Title 23, Title 23: FISH AND GAME, WILD BIRDS AND ANIMALS

23:3-7. Issuance of license and buttons or tags The licenses and buttons or tags shall be procured from the clerk of any county or municipality or from any agent designated by the Division of Fish and Game to issue licenses. The license shall state the name, age, occupation and r…

23:3-7.1 Certificate of completion of bow and arrow safety course. 1. a. Notwithstanding any provisions contained in sections 23:3-1 to 23:3-22 of the Revised Statutes, concerning the issuance of resident or nonresident bow and arrow licenses, any person applying for a bow and ar…

23:3-7.10. Certificate; forwarding to division The license issuing clerk or agent designated under R.S. 23:3-7 to issue licenses shall forward such certificate to the division with his monthly returns. L.1977, c. 320, s. 3.

23:3-7.11. No charge for certificate or instructions No charge shall be made for any certificate or instructions given to a person to qualify him to purchase a trapping license. L.1977, c. 320, s. 4.

23:3-7.12. Issuance of license; submission of license of previous year or certificate; obtaining under false information; penalty No license agent shall issue a trapping license to a person of the age of 12 years or over, who has not submitted his trapping license of a previous y…

23:3-7.2. Instruction agents; issuance of certificates The Division of Fish and Game in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development shall have authority to designate duly qualified persons to act as its agents in the giving of the instructions of methods of handling b…

23:3-7.3. Forwarding certificates to division The license issuing clerk or agent designated under section 23:3-7 of the Revised Statutes to issue licenses shall forward such certificates to the division, attached to his monthly report covering sale of licenses. L.1957, c. 195, p.…

23:3-7.4. Charge for certificate or instruction No charge shall be made for any certificate or instruction given to a person to qualify him to purchase a bow and arrow license. L.1957, c. 195, p. 699, s. 4.

23:3-7.5 Application to issuance of youth hunting licenses. 5. This act shall also apply to the issuance of youth hunting licenses under R.S.23:3-3, and all applicants for such licenses shall be required to first complete the bow and arrow safety and proficiency course. L.1957,c.…

23:3-7.6 Requirements for issuance of bow and arrow license; fines. 6. No license issuing agent shall issue a bow and arrow license, other than an apprentice license, to any person, unless the person has submitted a bow and arrow license of a previous year that is not an apprenti…

23:3-7.7. Effective date This act shall take effect on January 1, 1958. L.1957, c. 195, p. 700, s. 7.

23:3-7.8. Trapping license; application; certificate of completion of course in trapping methods; renewal Notwithstanding any provisions contained in R.S. 23:3-1 to 23:3-22, concerning the issuance of a resident or nonresident trapping license, at the time an application for lice…

23:3-7.9. Designation of agents to give instructions and issue certificates The division shall have authority to designate duly qualified persons to act as its agents in the giving of instructions in methods of trapping and the issuance of certificates, and a certificate shall no…

23:3-70. Rules and regulations by division The division may make such rules and regulations with respect to the management and operation of fishing preserves, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as it shall deem necessary and proper to carry into effect the provisio…

23:3-71. Violations; penalty Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $100.00 or more than $1,000.00 for each offense. L.1970, c. 247, s. 10, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.

23:3-72. Necessity; fee No person shall take more than 25 American eels (anguilla rostrata) per day from the waters of Delaware bay and its tributaries in this State without first having obtained a valid commercial eel fishing license from the division. The fee for such license s…

23:3-73. Rules and regulations The Director of the Division of Fish, Game and Shellfisheries, with the approval of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, is hereby authorized to adopt, amend and repeal, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 5…

23:3-74. Violations; penalty Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act or of any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant hereto shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense, to be recovered pursuant to the provision…

23:3-75. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp Act." L.1983, c. 504, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1984.

23:3-76 New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp. 2. a. No person over the age of 16 shall at any time hunt, pursue, kill, take, possess, or attempt to take with a firearm, bow and arrow, or any other method any ducks, geese, brant, or other waterfowl without procuring a New Jersey Waterfowl S…

23:3-77. Procurement; fee for New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp 3. The New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp shall be procured from the Division of Fish and Wildlife, or from other designated agents deemed qualified by the Division of Fish and Wildlife, unless modified pursuant to section 2 of thi…

23:3-77.1 Annual fee adjustment. 2. The Fish and Game Council may, on one occasion only at such time as may be deemed appropriate by the Fish and Game Council, with the consent of the New Jersey Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee, by regulation adopted by August 1 of the prec…

23:3-78. Design and form of stamp; rules and regulations The Division of Fish, Game and wildlife shall determine the final design and form of the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp based on the recommendations of the New Jersey Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee created pursuant to s…

23:3-79. New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp Account 5. There is established within the "hunters' and anglers' license fund" referred to in R.S.23:3-11 and R.S.23:3-12, a separate and dedicated account to be known as the New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp Account. The New Jersey Waterfowl Stamp A…

23:3-8. Stubs attached to license; spoiled blanks Every license blank shall have attached to it a return stub, containing blanks which shall be filled in by the clerk or agent issuing the license, at the time the license is issued, showing where, when, to whom and by whom the lic…

23:3-80. Violations; penalties; enforcement Any person violating any provision of this act shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each offense, to be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under "the penalty enforcement law,"…

23:3-81. Migratory waterfowl advisory committee a. There is established in the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife a New Jersey Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee. The committee shall comprise nine members as follows: two members of the Fish and Game Council to be appointed b…

23:3-9. Monthly returns to division; retention of issuance fees On or before the tenth day of each month the clerk of every county and every municipality, and every designated agent of the division, shall send the fees collected for all licenses issued during the preceding month,…