{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-22-20","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 4:22-20","heading":"Abandoning disabled animal to die in public place; disorderly persons offense","body":"a.  A person who shall abandon a maimed, sick, infirm or disabled animal or creature to die in a public place, shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense.\nb.   A person who shall abandon a domesticated animal shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense.  The violator shall be subject to the maximum $1,000 penalty.\nAmended 1977,c.229,s.1; 1986,c.176; 1991,c.108,s.1.","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":"038efb42b70b5cc77723cb85a157bd27283403527747ab1e1540dce81e66d741","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-22-19.4","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-22-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}