or interfere with by force or otherwise, the performance by the department or its personnel of any duty under the provisions of this act, or refuse to permit such personnel to perform their duties by refusing them, upon proper identification or presentation of a written order of the department, entrance to any premises at reasonable hours.
L.1973, c. 309, s. 8, eff. Dec. 14, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2A-9 - Investigation of suspected violators

23:2A-9. Investigation of suspected violators
Whenever the department has cause to believe that any person is violating any provision of this act, or a rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this act, the department shall cause a prompt investigation to be made in connection therewith.
L.1973, c. 309, s. 9, eff. Dec. 14, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2A-11 - Severability

23:2A-11. Severability
If any provision of this act or rule or regulation adopted hereunder or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the act or rule or regulation and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
L.1973, c. 309, s. 11, eff. Dec. 14, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals › Section 23:2A-12 - Functions, powers and duties of department under other laws

23:2A-12. Functions, powers and duties of department under other laws
The powers, duties and functions vested in the State Department of Environmental Protection under the provisions of this act shall not be construed to limit in any manner the functions, powers and duties vested in the State Department of Environmental Protection under any other provisions of law.
L.1973, c. 309, s. 12, eff. Dec. 14, 1973.