{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-19-9","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 4:19-9","heading":"Right to destroy offending dogs","body":"A person may humanely destroy a dog in self defense, or which is found chasing, worrying, wounding or destroying any sheep, lamb, poultry or domestic animal.","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":"8feb27e47edae916adf6fc14d15011daac814dadcde76925dfaf500cc9b2fc81","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-19-8","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-19-15.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}