When a dog has attacked, bitten and injured
a human being, the Director of Public Safety/chief law enforcement
officer or Animal Control Warden shall impound the dog for a period
of 10 days or may order the owner of the dog to quarantine the dog
on the owner's premises or in a veterinary clinic for 10 days. At
the end of the aforesaid ten-day period, any dog under impoundment
or quarantine shall be examined by a licensed veterinarian, who shall
ascertain that the dog is free of rabies and shall issue a certificate
to that effect, which certificate must be presented to the local Board
of Health or Animal Control Warden before the dog can be released
from impoundment or quarantine. A copy of said certificate shall be
provided by the local board of Health to each person bitten or otherwise
injured by the dog. The owner shall be responsible for reimbursement
of any costs borne by the Borough with respect to the dog's impoundment,
quarantine and examination by a veterinarian (including the issuance
of a certificate, as aforesaid). An impoundment or quarantine may
be disposed of humanely by order of the Director of Public Safety/chief
law enforcement officer or the Animal Control Warden.
Any officer or agent authorized or empowered
to perform any duty under this article is hereby authorized to go
upon any premises to seize and impound any dog which he may lawfully
seize and impound when such officer is in immediate pursuit of such
dog or dogs, except upon the premises of the owner of the dog if said
owner is present and forbids the same.
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere
with anyone performing any duty which he is authorized or empowered
to perform under this article.
No more than three dogs of licensing age shall
be kept, maintained or harbored at one time in any residential housing
unit or on its grounds or in any business establishment or on its
grounds after the effective date of this article, except that this
restriction shall not apply to properly licensed kennels, pet shops,
pounds and shelters.
No person under the age of 18 years may own,
control, attempt to control or walk a vicious or potentially dangerous
dog. In the event of a violation of this section, such person may
be charged with an act of delinquency if so permitted by state statute,
and the owner and/or handler of the vicious or potentially dangerous
dog, if the owner and/or handler is 18 years of age or over, shall
be subject to the penalties set forth in this article.
In the event that the provisions of N.J.S.A.
4:19-17 et seq. are inapplicable, any person who violates any provisions
of this article or does any act or thing herein prohibited or neglects,
fails or refuses to do any act or thing herein required to be done
shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than
$500 for each offense.