Title 4, Title 4: AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS

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…

4:22A-1. Definitions As used in this act: a. "Department" means the Department of Health. b. "Disposal" or "dispose" means permanent interment or inurnment, above or below ground, cremation, mass incineration, communal burial, placement in a landfill, processing by a rendering fa…

4:22A-10. Compliance with instructions a. A pet cemetery shall dispose of a pet, received thereby for disposal purposes, in compliance with the instructions on the pet disposal form accompanying the pet and the health standards adopted by the department under section 14 of this a…

4:22A-11. Registration a. Every pet cemetery and disposal facility in this State shall register with the department on a form prescribed by the department. The department may charge a fee, not to exceed $10.00, for the registration. Pet cemeteries and disposal facilities in opera…

4:22A-12. Violation; penalty Any person who violates the provisions of this act, or any rules or regulations adopted hereunder, is liable to a civil penalty of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each offense, to be collected in a summary proceeding under "the penal…

4:22A-13. Forms; rules, regulations The department, after consultation with the Departments of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, shall adopt the forms, rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), necessar…

4:22A-2. 5-acre minimum A pet cemetery which commences operations on or after the effective date of this act and which provides for the permanent, below-ground interments of pets shall consist of not less than five contiguous acres of real property in total area, including any st…

4:22A-3. Notarized dedication The owner of property who dedicates this property to pet cemetery purposes on or after the effective date of this act shall do so by means of a notarized dedication recorded in the manner provided by the laws of this State. Dedicated property shall b…

4:22A-4. Disclosure of status The owner or operator of a pet cemetery, before accepting a pet for disposal, or otherwise reserving or selling a right of disposal for a pet, shall disclose, on a form designed for this purpose by the department, to the pet owner or to the person ma…

4:22A-5. Removal of dedication Once a pet cemetery is dedicated pursuant to the provisions of this act, the dedication shall not be removed unless the dedication is removed by an order of the Superior Court in a proceeding brought by the pet cemetery owner for this purpose and up…

4:22A-6. Subsequent liens subordinate All mortgages and other liens of any nature, hereafter contracted, placed, or incurred upon property which has been, and was at the time of the creation or placing of the lien, dedicated as a pet cemetery, or upon property which is afterwards…

4:22A-7. Maintenance fees The owner or operator of a pet cemetery shall charge a person seeking to dispose of a pet, at the option of the customer, either an annual or permanent maintenance fee for the care of the pet cemetery, as follows: a. The annual maintenance fee, billed ea…

4:22A-8. $12,000 minimum in trust fund A pet cemetery which commences operations on or after the effective date of this act shall, prior to the acceptance of any moneys for services rendered, establish an endowment care or similar trust fund for the permanent maintenance of the p…

4:22A-9. Pet disposal form Each person who gives a pet to a veterinarian or a pet cemetery for disposal purposes shall choose a method of disposal for the pet by completing a pet disposal form prescribed by the department under section 14 of this act. This form shall list alterna…

4:23-1. Penalties to which article applies All penalties incurred for the violation of any provisions of this title shall be collected as provided by this article, except as to sections 4:21A-1 to 4:21A-4 and except as to those penalties specifically recoverable under article 2 o…

4:23-10. Penalties paid into state treasury All penalties which are recoverable under the provisions of this article shall when recovered and after payment of costs be paid into the state treasury by the person authorized to sue for and recover same.

4:23-11. Penalties to which article applies The penalties hereinafter enumerated in this section shall be collected as provided by this article: a. For violations of or failure to comply with orders of the State Board of Agriculture, or its duly constituted agent, made pursuant t…

4:23-12. Jurisdiction 4:23-12. Jurisdiction of proceedings to collect penalties collectible under the provisions of this article is vested in the Superior Court and the municipal courts in any municipality where the defendant may be apprehended or where he may reside, and all oth…

4:23-14. Failure to pay penalty; commitment If any person fails to pay the penalty imposed, together with all costs, the court shall commit him to the common jail of the county wherein such conviction is had for a period not exceeding ninety days or until the penalty and costs ar…

4:23-15. Arrest without warrant for violation in view of officer 4:23-15. For a violation of any provision for which a penalty is prescribed which is collectible under this article, done within the view of any police officer or member of the State police, the officer may arrest t…

4:23-18. Penalties paid into state treasury All penalties which are recoverable under the provisions of this article shall when recovered, and after payment of costs, be paid into the state treasury by the officer authorized to sue for and recover same.

4:23-2. Jurisdiction 4:23-2. Jurisdiction of proceedings to collect penalties collectible under the provisions of this article is vested in the Superior Court and the municipal courts, and in all other courts or officers specifically authorized by the law under which the proceedi…

4:23-6. Enforcement and collection of penalties In proceedings to enforce and collect penalties under this article, the court may proceed in a summary manner pursuant to the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 55, s. 91.

4:24-1. Legislative policy declared It is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature to provide for the conservation of the soil and soil resources of this state, and for the control and prevention of soil erosion.

4:24-1.1. Prevention of damage by floodwater or sediment; conservation of water for agricultural purposes The purposes of soil conservation and the control and prevention of soil erosion to be furthered by the State Soil Conservation Committee and of the soil conservation distric…

4:24-17.1. Public hearings Whenever the supervisors of a soil conservation district which has been created for more than 1 year determine it advisable to divide the district into 2 or more separate districts, or whenever the supervisors of 2 or more contiguous districts determine…

4:24-17.2. Resolution requesting approval; procedure upon approval Following such public hearing the supervisors of the district or districts may adopt a resolution requesting approval by the State Soil Conservation Committee of a division of the district or the combination of se…

4:24-17.3. New supervisors; appointment; time of taking office Upon the effective date of a division of a district or the combination of 2 or more districts, the terms of office of the supervisors theretofore in office shall terminate and new supervisors, appointed by the State S…

4:24-17.4. Continuance of contracts, liabilities, regulations and other matters; assumption by new district The State Soil Conservation Committee shall make such provisions as are necessary for the continuance in effect of all contracts, liabilities, regulations and other matters…

4:24-17.5. County and multi-county soil conservation districts; creation The whole area of the State shall, at all times, be covered by a soil conservation district. Each soil conservation district shall cover the whole area of one or more counties. A tri-county soil conservation…

4:24-17.6. Appropriation of funds by counties Any board of chosen freeholders may appropriate such funds as it deems necessary to the soil conservation district serving that county for the purpose of providing district services to the people of that county. L.1979, c. 459, s. 4, …

4:24-17.7. Legal services to district by Attorney General The Attorney General, on his own initiative, or the respective county counsel, with the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, may provide any and all legal services to any district. L.1979, c. 459, s. 5, eff. Feb. 2…

4:24-18. Governing body of district; supervisors; appointment. 4:24-18. The governing body of the district shall consist of at least five supervisors, appointed by the State Soil Conservation Committee. The State Soil Conservation Committee may determine the maximum number of sup…