{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-4-23","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 39:4-23","heading":"Mistreatment of horse, violations, disorderly person; certain acts, crime of fourth degree","body":"No person shall either ill-treat, overdrive, override or unnecessarily or cruelly beat a horse.  A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense, except that a person who unnecessarily or cruelly beats a horse shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree, and shall be subject to the provisions of  R.S.4:22-17, R.S.4:22-21, and R.S.4:22-26, as appropriate.\nAmended 1998, c.105, s.1; 2001, c.229, s.5.","path":["TITLE 39 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION"],"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":"e04c4ed9c694d5053f377b2509b94a9e35ecee6f17397b28cfafae0b50757aa4","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-4-22","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-4-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}