{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-23-4-46","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 23:4-46","heading":"Use of dogs to track wild deer.","body":"a. No person shall at any time, or for any reason, hunt for, track, search for, seek, capture, or kill a wild deer with a dog.\nb.\tNotwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section to the contrary, a person permitted by the Division of Fish and Wildlife may use a certified tracking dog on a lead to search for and recover deer lost by a hunter during any hunting season for deer prescribed by the State Fish and Game Code.\namended 1957, c.116; 2017, c.302.","path":["TITLE 23 FISH AND GAME, WILD BIRDS AND ANIMALS"],"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":"88a699db539d2e2c6a412d67d2fff3f82cc04fec041df6a593edfd8cb65bbd56","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-23-4-45","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-23-4-47"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}