Title 4, Title 4: AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS

4:19-32. Monthly inspection to verify compliance The animal control officer shall inspect the enclosure and the owner's property at least monthly to determine continuing compliance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection a. of section 8 of this act. L.1989, c.307, s.16.

4:19-33. Statewide system for registration of potentially dangerous dogs The department shall promulgate regulations establishing a uniform Statewide system for municipal registration of potentially dangerous dogs. The regulations shall assign each municipality or other authority…

4:19-34. Actions subject to "New Jersey Tort Claims Act" Any action undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be deemed to be an exercise of a government function and shall be subject to the provisions of the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq. L.1989…

4:19-35. Fines, fees, used for enforcement by municipalities All fines and fees collected or received by the municipality pursuant to sections 13 and 15 of this act shall be deposited in a special account and used by the municipality to administer and enforce the provisions of th…

4:19-36. Act to supersede inconsistent local laws The provisions of this act shall supersede any law, ordinance, or regulation concerning vicious or potentially dangerous dogs, any specific breed of dog, or any other type of dog inconsistent with this act enacted by any municipal…

4:19-37. Exemptions for dogs used for law enforcement purposes The provisions of this act shall not apply to dogs used for law enforcement activities. L.1989, c.307, s.22.

4:19-38. Debarking silencing of dog, certain circumstances; third degree crime 1. A person who surgically debarks or silences a dog, or causes the surgical debarking or silencing of a dog, for reasons other than to protect the life or health of the dog as deemed necessary by a du…

4:19-39. Duly licensed veterinarian permitted to debark, silence dog; penalty 2. No person other than a duly licensed veterinarian may surgically debark or silence a dog. A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. L.2002,c.102,s.2.

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…

4:19-40. Seizure, forfeiture of dog at time of arrest of violator 3. a. A dog that has been surgically debarked or silenced may be seized at the time of arrest of a person charged with violating section 1 or 2 of P.L.2002, c.102 (C.4:19-38 or C.4:19-39), or at any time thereafter…

4:19-41 Statement filed by veterinarian. 4. Whenever a duly licensed veterinarian surgically debarks or silences a dog, the veterinarian shall prepare and file a written statement with the Department of Health setting forth the veterinary basis for administering the surgery and p…

4:19-42. Issuance of license, determination as to whether dog surgically debarked, silenced 5. a. No municipal clerk or other official designated by the governing body of any municipality to license dogs therein shall grant any such license and official metal registration tag for…

4:19-43. Information provided to prospective owner 6. An owner, keeper or harborer of a dog that has been surgically debarked or silenced shall, prior to selling or donating the dog, inform the prospective owner that the dog has been surgically debarked or silenced. A person who …

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, …

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 jurisdicti…

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 o…

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 hour…

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.