New Jersey Statutes 56:8-93. Definitions relative to sales of cats and dogs
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 56:8-93
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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
- population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
“Animal” means a cat or dog.
“Breeder” means any person, firm, corporation, or organization in the business of breeding cats or dogs.
“Broker” means any person, firm, corporation, or organization who sells a cat or dog to a pet shop, whether or not the broker is also the breeder of the cat or dog.
“Consumer” means a person purchasing a cat or dog not for the purposes of resale.
“Director” means the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
“Division” means the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
“Pet dealer” means any person engaged in the ordinary course of business in the sale of cats or dogs to the public for profit or any person who sells or offers for sale more than five cats or dogs in one year.
“Pet shop” means a pet shop as defined in section 1 of P.L.1941, c.151 (C. 4:19-15.1).
“Quarantine” means to hold in segregation from the general population any cat or dog because of the presence or suspected presence of a contagious or infectious disease.
“Unfit for purchase” means any disease, deformity, injury, physical condition, illness or defect which is congenital or hereditary and severely affects the health of the animal, or which was manifest, capable of diagnosis or likely contracted on or before the sale and delivery of the animal to the consumer. The death of an animal within 14 days of its delivery to the consumer, except by death by accident or as a result of injuries sustained during that period, shall mean the animal was unfit for purchase.
“USDA” means the United States Department of Agriculture.
“USDA license number” means the license number issued to a breeder or broker by the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the federal “Animal Welfare Act,” 7 U.S.C. § 2131 et seq., or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
“Veterinarian” means a veterinarian licensed to practice in the State of New Jersey.
L.1999, c.336, s.2; amended 2015, c.7, s.1.