New Jersey § 4:7-16 Plants infested with insects likely to spread, as nuisance

New Jersey Statutes

§ 4:7-16 — Plants infested with insects likely to spread, as nuisance

New Jersey § 4:7-16

Title 4AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 4:7-16 (2026).

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All growers of or dealers in plants of any kind, upon their own or upon leased lands or premises, shall free and keep freed all plants, shrubs, trees, vines, cuttings, cions, buds, stocks or other plant parts grown, cultivated or dealt in by them, from all injurious insects that might spread from the plants infested to others on the public highways or upon lands adjoining or belonging to others. All plants, shrubs, trees or parts of such so infested, are hereby declared to be a nuisance, to be abated as prescribed in sections 4:7-17 to 4:7-35 of this title, and their maintenance after notice given as set forth in section 4:7-17 of this title shall render the grower or dealer liable to the penalty prescribed in section 4:7-18 of this title.

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All growers of or dealers in plants of any kind, upon their own or upon leased lands or premises, shall free and keep freed all plants, shrubs, trees, vines, cuttings, cions, buds, stocks or other plant parts grown, cultivated or dealt in by them, from all injurious insects that might spread from the plants infested to others on the public highways or upon lands adjoining or belonging to others. All plants, shrubs, trees or parts of such so infested, are hereby declared to be a nuisance, to be abated as prescribed in sections 4:7-17 to 4:7-35 of this title, and their maintenance after notice given as set forth in section 4:7-17 of this title shall render the grower or dealer liable to the penalty prescribed in section 4:7-18 of this title.