23:4-20 - Trapped or snared game; possession or sale; setting traps - New Jersey Statutes

23:4-20.  Trapped or snared game;  possession or sale;  setting traps
    No person shall have in possession, sell or offer for sale a game bird or game animal enumerated in this chapter, after the same has been caught or trapped by means of a snare, snood, net, trap or other device, or set a snare, snood, net, trap or other device for catching or trapping the same, under a penalty of twenty dollars for each bird or animal so had in possession, sold or  exposed for sale, or for any trap or snare so set.  The penalties provided herein for the possession of such game shall not apply to a dealer in or purchaser of any rabbit or hare upon proof that the rabbit or hare was not trapped in this state.