Title 4, Title 4: AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS

4:22-46.2 Animal cruelty violation, probable cause, warrant, enter property, animal located, taking custody of animal. 3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, upon a showing of probable cause that…

4:22-46.3 Animal care agency, authorized agent, file action, seeking reasonable costs of care. 4. a. An animal care agency that takes custody of an animal pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2023, c.129 (C.4:22-46.2), or an authorized agent of the animal care agency, including an attorn…

4:22-47 Warrantless arrest for fighting or baiting offenses. 4:22-47. A sheriff, undersheriff, police officer, municipal humane law enforcement officer, chief humane law enforcement officer, or humane law enforcement officer of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to an…

4:22-48. Forfeiture, sale of seized animals 4:22-48. The person seizing animals, creatures, implements or appliances as authorized in section 4:22-47 of this Title, shall, within 24 hours thereafter, apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to have the same forfeited and sold. …

4:22-48.1. Owner to bear expenses a. A person authorized to take possession of a living animal or creature pursuant to R.S. 4:22-47 may provide such shelter, care, and treatment therefor, including veterinary care and treatment, that is reasonably necessary, the costs of which sh…

4:22-48.2 Owner of confiscated animal responsible for certain costs. 1. The costs of sheltering, caring for, or treating any animal that has been confiscated from a person arrested pursuant to the provisions of R.S.4:22-47 by a municipal humane law enforcement officer, a chief hu…

4:22-50. Care of animal when person in charge arrested When a person arrested under the provisions of this article, is in charge of an animal at the time of the arrest, with or without a vehicle attached, and there is no one then present, other than the person arrested, to take c…

4:22-50.1 Petition for animal pound receivership. 1. When the owner or operator of an animal pound or shelter is arrested pursuant to the provisions of article 2 of chapter 22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes by a municipal humane law enforcement officer, a chief humane law enf…

4:22-50.2. Appointment; notice, hearing The court may appoint a responsible person as a receiver upon a finding that the appointment is in the best interests of the animals at the pound or shelter. A court shall not appoint a receiver without a hearing except upon a finding that …

4:22-50.3. Powers of receiver; compensation The receiver shall be the custodian of the animals at the pound or shelter and shall have control over all real and personal property necessary for the daily operation of the pound or shelter. The receiver may assume the role of the adm…

4:22-50.4. Presentation, settlement of accounts The court shall require the filing, at periodic intervals, of reports of action taken by the receiver and of accounts itemizing the revenues and expenditures. The reports shall be open to inspection to all parties to the case. Upon …

4:22-50.5. Termination of receivership The receiver, owner, or operator may make a motion to terminate the receivership on grounds that the conditions complained of have been eliminated or remedied. The court may immediately terminate the receivership, or terminate the receiversh…

4:22-50.6. Pounds subject to act This act applies to pounds and shelters as defined and licensed pursuant to P.L. 1941, c. 151 (C.4:19-15.1 et seq.); to pounds and places of confinement owned and operated by municipalities, counties, or regional governmental authorities; and to e…

4:22-51. Supplying necessary food to animals impounded by another When a living animal or creature is impounded or confined as provided in section 4:22-19 of this title, and shall continue to be without necessary food and water for more than twelve successive hours, any person ma…

4:22-52. Seizure and sale of vehicle transporting animals in cruel manner The person arresting the person offending against the provisions of section 4:22-18 of this title shall take charge of the vehicle and its contents, and all necessary expenses which may be incurred for taki…

4:22-53 Sale of animals abandoned in disabled condition. 4:22-53. An animal or creature abandoned in a maimed, sick, infirm, or disabled condition, if fit for further use, may be advertised and sold in the manner directed by a court of competent jurisdiction or animal cruelty pro…

4:22-54 Destruction of animals found in disabled condition. 4:22-54. When an animal or creature is found on the highway or elsewhere, whether abandoned or not, in a maimed, sick, infirm, or disabled condition, a court of competent jurisdiction, sheriff of the county, chief humane…

4:22-55 Payment, disposition of fines, penalties, moneys, imposed and collected. 4:22-55. a. Except as provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section, all fines, penalties and moneys imposed and collected under the provisions of article 2 of chapter 22 of Title 4 of the Revis…

4:22-56 Immunity from liability. 10. Although a municipality and a county may share in the receipt of fines, penalties, or moneys collected with regard to violations occurring in the municipality pursuant to the provisions of R.S.4:22-55: a. a municipality or any official or offi…

4:22-57 Notice of persons ineligible to be certified animal control officers. 3. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2017, c.331) b. For the purposes of maintaining the list of persons not eligible to be a certified animal control officer, municipal humane law enforcement officer, huma…

4:22-58 Definitions relative to use of animals in product testing. 1. For the purposes of this act: "Animal" means any vertebrate other than humans; "Committee" means the federal Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods, established under the fe…

4:22-59 Animal testing prohibited under certain circumstances. 2. a. When conducting any product testing in the State, no manufacturer or contract testing facility shall use a traditional animal test method for which there is an appropriate validated alternative test method that …

4:22-60 Exclusive remedy for enforcement. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, the exclusive remedy for enforcing this act shall be the Attorney General bringing a civil action in a court of competent …

4:22-61 Definitions relative to cosmetic development. 1. a. For the purposes of this section: "Animal test" means the internal or external application of a cosmetic, or any ingredient thereof, to a body part of a live, nonhuman vertebrate. "Cosmetic" means the same as the term is…