Title 2A, Title 2A: ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

2A:10-1. What constitutes contempt in general The power of any court of this state to punish for contempt shall not be construed to extend to any case except the: a. Misbehavior of any person in the actual presence of the court; b. Misbehavior of any officer of the court in his o…

2A:10-2. County court; punishment of sheriff for contempt The County Court of any county shall have the same power to punish for contempt a sheriff of the county, as the Superior Court. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1971, c. 2, s. 1, eff. Jan. 15, 1971.

2A:10-3. Review of convictions for contempt in certain inferior courts 2A:10-3. Every summary conviction and judgment, by the Superior Court in the law division or chancery division or by any inferior court except the municipal court, for a contempt, shall be reviewable by the ap…

2A:10-4. Breach of condition of supersedeas bond 2A:10-4. Upon the breach of the condition of any supersedeas bond given to the clerk of any inferior court in a contempt proceeding, the county prosecutor of the county in which the bond is given shall prosecute the same to effect,…

2A:10-5. Civil contempt; punishment 2A:10-5. Any person who shall be adjudged in contempt of the Superior Court by reason of his disobedience to a judgment, order or process of the court, shall, where the contempt is primarily civil in nature and before he is discharged therefrom…

2A:10-6. Contempt by sheriff or other officer 2A:10-6. A sheriff or other officer to whom any writ, process, judgment or order of the Superior Court is directed or delivered, who shall be adjudged in contempt of the court for failure to make return thereof or thereto, shall, befo…

2A:10-7. Contempt in municipal courts 2A:10-7. The municipal courts in this State shall have full power to punish for contempt in any case provided by N.J.S.2A:10-1. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.28.

2A:10-8. Issuance of warrant Any court may issue a warrant for the arrest of any person subject to punishment for a contempt pursuant to the provisions of chapter 10 of Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes, directed to any officer or person authorized by law to serve process, who …

2A:12-1. Administrative office of the courts; administrative director and deputy There shall be a State office to be known as the administrative office of the courts with an administrative director appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court pursuant to Article VI, Sectio…

2A:12-10. Purpose The purpose of the program shall be to promote court ordered supervised visitation by having approved community organizations throughout the State supply facilities and personnel to enable supervised visitation to take place. L.1983, c. 424, s. 4.

2A:12-11. Duties of director The director shall: a. Publicize the existence of the program; b. Adopt rules for the program including among other things-- (1) Standards for approved community organizations, (2) Standards for accounting and auditing, and (3) The number of approved …

2A:12-12. Court with jurisdiction; order for visitation at approved community organization Any court having jurisdiction over a child visitation matter, which orders supervised child visitation, may direct in the order that the visitation take place at an approved community organ…

2A:12-13. Child of incarcerated person; care ensured; guideline development by Administrative Director of the Courts 1. a. The Administrative Director of the Courts, in consultation with the Governor's Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect, shall develop and recommend to the Chie…

2A:12-14. Advance notice to prosecutor; notice to victims; "prosecutor defined 2. a. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall establish procedures to ensure that advance notice is given to the prosecutor in any matter in which (1) a victim of an offense has been identified, …

2A:12-2. Employees; other gainful pursuits forbidden; civil service 2A:12-2. Employees; other gainful pursuits forbidden; civil service. The director, with the approval of the chief justice, shall appoint and fix the salaries of such employees as may be necessary to perform the d…

2A:12-3. Functions of director The director shall, subject to the direction of the chief justice, perform the following functions: (a) Examine the administrative methods, systems and activities of the judges, clerks, stenographic reporters and employees of the courts and their of…

2A:12-4. Information and statistical data All judges, clerks, and stenographic reporters and their assistants and employees, shall comply with any and all requests made by the director for information and statistical data bearing on the state of the dockets of the courts and such…

2A:12-5. Annual report The director shall submit annually as of August 31 to the Chief Justice, a report of the activities of the administrative office of the courts together with his recommendations. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1978, c. 87, s. 1, eff. July 27, 1978.

2A:12-5.1 Findings, declarations relative to school-based probation. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. School-based probation is an approach to the supervision of children which shifts the primary location of probation operations to the school environment; b. School-…

2A:12-5.2 Annual report to Legislature. 2. a. The Administrative Director of the Courts, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall submit an annual report to the Legislature evaluating the effectiveness of the school-based probation program. The report shall inclu…

2A:12-5.3 DLWD, DHS to receive incarceration information electronically from AOC. 7. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall compile and provide to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Department of Human Services identifying information on each inmate …

2A:12-6 Distribution of law reports. 2A:12-6. The Administrative Director of the Courts is authorized to distribute or cause to be distributed any bound volumes of the New Jersey Reports and the New Jersey Superior Court Reports heretofore or hereafter published and delivered to …

2A:12-7. Legislative findings and declarations The Legislature finds and declares that: a. In the area of child visitation a court often orders supervised visitation where there has been a history of child abuse, medical disabilities, psychiatric problems or other situations wher…

2A:12-8. Definitions As used in this act: a. "Approved community organization" means a community organization which applies to the director for participation in the program and is approved for participation; b. "Director" means the Director of the Administrative Office of the Cou…

2A:12-9. Supervised visitation program; creation There is created a program to be known as the "Supervised Visitation Program" which shall be administered by the director. L.1983, c. 424, s. 3.

2A:13-1. Oath of practitioner Every counsellor at law or attorney at law, shall, before he is permitted to practice in any court of this state, take and subscribe in open court, the following oath: I, , do solemnly promise and swear, that I will support the constitution of this s…

2A:13-10. Certification by county clerk of authority of attorney to take proofs, acknowledgments or affidavits The county clerk of any county in which any such attorney-at-law shall have filed his autographed signature and certificate, as provided in section 1 of this act, shall,…

2A:13-11. Notice of disbarment; cancellation of certificates filed by attorney In event that any such attorney-at-law shall be disbarred, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall notify each county clerk accordingly and the county clerk shall cancel any certificate filed in his offic…

2A:13-2. Attorneys suable Attorneys may be sued as other persons in all courts of this state. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:13-3. Attorneys not to be sureties on bonds No practicing attorney shall be surety on a bond as security for costs or a replevin bond or a bond given in connection with any proceeding in lieu of a prerogative writ. Any such bond signed by a practicing attorney as surety shall …

2A:13-4. Liability for damages If an attorney shall neglect or mismanage any cause in which he is employed, he shall be liable for all damages sustained by his client. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:13-5. Lien for services After the filing of a complaint or third-party complaint or the service of a pleading containing a counterclaim or cross-claim, the attorney or counsellor at law, who shall appear in the cause for the party instituting the action or maintaining the thir…

2A:13-6. Recovery of fees and disbursements Every attorney and counsellor may commence and maintain an action for the recovery of reasonable fees, charges or disbursements against his client or his legal representative, provided he shall have first delivered to the client or his …

2A:13-7. Bar examiners; salary and expenses Each bar examiner shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the supreme court and such traveling and incidental expenses as shall be approved by a supreme court justice. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:13-8. Clerk of board of bar examiners The supreme court may appoint a suitable person to be clerk to the board of bar examiners to hold office during the pleasure of the court and may appoint successors from time to time and may fix the compensation to be paid such clerk. L.19…

2A:13-9. Filing of certificates of commission and qualification and autographed signature in county clerks' offices Any attorney-at-law, after having been duly commissioned and qualified, shall, upon request, receive from the Clerk of the Supreme Court as many certificates of his…

2A:14-1. 6 years 2A:14-1. a. Every action at law for trespass to real property, for any tortious injury to real or personal property, for taking, detaining, or converting personal property, for replevin of goods or chattels, for any tortious injury to the rights of another not st…

2A:14-1.1. Damages for injury from unsafe condition of improvement to real property; statute of limitations; exceptions; terms defined 1. a. No action, whether in contract, in tort, or otherwise, to recover damages for any deficiency in the design, planning, surveying, supervisio…

2A:14-1.2 Civil actions commenced by the State, 10 years; "State" defined; exceptions. 2. a. Except where a limitations provision expressly and specifically applies to actions commenced by the State or where a longer limitations period would otherwise apply, and subject to any st…

2A:14-1.3. Prohibition of certain actions after 10 years 2. No action whether in contract, in tort or otherwise to recover damages for any deficiency in a survey of real property performed under contract for any purpose other than for any improvement to real property shall be tak…

2A:14-1.4. Inapplicability of time limitation for adverse possession cases 3. The 10-year time period limitation on actions for the statute of repose set forth in section 1 of P.L.1967, c.59 (C.2A:14-1.1) for surveying shall not be applicable to cases of adverse possession. In ad…

2A:14-10. 2 years and 1 year; actions on penal statutes All actions at law brought for any forfeiture upon any penal statute made or to be made, shall be commenced within the periods of time herein prescribed: a. Within 2 years next after the offense committed or to be committed …

2A:14-11. 1 year; action on vacation of public rights by ordinance; park lands accepted by municipality Whenever any municipality has heretofore adopted, or shall hereafter adopt, any ordinance vacating, extinguishing, or releasing the public rights in any road, street, avenue, p…

2A:14-12. 2 years; persons claiming interest in park lands not accepted by municipality Whenever any municipality shall after July 24, 1950 adopt any ordinance vacating any park or park lands or any part thereof, which shall have heretofore been dedicated by map, plat, deed, deed…

2A:14-13. Enforcement of mortgage judgment or lien Section 2A:14-12 of this title shall not be construed to preclude the holder of a mortgage judgment or lien upon and enforceable against the vacated lands from enforcing such mortgage judgment or lien. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:14-14. 60 years; claims to real estate by devisees under invalid will as heirs to other real estate mentioned therein Where lands are attempted to be devised to 2 or more persons, the heirs of the decedent, in severalty by a writing purporting to be a last will which, though e…