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

23:3-12. Hunters' and anglers' license fund The "hunters' and anglers' license fund" shall be a fund which shall be kept separate and apart from the receipts of the board and all other state moneys, and shall be disbursed by the state treasurer on vouchers certified to by the boa…

23:3-12.1. "Shellfisheries Management Account" established There is established within the "hunters' and anglers' license fund" created pursuant to the provisions of R.S.23:3-11 and R.S.23:3-12, a separate and dedicated account to be known as the "Shellfisheries Management Accoun…

23:3-12.2 "Oyster Resource Development Account." 8. a. There is established within the "hunters' and anglers' license fund," created pursuant to the provisions of R.S.23:3-11 and R.S.23:3-12, a separate and dedicated account to be known as the "Oyster Resource Development Account…

23:3-13. Annual returns to division On or before January tenth in each year the clerk of each county and of each municipality, and each agent, shall send to the office of the division of all return stubs of licenses issued during the preceding year ending December thirty-first, a…

23:3-14. Penalty for failure to make return or report A county or municipal clerk or an agent who shall fail or neglect to make a return or report required by this article within the time herein limited therefor shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for ea…

23:3-15. Failure to turn over moneys by clerk, warden or magistrate; misdemeanor A county or municipal clerk or an agent who fails to turn over any moneys collected for licenses, and a magistrate who fails to turn over any moneys collected as a penalty, at the time and in the man…

23:3-16. Licenses and buttons or tags to be issued promptly Every county clerk and municipal clerk and designated agent shall issue licenses and buttons or tags in accordance herewith immediately upon proper application therefor and payment of the fee herein prescribed. Amended b…

23:3-17. Registrars of licenses In a municipality having an executive officer known as the registrar of licenses, the registrar shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties vested in the clerk of the municipality by this article. The registrar shall be entitled to the…

23:3-18. Antedating license a misdemeanor A clerk or agent who antedates a license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Amended by L.1947, c. 159, p. 713, s. 10; L.1951, c. 226, p. 802, s. 14, eff. Jan. 1, 1952.

23:3-19. Records open to public All records of a county or municipal clerk or agent referring to a license issued under this article shall be open, at all times, to public inspection. Amended by L.1947, c. 159, p. 714, s. 11; L.1951, c. 226, p. 802, s. 15, eff. Jan. 1, 1952.

23:3-1a. Fees; adjustment by council, once 12. The Fish and Game Council may, on one occasion only at such time as may be deemed appropriate by the Fish and Game Council, by regulation adopted by August 1 of the preceding year, determine the fees for hunting, fishing and trapping…

23:3-1b. "Free fishing" days The Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife, after consultation with the Fish and Game Council, shall select two days in any given 12-month period, and consecutively thereafter, during which any person who has an actual and bona fide domicile in this Stat…

23:3-1c Application fee for each permit, license. 9. The division is authorized to charge a $2.00 nonrefundable application fee, in addition to any other permit or license fees authorized by law, for each permit or license, as follows:duplicate hunting and fishing; falconry; beav…

23:3-1d. Pennsylvania fishing license holders permitted to fish in Delaware river 3. A valid fishing license issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall constitute a proper license, as required pursuant to subsection a. of R.S. 23:3-1, to fish in the waters of the Delaware r…

23:3-1e Members of New Jersey National Guard, disabled veterans exempt from certain fees. 1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, no fee, including application fees and issuance fees, may be charged of an applicant for a license, permit, stamp, tag, or…

23:3-1f. Certification of reduction in "hunters' and anglers' license fund" for free NG licensees 2. At the end of each fiscal year, the Director of the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife shall certify to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of…

23:3-1g Fee for hunting migratory birds. 6. For the purpose of meeting the costs of complying with information collection activities mandated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program, the division is authorized to charge a fee of $…

23:3-2 Minimum age for issuance of license; misrepresentation; penalty. 23:3-2. Except as provided in R.S.23:3-3, no license to hunt, pursue or kill with a gun or any firearm any game bird, wild animal or fowl in this State, shall be issued to a person under 16 years of age. An a…

23:3-20. Penalty for violations of article A person who at any time alters, disfigures or changes in any manner, or loans or transfers to another, a license or button or tag issued under this article, gives false information or makes any misrepresentation to the clerk or agent to…

23:3-21. Procuring license wrongfully; penalty A person not entitled hereunder to a residents' license who procures the same shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00). Amended by L.1950, c. 78, p. 137, s. 1, eff. April 25, 1950.

23:3-21.1 Pointed, metal tipped arrow, prohibition under certain circumstances. 1. Any person who directly or indirectly sells, gives or furnishes to a minor under 16 years of age, other than the holder of a valid bow and arrow hunting license or an apprentice bow and arrow licen…

23:3-21.2 Shooting pointed, metal tipped arrow, prohibited under certain circumstances. 2. Any minor under 16 years of age, other than one who is the holder of a valid bow and arrow hunting license, or the holder of an apprentice bow and arrow license under the personal supervisi…

23:3-22. Subsequent convictions; penalty If a person shall, within 5 years after conviction of any violation of the fish and game laws of this or any other State or of any provision of the State Fish and Game Code of this State, be again convicted of another violation of the fish…

23:3-22.1. Appeal to council by aggrieved person Any person aggrieved by the voiding of a fishing license, hunting license, bow and arrow license, or any other license held by that person for a second conviction of a violation of the fish and game laws of this or any other State,…

23:3-22.2. Establishment of range of costs for replacement value of animals possessed in violation of law The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall establish a range of costs incurred by the department for the replacement value of any animal taken or possessed in violati…

23:3-22.3. Remedial sportsmen education program; established The Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife shall establish and conduct a remedial sportsmen education program. L.1990,c.29,s.12.

23:3-27. Penalty for killing or having certain game Any person who shall kill or have in possession any bird or animal, the killing of which is prohibited during the prescribed woodcock season, except woodcock, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00), for ea…

23:3-27.1 Wild turkey permits, fee. 7. Whenever an open season is prescribed for wild turkey by the State Fish and Game Code, the division is authorized to charge a fee of $19.00, or as adjusted by the Fish and Game Council pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1982, c.180 (C.23:3-1a), e…

23:3-28. Definitions 23:3-28. As used in sections 23:3-29 to 23:3-39 of this Title: a. A wholly enclosed area means an area of land the boundaries of which are surrounded by a fence at least six feet in height, constructed of a woven wire not larger than two-inch mesh for game bi…

23:3-29 Licenses for raising, selling game birds, animals. 23:3-29. A person desiring to engage in the business of raising and selling game birds or game animals, or both, in a wholly enclosed area of which he is the owner or lessee, or to have in captivity game birds or game ani…

23:3-3 Youth hunting license. 23:3-3. The division may, in its discretion, issue a youth hunting license to a citizen of the United States above 10 years and under 16 years of age, who has successfully completed a course in gun or bow and arrow safety, as the case may be, as requ…

23:3-3.1 Issuance of apprentice firearm, bow and arrow licenses. 2. a. The Division of Fish and Wildlife may, in its discretion, issue an apprentice firearm hunting license to a citizen of the United States above 14 years of age. The division shall not require an applicant to com…

23:3-31. Killing game; sale; conditions; license required 23:3-31. Game birds or animals bred or raised in the wholly enclosed area may be killed in any manner other than shooting, except in the case of deer, which may be killed by shooting, at any time and the carcasses sold for…

23:3-32. Pheasants, partridge, quail; killing, shipping, commercial shooting preserve license, conditions 23:3-32. No pheasants, partridge or quail propagated in a semiwild state shall be sold. No such pheasants, partridge or quail shall be taken, possessed or transported unless …

23:3-33. Shipment of killed game; regulations Game birds or animals so killed in a wholly inclosed preserve, and tagged as herein prescribed, may be possessed, bought or sold at any time. Common carriers shall receive and transport game birds and animals so tagged, but to every p…

23:3-34. Tag fee; rules, regulations 23:3-34. a. Until the Fish and Game Council has adopted the rules and regulations establishing a schedule of fees as required by subsection b. of this section, the division shall receive and collect $0.15 for each tag or seal affixed to the ca…

23:3-36. Expiration of licenses; renewal of propagating license All licenses under sections 23:3-28 to 23:3-39 of this Title shall expire on March 15 of each year, except that if the time under which licensed hunters are authorized to shoot upon any preserve is extended beyond sa…

23:3-37. License displayed; record kept; certified copy sent to board Each holder of a propagating license issued pursuant to sections 28 through 39 of this chapter shall keep the license prominently displayed at the place of business specified therein, and shall keep accurate wr…

23:3-38. Counterfeiting tag or seal; affixing improperly No person shall counterfeit a tag or seal issued by the board in accordance with sections 23:3-28 to 23:3-39 of this title and no tag or seal issued by the board shall be affixed to the dead body of any game bird or animal …

23:3-39. Penalty A person violating any of the provisions of sections 23:3-28 to 23:3-38 of this title shall be liable to a penalty of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for each offense.

23:3-4 Types of licenses; fees. 23:3-4. The licenses issued under this article shall include, among others authorized by law, the following: a. A license issued to a person above 16 years of age, or in the case of an apprentice firearm hunting license or an apprentice bow and arr…

23:3-4.1 One-day license; fee. 2. The division may, in its discretion, issue a license to a person above the age of 16 years authorizing him to hunt for one day only in areas licensed under subsections b. and d. of R.S.23:3-29, or at a shoot to kill field trial which is being hel…

23:3-4.10. Migrant or farm labor camp resident; issuance of license The division may, in its discretion, issue a resident's fishing license or resident's family fishing license to a citizen of the United States above 14 years of age who is a resident of an approved migrant labor …

23:3-4.11 Rifle permit; fee. 8. All persons in possession of a muzzleloader rifle or other rifle while hunting or trapping shall have in their possession, in addition to the appropriate and valid firearm hunting license or trapping license, an appropriate and valid rifle permit. …

23:3-4.2 Applicants 10 or over; certificate showing completion of gun 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 firearm hunting licenses, at the time an a…

23:3-4.3. Instructors of methods of handling firearms 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 instructions of methods of handling firear…