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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:3-48

  • 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
Whenever a nuisance, noxious odors, gases or vapors, water in which mosquito larvae breed, or cause of ill health or disease is found on public property or on a highway, notice shall be given by the local board to the person officially in charge thereof to remove and abate the same within such time as the board may specify. If he fails to comply with the notice, the mode of procedure shall be the same as is hereinafter provided in case of a like condition existing on private property.