New Jersey Statutes Title 4. Agriculture and Domestic Animals 4 § 5-75

A person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article or any order, rule or regulation made by the state board of agriculture under this article shall for a first offense be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars, and shall for each subsequent offense be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

The penalty shall be sued for and recovered and the imprisonment imposed in an action to be brought by and in the name of the secretary of agriculture in the manner provided in article 2 of chapter 23 of this title (§ 4:23-11 et seq.).