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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 4, AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS
Chapter 19: Annual dog taxes
Section: 4:19-26: Liability of owner for cost of impounding, destroying dog; rabies testing
10. a. If a dog is declared vicious or potentially dangerous, and all appeals pertaining thereto have been exhausted, the owner of the dog shall be liable to the municipality in which the dog is impounded for the costs and expenses of impounding and destroying the dog. The municipality may establish by ordinance a schedule of these costs and expenses. The owner shall incur the expense of impounding the dog in a facility other than the municipal pound, regardless of whether the dog is ultimately found to be vicious or potentially dangerous.
b. If the dog has bitten or exposed a person within 10 days previous to the time of euthanasia, its head shall be transported to the New Jersey State Department of Health laboratory for rabies testing.
L.1989,c.307,s.10; amended 1994,c.187,s.7.
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