New Jersey § 4:5-39

Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 4:5-39, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 4:5-39.

When ninety per cent of the cattle owners of a county, township, municipality or other

designated area have filed petitions and agreements with the department for the tuberculin

testing of their cattle under the area or any other plan of testing approved by the

department, the department, through its authorized veterinarians, may enter the premises

of the remaining ten per cent and officially tuberculin test and retest all cattle

at such times as they may deem advisable and order the quarantine and slaughter of

all reactors found, without the consent of the owner, and compensation or indemnity

for such reactors if eligible to appraisement may be paid as provided for when a petition

and agreement signed by the owner has been filed with the department.

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What does New Jersey Statutes § 4:5-39 cover?

Section 4:5-39 is part of the New Jersey Statutes, the codified statutory law of New Jersey. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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