{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-9-21","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 13:9-21","heading":"Duty to extinguish fires and notify firewarden","body":"In any district in which a fire service is established, any person finding a  wildfire burning in a forest or where the forest is endangered, shall immediately extinguish the same and shall notify a firewarden as soon as possible.\nAmended by L.1981, c. 369, s. 26, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.","path":["TITLE 13 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT--PARKS AND RESERVATIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"f8584b0855ca5f5dc6bcbbac820126e819f1110d4dfea90de5f8daf877f4b068","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-9-20","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-9-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}