New Jersey Statutes Title 4. Agriculture and Domestic Animals 4 § 22-24

(1) Keep, use, be connected with or interested in the management of, or receive money for the admission of a person to, a place kept or used for the purpose of fighting or baiting a living animal or creature;

(2) Be present and witness, pay admission to, encourage or assist therein;

(3) Permit or suffer a place owned or controlled by him to be so used;

(4) For amusement or gain, cause, allow, or permit the fighting or baiting of a living animal or creature;

(5) Own, possess, keep, train, promote, purchase, or knowingly sell a living animal or creature for the purpose of fighting or baiting that animal or creature;

(6) Gamble on the outcome of a fight involving a living animal or creature; or

(7) Own, possess, buy, sell, transfer, or manufacture animal fighting paraphernalia for the purpose of engaging in or otherwise promoting or facilitating the fighting or baiting of a living animal or creature--

Shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree.

(1) the proximity of the object in time and space to any violation of this section;

(2) direct circumstantial evidence of intent of the person to deliver the object to any person whom the person in possession of the object knows, or should reasonably know, intends to use the object to violate this section;

(3) oral or written instructions concerning its use provided with, or found in the vicinity of, the object;

(4) descriptive materials accompanying the object which explain or depicts its use; and

(5) any other relevant factors.