N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-27
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Action to enjoin nuisance
Official statutory text
If no action for abatement, as provided in section twenty-six of this act shall be taken by the local board within the time specified in the notice, or if in the opinion of the commissioner the action of the local board shall not be such as the necessities of the case seem to him to require, the commissioner 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. L.1947, c. 177, p. 803, s. 27. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 465, s. 2.
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