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

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,…

23:4-1. Open and close seasons; federal regulations; penalty for violations No person shall capture, kill, injure, destroy or have in possession or hunt, hunt for, or attempt to capture, kill, injure or destroy any reedbird, wild swans, wood duck, wild geese, brant, wild ducks, r…

23:4-10. Shooting squirrel's nest prohibited; penalty No person shall shoot into a squirrel's nest at any time of the year, under a penalty of twenty dollars for each offense.

23:4-11. Hunting, except during seasons and in manner provided, prohibited No person shall capture, kill, injure or destroy or pursue, with that intent, any of the game birds or animals enumerated in this chapter on his own property or on that of another person, except during the…

23:4-12. Hunting certain game, except in manner provided by Code or with gun or bow and arrow, unlawful; penalty. 23:4-12. A person, shall not kill, destroy or injure, pursue with intent to kill or injure or in any manner attempt to take or injure, any anatidae commonly known as …

23:4-13. Regulations concerning guns. 23:4-13. A person shall not use in hunting any fowl or animals of any kind any firearm except as permitted by the provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of such provision in said code, except a shotgun being not larger…

23:4-13.1. Clothing; outer garment of fluorescent hunter's orange a. Any person while hunting deer, rabbit, hare, squirrel, fox, or game birds, other than waterfowl, with firearms in this State, shall wear a cap of fluorescent hunter's orange or some other outer garment containin…

23:4-14. Use of ferrets prohibited; penalty No person shall hunt, kill or destroy, or attempt to hunt, kill or destroy, a hare or rabbit with ferrets, or have a ferret in possession in the woods or fields, under a penalty of fifty dollars for each offense.

23:4-15. Baiting wild fowl prohibited; penalty No person shall sow, deposit or place any rye, wheat, oats, corn or other cereal, except wild celery and wild rice, within four hundred feet of a gunning point in any of the salt or fresh waters of this state, or cause the same to be…

23:4-16 Prohibited hunting practices; penalty. 23:4-16. a. No person, either in or on a motor vehicle or vehicle of any kind whatsoever, or by the aid or use of a light carried on or attached to a motor vehicle or vehicle of any kind, shall hunt for, pursue, shoot, shoot at, kill…

23:4-18. Hunting migratory waterfowl; lying in wait; hours; penalty No person hunting or gunning after geese, duck, brant or other migratory waterfowl shall place a boat, sinkbox, seaweed, or other vessel or construction in which he may lie in wait to kill the same, at a distance…

23:4-19. Pursuing game birds in power boats or aircraft prohibited; penalty No person shall pursue any goose, duck, brant or other kind of game bird, or shoot, shoot at, kill or wound the same from a boat or vessel propelled by any means, other than by oars or paddles, or from a …

23:4-2. Bag limit; penalty No person shall capture, kill, injure, destroy or have in possession: a. In any one day more than the number of quail, male English or ring-necked pheasant, partridge, ruffed grouse, gray squirrels or rabbits permitted by the respective provisions of th…

23:4-20. Trapped or snared game; possession or sale; setting traps No person shall have in possession, sell or offer for sale a game bird or game animal enumerated in this chapter, after the same has been caught or trapped by means of a snare, snood, net, trap or other device, or…

23:4-21. Trapping hare by children A person owning or in possession of a farm may permit any person under fifteen years of age connected with his household to catch hares, commonly called rabbits, in box traps, within the limits of the farm during the time and under the condition…

23:4-22. "Pole traps" prohibited; penalty No person shall set or use any snare, snood, net, trap or other device for the catching or trapping of a bird or animal above the level of the surrounding ground and commonly known as "pole traps" . Nothing contained herein shall prohibit…

23:4-22.1. Animal trap of steel-jaw leghold type; prohibition of manufacture, sale, possession, importation or transportation No person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale, possess, import or transport an animal trap of the steel-jaw leghold type. L.1984, c. 37, s. 1.

23:4-22.2. Prohibition of taking or attempting to take any animal No person shall take or attempt to take any animal by means of a trap of the steel-jaw leghold type. L.1984, c. 37, s. 2.

23:4-22.3. Possession as prima facie evidence The possession of a trap of the steel-jaw leghold type shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of section 2 of this amendatory and supplementary act except under the circumstances indicated by section 5 of this amendatory and sup…

23:4-22.4. Study to develop better trap; traps not classified as steel-jaw leghold traps The Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University, shall direct the Department of Wildlife Management at Cook College to conduct a study to identify or develop an animal trap which subs…

23:4-22.5. Allowable uses and possessions This amendatory and supplementary act shall not be construed to prevent the use of steel-jaw leghold traps for the purpose of exhibition by humane or educational institutions and organizations, or the possession of such traps by a person …

23:4-22.6. Rules and regulations; contents The council shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act. These regulations …

23:4-22.7. Violations; penalties A person using a steel-jaw leghold type animal trap in violation of any rule or regulation under this amendatory and supplementary act shall, for each illegal trap involved, be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $250.00 for a first offense; …

23:4-22.8. Confiscation of equipment, pelts or animals All equipment used in, or animals and pelts obtained by a violation of section 2 of this amendatory and supplementary act shall be confiscated by any law enforcement agency enforcing this amendatory and supplementary act. Thi…

23:4-23. Mutilating game prohibited; deer No person in this State shall remove the skin or feathers, or in any way mutilate the body of a wild bird or animal killed, caught or taken while hunting, for the purpose of concealing its identity or sex, under a penalty of one hundred d…

23:4-24 Hunting, certain, prohibited on Sundays; penalty; exemptions. 23:4-24. a. A person shall not hunt with a hound or with firearms or weapons of any kind, or carry a long gun in the woods or fields or on the waters on Sunday, under a penalty of $50 for each offense; except t…

23:4-24.1. Carrying loaded firearms in vehicle for hunting purposes prohibited; proof No person shall, for the purpose of hunting for, pursuing, taking or killing, or attempting to hunt, pursue, take or kill any bird or animal, have, in an automobile or vehicle of any kind, any s…

23:4-24.1a. Improper transportation of firearm in motor vehicle; penalty In addition to the requirements of section 1 of P.L.1939, c.172 (C.23:4-24.1), no person may transport, possess, or have in their control a firearm in a motor vehicle unless the firearm is unloaded and conta…

23:4-24.2. Shooting or taking game bird or animal from tree or structure within 300 feet of baited area No person shall, except under emergency conditions authorized by the Division of Fish and Game, kill, destroy, injure, shoot, shoot at, take, wound, or attempt to take, kill, o…

23:4-24.3. Baited area defined For the purpose of this act, "baited area" shall mean the presence of placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered agricultural products, salt, or other edible lure whatsoever capable of attracting, or enticing such birds or animals. Growin…

23:4-24.4 Hunting deer with bait; "baited area" defined. 1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 and section 2 of P.L.1970, c.180 (C.23:4-24.2 and C.23:4-24.3), a person may: (1) use bait to attract, entice, or lure a deer; and (2) kill, destroy, injure, shoot, shoot at…

23:4-24.5 Prohibition of computer-assisted remote hunting; definitions. 1. a. No person shall engage in computer-assisted remote hunting or provide or operate facilities for computer-assisted remote hunting in the State. b. As used in this act, "computer-assisted remote hunting" …

23:4-24.6 Violation, penalties. 2. Any person who violates the provisions of this act shall be liable to a civil penalty of up to $500 for each offense, to be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58…

23:4-25. Dogs; running at large; training; carrying firearms into woods or fields; exceptions The owner, lessee or custodian of a dog found running at large in the woods or fields, shall be liable to a penalty of $20.00 for each offense; provided, however, that the occupant of a …

23:4-26. Field days allowed; license Nothing in this Title, or in any law supplementary thereto, or in any provision of the State Fish and Game Code, shall be construed to prohibit a regularly organized or incorporated association from holding what is commonly known as field tria…

23:4-27 Unlawful sale, purchase of wildlife; penalties. 23:4-27. a. No person shall sell or purchase wildlife, except as authorized pursuant to this section or any other law or as may be authorized by rule or regulation adopted by the division pursuant to the "Administrative Proc…

23:4-28. Bringing game into state; penalty When by the laws of any other state or country it is lawful to take out of the confines thereof any game, whether the same is fowl or animal, that game may be brought within this state, but nothing herein contained shall permit the sale …

23:4-29. Taking game from state prohibited; penalty; exceptions No person shall remove or attempt to remove from this State an animal or bird, other than deer, protected by the provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of any provision in said code to the con…

23:4-3. Bag limit for migratory birds to conform to federal regulations It shall be unlawful to capture, kill, injure, destroy or have in possession in any one day, any wild ducks, geese, brant, sora, woodcock, coots (commonly known as crow duck), rails (including marsh hens and …