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2019 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals
Section 4:22-54 - Destruction of animals found in disabled condition.
Universal Citation: NJ Rev Stat § 4:22-54 (2019)
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 law enforcement officer, humane law enforcement officer of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or municipal humane law enforcement officer may appoint a suitable person to examine and destroy such animal or creature if unfit for further use.
amended 1953, c.5, s.85; 2017, c.331, s.21.
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