Animal Ordinances in New Jersey (2026)

New Jersey's Right to Farm Act protects commercial farms from local restrictions, while the Department of Agriculture…

In the City of Bayonne, breeding, keeping or raising farm animals, including chickens, roosters, ducks, geese, turkeys…

Bergenfield's Sanitary Code makes it unlawful for any property owner or occupant to keep farm animals anywhere in the…

Bloomfield Township, Essex County, bans keeping chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons and other fowl, as well as swine…

Freehold Township bans housing or storing farm animals, defined to include livestock and poultry, in any residential…

In the City of Hoboken, keeping livestock or unlawful wildlife is prohibited outright unless the owner obtains a…

Irvington Township Code Section 167-2A and B ban keeping backyard chickens, roosters, turkeys, ducks, pigeons, quail or…

The City of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey bars keeping chickens on a residential lot. Section 17.03.220…

Passaic's Zoning Ordinance flatly prohibits keeping or breeding poultry, pigeons, fur-bearing animals, horses, cows…

Paterson prohibits keeping horses, cows, goats, sheep, pigs, donkeys and other bovine or equine animals citywide…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 5:7-6D(e) prohibits the keeping and raising of chickens on a noncommercial…

Trenton's zoning ordinance flatly prohibits keeping livestock, chickens, or other poultry on any community garden site…

Edison Township lets residents keep cattle, horses, sheep and goats only with Zoning and Health Officer-approved…

Elizabeth bans keeping goats anywhere in the city and bans live swine entirely. Cattle and chickens are allowed but…

Long Branch caps the breeding, keeping and raising of horses, ponies and mules at one animal per acre citywide, and the…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, § 175-90(E) bars poultry in any non-Pinelands residential zone or use and…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, poultry, fowl and other domesticated animals may be kept on a residential lot…

Newark lets residents keep chickens and other fowl only with a $10 annual permit, a coop set back 20 feet from any door…

Old Bridge Township allows up to 15 female chickens as an accessory use on residential lots under five acres, but a…

In the City of Perth Amboy, anyone who wants to keep fowl, swine, cows or goats must first petition the Division of…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey (Hudson County), Town Code § 322-97 states that under no condition shall…

Woodbridge bars cattle, rabbits, sheep, goats, ducks, swine, horses, chickens and similar farm animals on residential…

Brick Township caps backyard chickens at four unless housed in a covered, setback-compliant enclosure approved by…

Cherry Hill Township Code § 8-8 regulates keeping sheep, goats and swine: a Township Division of Health certificate is…

Clifton allows chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons and other fowl only with an annual $125 Health Department license, and…

In East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, the RP-3 Rural Preservation district allows stables housing not more than four…

Galloway Township prohibits horses, cattle, swine, goats, fowl, and other animals from running at large off the owner's…

Hackensack requires a Health Department permit to keep chickens or other fowl, along with pigs, cows, horses, sheep…

In Hamilton's RRC Rural Resource Conservation District, § 550-73B(1)(i) caps livestock at one saddle horse, one cow or…

In Howell Township, the Code defines livestock to include all chickens, ducks, geese, guinea hens, peacocks, turkeys…

In Jackson Township, New Jersey, keeping horses, ponies or similar livestock in any zone that allows it requires a lot…

Jersey City regulates farm poultry, not general livestock, under Article II of Chapter 90. Anyone keeping pigeons…

Village of Ridgewood Code §§ 105-17 and 105-18 require a Division of Health license to keep cattle, poultry or fowl…

Toms River Township caps commercial livestock density at one cow or horse per acre and seven goats or sheep per acre…

In Wayne Township, NJ, chickens, ducks, geese and other fowl must be confined in a suitable house or coop with an…

Piscataway Township lets residents keep chickens, fowl, rabbits and other domestic animals, but Code § 5-21.1 bars…

Gloucester County bars bringing any pet or animal into its parks, not just requiring a leash. Section 2(l) of the Parks…

Atlantic County requires any pet in a County parks area to be restrained on a leash no longer than six feet under §…

In the City of Bayonne, § 5-3.5 bars letting a dog run unleashed on public streets, parks or buildings, and § 5-3.6…

Bergen County's Parks System Rules and Regulations require every dog on county park property to stay on a leash no more…

Bergenfield bans dogs running at large on any public street, park, building, or private property, and separately…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, a dog or cat off its owner's premises must be on a leash, tether…

Brick Township requires dogs in public places to be on a leash no longer than six feet, and bans letting dogs run at…

Rule 19 of the Burlington County Parks System Rules and Regulations requires dogs and cats in county parks to be on a…

Camden County requires every domestic animal in its parks to be on a leash no longer than six feet, and owners must…

Cherry Hill Township bans dogs running at large on public streets, in parks, public buildings or any public place, and…

Clifton bars owners from letting any dog, licensed or not, run at large on city streets, public places, or someone…

In East Brunswick Township, a dog in any public place must be on a leash not more than eight (8) feet long and be…

Dogs in East Orange may not run at large on any street or public place, and when off the owner's own property a dog…

Edison Township bans dogs running at large at any time and requires any dog off its owner's property to be on a leash…

Elizabeth bans letting a dog run loose on public streets, in parks, public buildings or any other public place. Section…

Dogs in Essex County parks must be leashed at all times, with a maximum six-foot leash, except inside areas the county…

Freehold Borough Title 6 requires all dogs on public streets or public places to be on a leash no longer than 8 feet…

Freehold Township bars dogs from running loose on public streets, parks or private property without the owner's…

Galloway Township prohibits any dog from running at large at any time. Owners must keep dogs under restraint on their…

Dogs off their owner's property in Hackensack must be muzzled or kept on a leash no longer than eight feet under…

Hamilton Township bans dogs running at large anywhere in the Township and requires any dog on a public street or public…

In the City of Hoboken, Code § 93-20 makes it unlawful to let a dog onto any sidewalk, public street, City park…

In Howell Township, New Jersey, a dog on a public street or in any public place must be with a person capable of…

Irvington Township Code Section 167-11 bars any dog or cat, leashed or not, from Township parks and public playgrounds…

Jackson Township, New Jersey requires every dog to be kept under restraint at all times; running at large is banned…

Jersey City requires every dog off its owner's property to be under the control of a leash no more than six feet long…

Lakewood Township requires every dog on a public street or in any public place to be on a leash no longer than six…

Linden bars dogs from running at large on any public street, place or building, or on property other than the owner's…

Long Branch bars dogs from running at large anywhere in the city and requires any dog off its owner's property to be on…

Dogs, cats and other furred animals in Mercer County parks must stay on a leash no longer than 6 feet and cannot run at…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, a dog on any public street or other public place must be securely fastened to an…

In Morris County parks, dogs must be leashed on a lead no longer than 6 feet. Off-leash areas exist only at Lewis…

In the City of New Brunswick a dog cannot run at large on public streets or in any public park, public building or…

Newark bars dogs from running loose anywhere in the city and separately requires that any dog out in public be on a…

Old Bridge Township bars dogs from public streets or another person's private property unless leashed to no more than…

In the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, § 91-8F requires any dog off the premises of its owner, or on…

Passaic bans dogs from running at large anywhere in the city, whether licensed or not. Under Code of the City of…

Passaic County requires every owner to carry a leash for each dog and to remain with their dog at all times inside a…

Paterson requires any dog off its owner's premises to be restrained on a leash, tether, chain or rope no longer than…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a dog on any public street or public place must be securely confined and…

Piscataway Township Code § 5-5 bars dogs from running at large on public streets, parks or buildings and requires any…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 5:7-4 requires every dog off its owner's confinement to be on a leash of…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 105-8 forbids any dog from running at large, defined by § 105-1 as being off its owner's…

Somerset County Park Commission Regulations require every dog inside a county park to be restrained by a leash and kept…

Toms River Township bans dogs running at large at any time and requires a leash in any public place, highway, or…

Trenton requires every dog on a public street or in a public place to either wear a securely fastened muzzle covering…

In Union County parks and on other county-controlled property, dogs must stay on a leash no longer than six feet and…

In the City of Vineland, any dog on a public street or in a public place must be with a responsible person and secured…

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, no dog can run at large on any public street, park, building or other public place. A…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, a dog on a public thoroughfare counts as running at large unless it is…

Woodbridge bans letting any dog run at large and requires that any dog on a public street or in a public place be on a…

Hackensack's dog code does not single out breeds by name, but Section 52-15F bars any vicious or dangerous dog from…

The City of Bayonne has no breed-specific ban; instead §§ 5-1 and 5-5 create a behavior-based vicious dog process. A…

Bergenfield has no breed-specific ban; Section 95-6 lets the Municipal Court declare an individual dog "potentially…

Cherry Hill Township Code § 8-2.13 has no breed-specific dog ban; instead it lets the Municipal Court declare an…

Clifton does not regulate dogs by breed. The City repealed its Pit Bull ordinance in 2000 and now judges dogs by…

East Brunswick Township names no banned breeds. Under § 83-16 the municipal court declares a dog vicious or potentially…

East Orange singles out American pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers, bull terriers, Doberman pinschers…

Edison Township has no breed-specific dog ban. Instead, the Division of Health or a licensed veterinarian can declare…

Freehold Township does not restrict dog ownership by breed. Instead, § 79-6 of the Township Code lets the Municipal…

Hamilton Township has no breed-specific ban; instead it regulates individually declared dangerous dogs. A dog a court…

Howell Township Code § 57-12 regulates dogs by court declaration, not by breed list. Once the Howell Township Municipal…

Jersey City doesn't ban any dog breed outright: its dangerous-dog rules in § 90-17 turn on documented behavior, not…

Lakewood Township has no breed ban; Code § 5-6 instead lets the Municipal Court declare an individual dog 'vicious' or…

Linden has no breed-specific ban; Section 5-3 instead lets the Municipal Court declare a specific dog vicious or…

Long Branch does not ban dog breeds; it declares individual dogs vicious or potentially dangerous under state standards…

Newark does not ban any dog breed. Instead, its Vicious and Potentially Dangerous Dogs article lets the Municipal Court…

Old Bridge Township has no breed-specific ban; instead, Chapter 39, Article III lets the Municipal Court declare an…

Paterson has no breed-specific dog ban; a dog individually found 'potentially dangerous' under state law needs a $150…

Chapter 199 of the Perth Amboy code names no banned breed. In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, the Municipal Court…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a dog is judged on what it has done, not on its breed. Under § 5:4-6 the…

In the City of Vineland, dogs are declared vicious or potentially dangerous by the Municipal Court based on what the…

In Wayne Township, NJ, Article IX of the Code turns on what a dog did. The Municipal Court declares a dog potentially…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, the Municipal Court holds hearings to declare a dog potentially dangerous or…

Bloomfield Township, New Jersey defines a vicious dog or cat by conduct, not breed: an animal that attacked or bit a…

Jackson Township, New Jersey handles vicious dog cases entirely under state law: § 98-16 adopts N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 et…

In the City of New Brunswick, Chapter 6.04 contains no breed ban. Section 6.04.190 instead adopts the New Jersey…

In the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, Chapter 91 of the Township Code contains no breed ban or breed…

Piscataway Township Code § 5-3 does not target dog breeds; it adopts New Jersey's vicious and potentially dangerous dog…

The Village of Ridgewood, Bergen County does not single out any dog breed. Code § 105-1 defines a 'potentially…

Trenton's code does not ban any dog breed outright. Instead, § 21-9 sets fees that apply once the Municipal Court…

Woodbridge does not write its own breed list or dangerous-dog hearing process; § 11-5.6 instead adopts and incorporates…

Elizabeth regulates dogs by behavior, not breed. City code defines a "vicious dog" only by what it does, attacking or…

New Jersey requires beekeepers who overwinter colonies to register annually with the Department of Agriculture, and…

Keeping bees anywhere in Irvington requires a $75 Township permit, and colony numbers are capped by lot size: three…

Bergenfield permits residential beekeeping but caps every property at five hives under § 344-44R of the animal control…

Hamilton Township does not run its own beekeeping permit program. Township Code § 317-8 instead requires every…

Paterson bans beehives within 100 feet of public buildings, streets, or parks, and within 100 feet of any neighboring…

Trenton permits residential beekeeping under City Code § 315-9.4.D, but hives are allowed only in interior side or rear…

Brick Township bans keeping any Class I animal, lions, tigers, or other large undomesticated mammals and reptiles, as…

Rule 23 of the Burlington County Parks System Rules and Regulations, under the "WILDLIFE" heading, bars releasing any…

East Orange bans keeping any wild animal within the City outright under § 132-2, with no permit or exception process in…

Edison Township bars keeping any wild, ferocious, or dangerous mammal or reptile species outside licensed zoos, labs…

Essex County bars bringing any exotic animal into a county park or onto park property for any period or purpose, unless…

Irvington Township Code Section 167-2C bans possessing, selling, feeding or purchasing any potentially dangerous…

Paterson makes it unlawful to keep any poisonous reptile, dangerous wild or carnivorous animal, or other vicious or…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 105-36 bans keeping or harboring any wild animal in the Village, defined by § 105-35 and §…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, no person can own, keep or harbor a dangerous animal, defined as any mammal…

Bergenfield bars keeping wildlife native to New Jersey as a pet unless the keeper is a state-licensed wildlife…

Bloomfield Township, New Jersey prohibits any person from keeping or harboring a hybrid animal, defined as the…

Elizabeth bans letting any dangerous or vicious animal run at large, and requires a police chief's permit before anyone…

Freehold Township bars large exotic animals and potentially dangerous species from residential zones under § 79-16B of…

Hackensack requires a Health Department permit before anyone keeps a lion or tiger cub, cheetah, snake, or other…

Keeping an exotic, non-game or potentially dangerous wildlife species as a pet in Jersey City requires a state Fish and…

Newark's animal code bans exposing, exhibiting or displaying boa constrictors and other dangerous snakes or reptiles…

Keeping an exotic animal in Woodbridge requires two permits, one from the State Division of Fish and Wildlife and one…

New Jersey, not Morris County, regulates exotic pets. Potentially dangerous species cannot be kept as pets, and most…

In the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, anyone who owns, keeps or harbors a non-game or exotic animal, as defined in…

New Jersey statute bans the intentional feeding of black bears statewide and authorizes wildlife regulators to address…

Atlantic County bars feeding any wildlife on County property under § 97-19, a rule the Board of County Commissioners…

Feeding, harming, or interfering with wildlife anywhere in the Bergen County Parks System is prohibited outright under…

Essex County prohibits giving food or any other substance to birds, animals, fish or other wildlife anywhere on county…

Freehold Township Code § 79-19 bars feeding, baiting or otherwise providing food to any wild animal, bird or waterfowl…

Gloucester County bans feeding geese, ducks, waterfowl and other wildlife at any time in any Park Area under Section…

Lakewood Township bans feeding unconfined wildlife in any public park or on Township-owned property. Code § 8-12.3…

Passaic County prohibits feeding, harming or interfering with wildlife anywhere on county park premises. The rule sits…

Feeding any wild animal in a Somerset County park is banned outright under Section 4(b)(1), grouped with hunting…

City Code § 5-26 bars anyone from feeding birds, rodents or any other non-domesticated wildlife on public streets…

Bloomfield Township, New Jersey bans feeding wildlife in any public park or on other Township property, and §…

Brick Township bans feeding wild animals, rodents, or stray domestic animals anywhere in the township, public or…

Clifton bars feeding wild water fowl, swans, geese, brant and ducks, anywhere in the City, public or private land…

Hamilton Township bans feeding wildlife on any property it owns or operates, including its parks. Township Code §…

Irvington Township Code Article IV of Chapter 167, Sections 167-25 through 167-29, bans feeding unconfined wildlife…

Linden prohibits feeding any wildlife or stray domestic animals, on public or private property, defining wildlife…

Old Bridge Township bans feeding unconfined wildlife in any public park or on any other Township-owned or -operated…

Passaic prohibits feeding unconfined wildlife in any city park or on any other city-owned or -operated property. Code…

Piscataway Township Code § 5-23.3 makes it illegal to feed deer, geese or any other wild animal in a Township park or…

Toms River Township prohibits feeding unconfined wildlife, deer, geese, ducks or other wild animals, on any township…

Trenton prohibits feeding any wildlife in public parks or on other City-owned property. Adopted to protect public…

In Wayne Township, NJ, it is unlawful to feed or bait wildlife in any manner. Section 68-71 names bears, deer, Canada…

Bergenfield bans feeding migratory waterfowl in Cooper Pond Park outright and separately bars feeding any wild animal…

Camden County bars feeding any animal, fish or waterfowl in its park system, singling out geese for a strict ban. Park…

Cherry Hill Township bans feeding unconfined wildlife, including deer and geese, anywhere on Township-owned or…

Edison Township bars anyone from feeding unconfined wildlife in any public park or on any other Township-owned or…

Hackensack prohibits feeding any wildlife, deer, geese, or other wild animals, on public parks or other city-owned…

Jackson Township, New Jersey bans feeding unconfined wildlife, deer, geese and strays alike, on any public park or…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, no person can feed wildlife in any public park or on any other…

In Morris County parks, feeding any animal is prohibited at all times. On private property, wildlife-feeding rules…

In the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, no person may feed any wildlife in a public park or on any other property…

Paterson bars feeding any unconfined wildlife on property the city owns or operates, including parks, with fines up to…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, no person may feed any wildlife in a public park or on any other property the…

The Village of Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, bans purposely or knowingly feeding unconfined wildlife, including…

Union County prohibits feeding unconfined wildlife, deer, geese, or strays alike, in any public park or on any other…

Feeding deer, geese, strays or any other wild animal on City of Vineland parkland or other city-owned property is…

Woodbridge Code § 3-51.3 bars feeding wildlife in any public park or on Township-owned or operated property, updating a…

In East Brunswick Township, no person can feed any wildlife in a public park or on any other Township property. Feeding…

Howell Township Code § 57-15 prohibits feeding any wildlife in a public park or on any other property owned or operated…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, no one is allowed to feed wildlife in a public park or on any other property the…

New Jersey's animal cruelty laws apply statewide, prohibiting neglect and overcrowding that constitute hoarding, with…

Animal hoarding in Essex County is prosecuted under New Jersey's cruelty statute (N.J.S.A. 4:22-17), which criminalizes…

Brick Township makes it an unlawful public nuisance to keep five or more dogs or cats, in any combination, on…

Jersey City lets the Division of Health order the owner of any dwelling, structure or outdoor area to abate a…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, no family can own, keep or harbor more than three cats and/or dogs, in any…

Bergenfield bars keeping more than six cats at one time in any home or business, though licensed pet shops, kennels…

Bloomfield Township, Essex County, caps every household at five permanently domiciled domestic animals over the age of…

Edison Township caps the number of cats at five per single-dwelling unit under § 9-11.1; the Animals chapter sets no…

No Elizabeth household may hold more than five total dog and/or cat licenses. Owners who need more can petition the…

Freehold Township caps ownership at five dogs or cats, in any combination, per person under § 79-2D of the Township…

Hamilton caps household pets at four dogs or four cats total per single-family detached home in the R-15, R-10 and R-7…

Irvington Township Code Section 167-6 caps every household at four dogs or cats combined. Anyone keeping more than four…

Lakewood Township caps dogs at three per dwelling unit inside a multiple dwelling; the limit does not extend to…

No Linden dwelling unit may hold licenses for or keep more than three dogs at one time. Puppies under six months old do…

In the City of New Brunswick no person can own, keep or harbor more than three dogs or more than three cats in any…

Old Bridge Township caps household pets at three dogs and three cats six months or older on any lot under two acres…

Inside Passaic County's dog parks, no single person may bring in more than two dogs at a time. This is a park-use rule…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a property is limited to four dogs and five cats, unless it holds a valid…

Piscataway Township Code § 5-5.h caps most households at five dogs on any residential, commercial or industrial…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 105-20 deems the keeping of five or more animals on one premises a kennel, and § 105-21…

Trenton imposes no fixed numeric cap on the dogs or cats a household can keep. City Code § 21-29 instead bars keeping…

In the City of Vineland, no residence may keep more than six dogs of licensing age and, separately, no more than six…

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, no person, family, firm or corporation can keep more than five dogs of licensing age in…

Every owner of a cat in Howell Township, New Jersey must keep it vaccinated against rabies and register it with the…

Every cat over six months kept in the City of Bayonne needs a license under § 5-11, costing $15 plus $5 more if the cat…

Every cat over six months old in Bergenfield must be vaccinated against rabies and licensed with the Borough Clerk…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, every cat of licensing age needs a license and a registration tag or…

Brick Township requires cats over seven months old to be vaccinated and licensed annually through the Township Clerk…

Burlington County does not regulate cats directly. New Jersey does not require statewide cat licensing, though some…

Cherry Hill Township Code § 8-7.3 requires every cat over seven months old to be rabies-vaccinated and licensed…

Clifton lets residents feed free-roaming and feral cats on private property, but only during three set daily windows…

In East Brunswick Township, every cat of licensing age needs a license and a metal registration tag worn on a collar or…

East Orange requires every cat of licensing age, meaning seven months old or with a full set of permanent teeth, to be…

Every cat seven months or older kept in Edison Township must be vaccinated against rabies and licensed annually between…

Freehold Township requires every cat seven months or older to be licensed annually with the Board of Health, carry…

Every cat over seven months old in Hackensack must be vaccinated against rabies and licensed with the Health Department…

Hamilton Township requires every free-roaming owned cat to wear a collar and tag, and it permits community cat colonies…

Irvington Township Code Section 167-5 requires every cat owner to obtain a license from the Township's Division of…

Long Branch requires every cat of licensing age, seven months old, to be licensed if a resident owns, keeps or harbors…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, every cat of license age must be licensed by January 31 of each year from the…

In the City of New Brunswick every cat over seven months of age must be vaccinated and licensed, with the license…

Cats over seven months old must be rabies-vaccinated and licensed in Old Bridge Township, with fees of $13 unneutered…

In Parsippany-Troy Hills, Article I of Chapter 91 is titled Animal Control; Licensing of Dogs, and Article V sets up a…

Passaic bans abandoning cats anywhere in the city and requires every cat seven months or older to be licensed and…

In the City of Perth Amboy, no one can keep or harbor a cat without a license from the City Clerk. Fees are $10 for an…

Piscataway Township Code § 5-16 requires every cat past licensing age to be vaccinated against rabies and licensed with…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, every cat of licensing age needs a rabies vaccination and a City license tag or…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 105-45 requires every cat four months or older to carry a current rabies vaccination, and §…

Toms River Township requires every cat over seven months old to be vaccinated against rabies and licensed annually…

Trenton does not license cats the way state law requires for dogs, but it regulates them through adoption fees…

Every cat over seven months old in the City of Vineland must carry an annual license from the Department of Licenses…

In Wayne Township, NJ, every cat over six months old must be vaccinated against rabies and licensed through the…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, every owner of a cat must have the cat licensed under the requirements set…

Every cat over seven months in Woodbridge must be vaccinated against rabies and licensed annually with the Department…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, the annual cat license costs $5 for a spayed or neutered cat and $8 for a cat…

Trenton requires every dog or cat over six months old to be spayed or neutered before it can be owned, possessed, or…

In the City of Vineland, an unaltered dog or cat is ordered spayed or neutered at the owner's expense once its owner…

Atlantic County will not release a dog or cat from its Animal Shelter until the animal has been spayed or neutered and…

Brick Township doesn't require owners to spay or neuter dogs or cats, but unaltered pets pay a $3 higher annual license…

Elizabeth requires every animal adopted from the city shelter to be spayed or neutered within thirty days of adoption…

Hamilton Township does not require pet owners generally to spay or neuter their animals, but its TNVR program requires…

Irvington's Feral Cat Trap-Neuter-Return Program requires registered caretakers to have every cat in a colony neutered…

To use a Passaic County dog park, a dog six months or older must be spayed or neutered, and no puppy under four months…

The City of Bayonne does not require owners to sterilize pets outright; instead § 5-2.5 charges an extra $5 licensing…

Toms River Township doesn't mandate spay/neuter, but bans tethering any unneutered or unspayed dog outright and charges…

Bergenfield does not require dog owners to spay or neuter their pets. Its dog-licensing ordinance instead uses a fee…

Brick Township requires every feral cat in a registered TNR colony to receive an implanted electronic ID chip from a…

Hamilton Township does not require microchipping of ordinary pets, but its Trap Neuter Vaccinate and Return program…

In the City of Perth Amboy, a cat in a feral colony must have an Electronic Animal Identification Device inserted by a…

Bayonne's feral cat colony ordinance requires that, if possible, a licensed veterinarian implant an electronic animal…

Microchipping in Parsippany-Troy Hills is tied to the Township's community cat program. Caregivers of colony cats must…

Freehold Township has no separate coyote cull or hazing ordinance. Its animal-control code addresses coyotes only by…

Howell Township, New Jersey manages overpopulation of whitetail deer through a permit hunt in a portion of the Bear…

Coyote management in the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills runs through a Township-wide wildlife feeding ban in Chapter…

Woodbridge bans discharging bows, crossbows and slingshots anywhere on Township-owned or leased property, but § 3-47.2…

In East Brunswick Township, § 158-3 of the Code bars every person from feeding any wildlife in any public park or on…

Brick Township bans pet stores, kennels and their operators from selling, bartering or auctioning dogs and cats. Only…

Cherry Hill Township Code § 8-3.4 bars pet shops from selling dogs or cats except those obtained from or displayed in…

Clifton pet shops may not sell or offer for sale a dog or cat under a puppy-mill ordinance the City Council adopted in…

In the City of Hoboken, Code § 93-15 bars every pet shop and pet shop operator from selling, offering for sale…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a pet shop can offer a dog or cat for sale only if the animal came from, or is…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, anyone who operates or proposes to establish a pet shop, kennel…

In East Brunswick Township, a pet shop can offer for sale only dogs and cats that it obtained from, or displays in…

Hackensack pet shops can only offer dogs and cats obtained from an animal care facility or animal rescue organization…

Hamilton Township bans commercial-breeder pet sales: a licensed pet shop may only offer dogs and cats obtained from or…

Jackson Township, New Jersey bans traditional retail puppy and kitten sales. Code § 98-28.1, added March 22, 2016 by…

Linden pet shops may sell only dogs and cats obtained from an animal care facility or a nonprofit animal rescue…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 105-56 bars pet shops from selling dogs and cats obtained anywhere except an animal care…

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, no kennel, pet dealer or pet shop can sell dogs bred in puppy mills or offer any dog or…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey (Hudson County), Town Code § 322-106 bars any person, firm, corporation or…

A Woodbridge pet shop cannot sell a puppy or kitten straight from a breeder. Section 11-6.3 limits stock to dogs and…

Bergenfield does not ban pet shops from selling dogs or cats and has no adoption-only mandate. Chapter 95 instead…

Edison requires a Division of Health license to operate any pet shop or kennel; the code doesn't mandate adoption-only…

Elizabeth requires every pet shop to hold an annual $200.00 license from the central license bureau, plus added per-dog…

Freehold Township requires every pet shop, kennel, shelter and pound to hold a Health Department license under § 79-3…

Lakewood Township requires a Township Clerk license, Zoning Officer sign-off and Health Officer inspection to run a pet…

In the City of New Brunswick a pet shop is a licensed business, not a banned one. Section 6.04.090 requires anyone who…

Old Bridge Township does not ban pet-store sales outright but restricts sourcing: § 39-44 requires any licensed pet…

In the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, § 91-3 requires a Township Clerk license for any kennel, pet…

Piscataway Township Code § 5-11 lets pet shops sell dogs and cats but requires a Township Clerk license before opening…

Trenton requires anyone operating a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound to obtain an annual license from the City Clerk…

Newark does not ban retail pet stores from selling dogs or cats. It licenses ordinary pet shops separately from places…

A pet grooming establishment in Howell Township, New Jersey needs a license from the Township Clerk under Howell…

In East Brunswick Township, § 83-31.2 requires groomers to be licensed annually, and the fee is $50.00. Section 83-1…

In the City of Hoboken, City Code § 196-19G(3) confines animal grooming businesses in commercial districts to the first…

Newark's zoning code defines animal grooming as bathing, clipping or combing cats and dogs for appearance or health…

In Parsippany-Troy Hills, pet grooming is a named personal service under Zoning Chapter 430, listed next to pet day…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, anyone who keeps, operates or proposes to establish a pet-grooming…

Anyone operating a dog or cat grooming business in Woodbridge, mobile or stationary, needs a license from the…

Edison Township treats dog kennels and veterinarian's clinics as a conditional use in the G-B and G-BH General Business…

Hackensack allows animal hospitals and boarding facilities as a conditional use, but only if the site sits at least 200…

Irvington Township Code Section 167-20 bans operating, in any residential zone in the Township, an establishment where…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 105-26 lets the Division of Health refuse a kennel, pet shop or animal hospital license…

Bayonne's zoning definitions separate a veterinary hospital from a kennel. Bayonne City Code § 33-2.2 limits a…

Veterinarians in Bergenfield are a conditional use under Borough Code § 186-78: every activity must stay inside an…

Clifton's zoning code lists an animal hospital as a permitted limited-manufacturing use in the Planned Mixed Use (P-MU)…

In the City of East Orange, a veterinary establishment can locate only in a zoning district that lists it as a…

Freehold Township zones veterinary hospitals and offices as a permitted use only in the PUD-1 Planned Unit…

Hamilton Township's Land Development Ordinance permits an animal hospital, described as a hospital for small animals…

In the City of Hoboken, veterinary services in the C-1 through C-4 commercial districts must sit on the first floor or…

In Jackson Township, New Jersey, veterinary clinics, hospitals and animal care facilities are a conditional use under…

Linden's zoning code defines an 'animal hospital' as a place where animals get medical or surgical treatment, with any…

Newark's zoning code splits veterinary uses into two categories: a Veterinary Clinic or Office, where animals are…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a veterinary hospital must provide 1 off-street parking space for every 300…

Toms River Township treats veterinary clinics, hospitals and animal care facilities as a conditional use requiring a…

Trenton zones veterinary offices as an "Animal Care Facility" use under § 315-2.3, covering treatment and convalescent…

In the City of Vineland, an animal hospital may locate only in the B-3 Business Zone, where City Code § 425-295 lists…

In the City of Bayonne, keeping, breeding or raising any species or breed of pigeon is prohibited citywide in all zones…

Clifton's parks ordinance makes it unlawful to hunt, molest, kill, wound, trap, shoot, pursue or capture any animal…

Elizabeth's municipal code makes it unlawful to hunt, molest, injure, capture, or otherwise interfere with the freedom…

In the Village of Ridgewood, Bergen County, it is unlawful to hunt, molest, injure, capture or otherwise interfere with…

In the City of Vineland, Section 507-7 of the parks article bars anyone in a public park or recreation area from…

Bergenfield's animal control code bans feeding birds by scattering food on the ground and requires any bird feeder to…

Brick Township bans hunting, harming, or trapping any bird, its eggs, nest, or young in township parks and recreation…

In every Cherry Hill Township park, it is illegal to hunt, molest, harm, trap or kill any bird, wildlife or reptile, or…

Jackson Township, New Jersey bars killing, trapping, hunting, shooting or injuring any bird or wild fowl, or robbing a…

Jersey City bans hunting, harming, trapping or feeding any animal, reptile or bird within city parks under § 239-4 of…

Trenton bars killing, capturing, disturbing or frightening any wild bird within City park areas, and no one but the…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, it is unlawful to hunt, molest, injure, capture or in any way interfere with the…

In East Brunswick Township parks, no person can hunt, molest, harm, frighten, kill, trap, chase or tease any bird, or…

Hackensack's park rules make it unlawful to hunt, harm, trap, chase, shoot at or otherwise molest any bird in a city…

In Hamilton Township parks and recreation areas, Township Code § 340-1(A)(8) bans hunting, harming, trapping, or…

Linden bans feeding wildlife and stray animals citywide but carves out an exception for song birds: feeders must sit at…

New construction and major renovations in Newark must use bird-friendly glazing on exterior walls up to 100 feet above…

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, it is unlawful for any person to feed or permit the feeding of any waterfowl within the…

Freehold Township carves backyard and songbird feeding out of its general wildlife-feeding ban. Section 79-19(B) lets…

Paterson bars littering private grounds with bird feed that creates a rodent or health hazard, while still allowing…

Anyone caring for injured or orphaned wildlife in Bergenfield must hold a current New Jersey Department of…