New Jersey Statutes Title 12. Commerce and Navigation 12 § 4-12

The commissioners of pilotage appointed pursuant to section 12:8-1 of this title or any one of the commissioners may seize any vessel found within the jurisdiction of this state and from which any person is violating the provisions of section 12:4-10 of this title, and take the same to the nearest port for which pilot service was established by chapter 8 of this title (§ 12:8-1 et seq.). Said boat shall be kept until the owner shall deposit the sum of two hundred dollars, or give security satisfactory to the commissioners for the payment of any fine and costs which may be adjudged for such violation.