Legal Research Home > New Jersey Lawyer > Health and Vital Statistics > New Jersey Health And Vital Statistics Laws Section 26:1A-28. Nuisances originating outside territorial jurisdiction.

Whenever any nuisance or foul odors injurious to the public health within the territorial jurisdiction of a local board shall have a source of origin outside such territorial jurisdiction, the State Commissioner of Health may institute an action in the Superior Court, in the name of the State, on the relation of the commissioner, to enjoin the continuance of the nuisance or source of foulness or ill health.

L.1947, c. 177, p. 803, s. 28. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 466, s. 3.

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