{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-22-54","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 4:22-54","heading":"Destruction of animals found in disabled condition.","body":"When an animal or creature is found on the highway or elsewhere, whether abandoned or not, in a maimed, sick, infirm, or disabled condition, a court of competent jurisdiction, sheriff of the county, chief humane law enforcement officer, humane law enforcement officer of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or municipal humane law enforcement officer may appoint a suitable person to examine and destroy such animal or creature if unfit for further use.\namended 1953, c.5, s.85; 2017, c.331, s.21.","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":"6ec32eaa32e156f55ceac477a0aa191f0606d07483bddf46893664de5fd01dc9","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-22-53","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-22-55"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}