When an apiary is deemed to be an abandoned apiary, written notice shall be given by certified mail to the owner or operator thereof, if he can be located, that the apiary is an abandoned apiary. If he cannot be located, such notice shall be served on the owner of the land on which the apiary is located. If such apiary continues to be so abandoned for 60 days thereafter, the agent may take whatever steps are necessary to protect the welfare of neighboring apiaries, including the removal or destruction of apiaries deemed abandoned.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 4:6-19
Abandoned apiaries; written notice; steps to protect neighboring apiaries
Known as the New Jersey Aquaculture Development Act
The act spans §§ 4:10-1 to 4:9-38 (1,329 sections).
L.1977, c. 159, s. 8, eff
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