New Jersey Statutes
§ 4:20-31 — Ploughing or digging close to hedge prohibited
New Jersey § 4:20-31
JurisdictionNew Jersey
Title 4AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS
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Bluebook
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 4:20-31 (2026).
Text
Neither the officer, board or body having control of the highways nor any other person shall plough, dig or otherwise turn up or remove any earth or soil within four feet of a hedge planted upon the line of a public highway, whether the fence authorized in section 4:20-30 of this title is put up or not.
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Bluebook (online)
New Jersey § 4:20-31, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nj/4/4%3A20-31.