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Title 4 - AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS
Chapter 4:22
Section 4:22-20 - Abandoning disabled animal to die in public place; disorderly persons offense

N.J. Stat. § 4:22-20

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Current through L. 2024, c. 80.
Section 4:22-20 - Abandoning disabled animal to die in public place; disorderly persons offense
a. A person who shall abandon a maimed, sick, infirm or disabled animal or creature to die in a public place, shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense.
b. A person who shall abandon a domesticated animal shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense. The violator shall be subject to the maximum $1,000 penalty.

N.J.S. § 4:22-20

Amended 1977, c.229, s.1; 1986, c.176; 1991, c.108, s.1.