There Is a Newer Version of the New Jersey Revised Statutes
2009 New Jersey Code
TITLE 4 - AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS
4:19
- 4:19-1 - Annual dog taxes
- 4:19-2 - Assessors to set down number of dogs owned
- 4:19-3 - Refusal to report number and age of dogs; penalty
- 4:19-4 - Use of tax collections to pay claims; handling of fund
- 4:19-5 - Claims for and establishment of damages
- 4:19-6 - Suit by municipality against owner
- 4:19-7 - Effect of article on owner's liability
- 4:19-8 - Failure to kill dog found worrying livestock, penalty
- 4:19-9 - Right to destroy offending dogs
- 4:19-15.1 - Definitions
- 4:19-15.2 - Dogs; license and metal registration tag required; placing tag on dog
- 4:19-15.2a - Evidence of inoculation with rabies vaccine or certification of exemption; requirement for license
- 4:19-15.3 - Application, renewal of dog license; fee; exemptions
- 4:19-15.3a - Staggered expiration of licenses, prorated fees
- 4:19-15.3b - Additional fee; dog of reproductive age without permanent alteration of reproductive capacity; disposition
- 4:19-15.3c - Additional fee for dogs; disposition
- 4:19-15.4 - Time for applying for license
- 4:19-15.5 - Application for dog license, information requested, preservation
- 4:19-15.6 - Dogs brought into state
- 4:19-15.7 - Removing tag from dog without owner's consent; attaching tag to another dog
- 4:19-15.8 - Licensing of kennel, pet shop, shelter, pound
- 4:19-15.9 - License fees for kennels and pet shops; no fee for shelter or pound
- 4:19-15.10 - Kennels, pet shops, shelters or pounds; permitting dogs to go off premises
- 4:19-15.11 - Disposition of fees collected
- 4:19-15.12 - License fee may be fixed by ordinance; fee otherwise
- 4:19-15.13 - List of licensed kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds
- 4:19-15.14 - Rules and regulations for kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds
- 4:19-15.15 - Canvass of dogs, report
- 4:19-15.16 - Unclaimed dogs or other animals to be destroyed, offered for adoption
- 4:19-15.16a - Rules, regulations concerning training, educational qualifications for animal control officers
- 4:19-15.16b - Appointment of certified animal control officer
- 4:19-15.16c - Powers, authority of certified animal control officer
- 4:19-15.16d - Forwarding of copy of complaint, summons, arrest warrant or report
- 4:19-15.17 - Seizure of dogs, going on premises for
- 4:19-15.18 - Interfering with persons performing duties under act
- 4:19-15.19 - Violations of act or rules; penalty
- 4:19-15.20 - Penalty to be paid to plaintiff; disposition
- 4:19-15.21 - Courts of jurisdiction, summary hearing, process
- 4:19-15.23 - Refusal to pay judgment; confinement in jail
- 4:19-15.27 - Act inapplicable to veterinarians' establishments
- 4:19-15.28 - Statutes repealed
- 4:19-15.29 - Effective date
- 4:19-16 - Liability of owner regardless of viciousness of dog
- 4:19-17 - Findings, declarations
- 4:19-18 - Definitions
- 4:19-19 - Impoundment of dog
- 4:19-20 - Notification of owner of dog; hearing
- 4:19-21.1 - Settlement agreements, immunity of municipality
- 4:19-22 - Dog declared vicious by municipal court; conditions
- 4:19-23 - Dog declared potentially dangerous; conditions
- 4:19-24 - Registration of potentially dangerous dog; conditions
- 4:19-25 - Appeal of decision
- 4:19-26 - Liability of owner for cost of impounding, destroying dog; rabies testing
- 4:19-27 - Hearing on subsequent actions of dog
- 4:19-28 - Obligations of owner of potentially dangerous dog
- 4:19-29 - Violation by owner; fine, seizure, impoundment of dog
- 4:19-30 - Municipality to register, identify potentially dangerous dogs; publicize phone numbers to report violations
- 4:19-31 - Municipality to establish fee for potentially dangerous dog license
- 4:19-32 - Monthly inspection to verify compliance
- 4:19-33 - Statewide system for registration of potentially dangerous dogs
- 4:19-34 - Actions subject to "New Jersey Tort Claims Act"
- 4:19-35 - Fines, fees, used for enforcement by municipalities
- 4:19-36 - Act to supersede inconsistent local laws
- 4:19-37 - Exemptions for dogs used for law enforcement purposes
- 4:19-38 - Debarking silencing of dog, certain circumstances; third degree crime
- 4:19-39 - Duly licensed veterinarian permitted to debark, silence dog; penalty
- 4:19-40 - Seizure, forfeiture of dog at time of arrest of violator
- 4:19-41 - Statement filed by veterinarian
- 4:19-42 - Issuance of license, determination as to whether dog surgically debarked, silenced
- 4:19-43 - Information provided to prospective owner
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