New Jersey § 23:4-2 Bag limit;  penalty

New Jersey Statutes

§ 23:4-2 — Bag limit; penalty

New Jersey § 23:4-2

Title 23FISH AND GAME, WILD BIRDS AND ANIMALS

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 23:4-2 (2026).

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No person shall capture, kill, injure, destroy or have in possession: a. In any one day more than the number of quail, male English or ring-necked pheasant, partridge, ruffed grouse, gray squirrels or rabbits permitted by the respective provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of any such provision in said code, more than ten quail, two male English or ring-necked pheasant, three partridge, three ruffed grouse, six gray squirrels or six rabbits; b. During the open season therefor more than the number of English or ring-necked pheasants or raccoons permitted by the respective provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of any such provision in said code, more than thirty English or ring-necked pheasants or more than fifteen raccoons-- Under a penalty

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No person shall capture, kill, injure, destroy or have in possession: a. In any one day more than the number of quail, male English or ring-necked pheasant, partridge, ruffed grouse, gray squirrels or rabbits permitted by the respective provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of any such provision in said code, more than ten quail, two male English or ring-necked pheasant, three partridge, three ruffed grouse, six gray squirrels or six rabbits; b. During the open season therefor more than the number of English or ring-necked pheasants or raccoons permitted by the respective provisions of the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of any such provision in said code, more than thirty English or ring-necked pheasants or more than fifteen raccoons-- Under a penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each bird, squirrel, raccoon or rabbit captured, killed, injured, destroyed or had in possession in excess of the number permitted by the respective provisions of said code, or, in the absence of any such provision in said code, in excess of the number permitted by this section. No provision of the State Fish and Game Code prescribing bag limits or possession limits for quail, male English or ring-necked pheasant, partridge, ruffed grouse, gray squirrels, rabbits or raccoons and nothing in this section shall apply to a proprietor of a hotel, restaurant or cafe having in possession at his hotel, restaurant or cafe at any time any game raised on licensed game preserves tagged or marked in accordance with law, or to any rabbit during the open season and for a period of ten days immediately succeeding the open season. Amended by L.1939, c. 168, p. 519, s. 2; L.1948, c. 448, p. 1807, s. 45.