{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-23-5-29.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 23:5-29.1","heading":"Fish ladder in dams required;  penalty","body":"It is unlawful to construct a dam in any water of this state which is a runway for migratory fish without installing a fish ladder or other contrivance  to permit the fish to pass over the dam in either direction, under a penalty of  two hundred dollars.","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":"7f79eef3be993d7f6d2661318572aa5a7dc29f1f77276d3a824f107f476776a2","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-23-5-29","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-23-5-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}