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RULES GOVERNING THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY

NOTE: Includes all amendments through those effective September 1, 2015.

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• PART I - Rules of General Application
  • Part I Appendices
    • Code of Judicial Conduct
    • Code of Conduct for Judiciary Employees
    •  Rules of Professional Conduct
    • Code of Professional Conduct for Interpreters, Transliterators, and Translators
• PART II - Rules of Governing Practice in the Supreme Court and Appellate Division of the Superior Court
  
• PART III - Rules Governing Criminal Practice
  
• PART IV - Rules Governing Civil Practice in the Superior Court, Tax Court and Surrogate's Courts
  
• PART V - Rules Governing Practice in the Chancery Division, Family Part
  
• PART VI - Rules Governing Practice in the Law Division, Special Civil Part
  
• PART VII - Rules Governing Practice in the Municipal Courts
  
• PART VIII - Rules Governing Practice in the Tax Court Of New Jersey
• Appendices (pdf)
  •  Appendix I - Life Expectancies for All Races and Both Sexes
  •  Appendix II - Interrogatory Forms
  •  Appendix II-A - Notice to Client/Pro Se Party Pursuant to R. 4:23-5(a)(1)
  •  Appendix II-B - Notice to Client/Pro Se Party Pursuant to R. 4:23-5(a)(2)
  •  Appendix III - Court Transcript Request Form (R. 2:5-3(a))
  • Appendix IV - Notice of Appeal to Appellate Division
  • Appendix V - Family Part Case Information Statements
  • Appendix VI - Notice to Debtor (Rules 4:59-1(g) and 6:7-1(b))
  • Appendix VII - Appellate Division Civil Case Information Statement
  • Appendix VIII - Appellate Division Criminal Case Information Statement
  • Appendix IX-A - Considerations in the Use of Child Support Guidelines
  • Appendix IX-B - Use of the Child Support Guidelines
  • Appendix IX-C - Child Support Guidelines Sole Parenting Worksheet
  • Appendix IX-D - Child Support Guidelines Shared Parenting Worksheet
  • Appendix IX-E - Child Support Guidelines Net Childcare Cost Worksheet
  • Appendix IX-F - Basic Child Support Award Schedule
  • Appendix IX-G - Child Support Awards as a Percentage of Income
  • Appendix IX-H - Combined Tax Withholding Tables for Use With the Child Support Guidelines
  • Appendix X - Form of Case Management Order - Family (Rule 5:5-7)
  • Appendix XI-A (1) - Summons and Return of Service
  • Appendix XI-A (2) - Small Claims Summons and Return of Service
  • Appendix XI-B - Tenancy Summons
  • Appendix XI-C - Small Claims Complaint (Contract, Security Deposit, Rent or Tort)
  • Appendix XI-D - Small Claims Complaint - Motor Vehicle
  • Appendix XI-E - Answer - Auto Accident
  • Appendix XI-F - Answer
  • Appendix XI-G - Warrant of Removal
  • Appendix XI-H - Execution Against Goods and Chattels
  • Appendix XI-I - Notice of Application for Wage Execution
  • Appendix XI-J - Wage Execution
  • Appendix XI-L - Information Subpoena and Written Questions
  •  Appendix XI-M - Notice Of Motion For Order Enforcing Litigant's Rights
  • Appendix XI-N - Certification in Support of Motion for Order Enforcing Litigant's Rights
  •  Appendix XI-O - Order to Enforce Litigant's Rights
  • Appendix XI-P - Certification in Support of Application for Arrest Warrant
  • Appendix XI-Q - Warrant for Arrest
  •  Appendix XI-R - Information Subpoena and Written Questions to Non-Parties
  • Appendix XI-S - Landlord/Tenant Pre-calendar Call Instructions
  • Appendix XI-S - Landlord/Tenant Pre-calendar Call Instructions - Spanish
  • Appendix XI-T - Certification by Landlord
  • Appendix XI-U - Certification by Landlord's Attorney
  • Appendix XI-V - Consent to Enter Judgment
  • Appendix XI-W - Consent to Enter Judgment for Possession (Tenant Vacates)
  • Appendix XI-X - Verified Complaint – Nonpayment of Rent
  • Appendix XI-Y - Writ of Possession
  • Appendix XII-A - Summons
  • Appendix XII-B1 - (Civil Case Information Statement (Civil CIS)
  •  Appendix XII-B2 - Foreclosure Case Information Statement (FCIS)
  • Appendix XII-C - Authorization to Release Private Health Care Information
  • Appendix XII-D - Writ of Execution
  • Appendix XII-E - Writ of Wage Execution
  • Appendix XII-F - Order to Show Cause - Summary Action, Family Part (R. 5:4-3(b)) - Updated Address List
  • Appendix XII-G - Order to Show Cause - Preliminary Injunction (R. 4:52) - Updated Address List
  •  Appendix XII-H - Order to Show Cause with Temporary Restraints (R. 4:52) - Updated Address List
  • Appendix XII-I - Order to Show Cause - Summary Action, Probate Part (R. 4:83-1)
  • Appendix XII-J - Amount Due Schedule
  • Appendix XII-K - Notice to Residential Tenants of Rights During Foreclosure
  • Appendix XIII - Certification of Child Support Arrears (deleted)
  • Appendix XIV - Financial Statement for Summary Support Actions (deleted)
  • Appendix XVI - Uniform Summary Support Order (R. 5:7-4) (deleted)
  • Appendix XVII - Temporary Support Order (R. 5:7-4) (deleted)
  • Appendix XVIII - Statement of Client Rights and Responsibilities in Civil Family Actions
  • Appendix XIX - Mediation of Economic Aspects of Family Actions (Deleted and superseded by Directive #1-07; see attached order)
  • Appendix XX - Civil Case Management/Trial Management Guidelines
  • Appendix XXI - Bail Program Registration Form (deleted)
  • Appendix XXII-A - Uniform Arbitration Statement of Facts (R. 4:21A-4)
  • Appendix XXII-B - Uniform Commercial Arbitration Memorandum (R. 4:21A-4)
  • Appendix XXIII - Pretrial Information Exchange (R. 4:25-7(b)
  • Appendix XXIV - Confidential Litigant Information Sheet (R. 5:4-2(g)) (deleted)
  • Appendix XXV - Final Judgment of Divorce (Rule 5:5-9)
  • Appendix XXVI - Guidelines for the Compensation of Mediators Serving in the Civil Mediation Program
  • Appendix XXVII-A - Certification of Notification of Complementary Dispute Resolution Alternatives -- Certification by Attorney and Client
  • Appendix XXVII-B - Certification of Notification of Complementary Dispute Alternatives -- Certification by Self-Represented Litigant
  • Appendix XXVIII-A - Tax Court of New Jersey Case Information Statement (CIS-LP)
  • Appendix XXVIII-B - Case Information Statement Correction of Error in Assessment (CIS-C/E)
  • Appendix XXIX - Notice of Arbitration Hearing
  •   Appendix XXIX-A- Arbitration/Alternate Dispute Resolution Questionaire Form
    
  •   Appendix XXIX-B- Agreement to Arbitrate Pursuant to the Uniform Arbitration Act, N.J.S.A. 2A: 23B-1 et seq.
  •   Appendix XXIX-C- Agreement to Resolve Disputes Pursuant to the New Jersey Alternative Procedure for Dispute Resolution Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:23A-1 et seq.
  •   Appendix XXIX-D- Arbitration/Umpire Disclosure Form

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