{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-19-8","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 4:19-8","heading":"Failure to kill dog found worrying livestock, penalty","body":"An owner or person harboring a dog which is found killing, worrying or wounding any sheep, lamb, domestic animal or poultry, who shall, after being informed thereof, fail to kill the dog within twenty-four hours after receiving such information, shall be liable, to any person who shall sue for the same, to a penalty of ten dollars ($10.00), to be recovered with costs by a civil action before the Superior Court and shall also pay triple damages for any injury done.\nAmended 1953, c.5, s.48; 1991,c.91,s.173.","path":["TITLE 4 AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC 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":"bc1f01f14e34e02541a459e8f19e297ba7df9d81075a4004ca54085d8a83a92b","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-19-7","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-19-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}