New Jersey Statutes 4:17-9. Injury to or taking of wild flowers, plants or trees; penalty
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:17-9
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
A person who, without the personal direction or written consent of the owner of the property, shall:
a. Remove, cut, break, injure or destroy any tree, shrub, flower, vine or moss, or attempt so to do;
b. Take any tree, holly, laurel, rhododendrons, winterberry or ground pine–
Shall be punishable by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars in an action at law to be commenced within three months from the time of the commission of the offense. Nothing in this section shall apply to public utility companies or their agents engaged in the performance of public utility company duties.