Title 2B, Title 2B: COURT ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL CODE

2B:7-4 Transcript; fees. 2B:7-4. Transcript; Fees. a. When a transcript of a stenographic record or other recording in any court or in any other proceeding recorded at the direction of the Supreme Court is made, at the request of any person, the original and copies thereof shall …

2B:7-5. Employment of court reporters 2B:7-5. Employment of Court Reporters. a. Except as provided in this section, court reporters appointed to serve on a full-time basis pursuant to this chapter shall receive an annual salary to be fixed from time to time by the Supreme Court. …

2B:7-6. Records and reports 2B:7-6. Records and Reports. The Administrative Director of the Courts, subject to the approval of the Chief Justice, shall prescribe records which shall be maintained and reports to be filed by the reporter. These records shall be open to inspection b…

2B:8-1. Interpreters 2B:8-1. Interpreters. Each county shall provide interpreting services necessary for cases from that county in the Law Division and the Family Part of the Chancery Division. A county may provide interpreting services through the use of persons hired for that p…

2B:9-1. Effect of abolition of particular courts 2B:9-1. Effect of Abolition of Particular Courts. a. Where any court has been or is abolished: 1. Its property shall be the property of the court succeeding to its jurisdiction; 2. Its pending cases shall be cases of the court succ…

2B:10-1. Short title 1. Sections 1 through 9 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Judicial Unification Act." L.1993,c.275,s.1.

2B:10-2. Findings, declarations 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The current method of financing the State's judicial system has created undue hardship for both the counties and the courts. b. The counties have had to balance the financial needs of the judicial syst…

2B:10-3. Definitions 3. As used in this act: a. "Base year amount" means the total local fiscal year 1993 expenditures for judicial costs and probation costs excluding the amount paid and charged in full in 1993 for equipment for court or probation purposes; less the realized rev…

2B:10-4. State costs, employees, and fees after 1994 4. On and after January 1, 1995: a. The State is required to pay for judicial costs and probation costs; b. All judicial employees shall be employees of the State; and c. Any judicial fees or probation fees collected shall be p…

2B:10-5. Certification of base year amount 5. a. On or before February 28, 1994, the chief financial officer of the county shall certify the actual base year amount to the designee of the Administrative Office of the Courts who may then accept the amount. If accepted, a copy of t…

2B:10-6. Schedule for payment of county share 6. a. Except as provided in subsection e., in local fiscal years 1995, 1996 and 1997, each county shall pay a share of its base year amount as determined by the director based on the following schedule: (1) 1995...... 87.5% of the bas…

2B:10-7. Disposition of furnishings, office equipment; service agreements; provision of claim, insurance information 7. a. By September 1, 1994, a list shall be jointly developed by the Administrative Office of the Courts and the governing body of each county of the furnishings a…

2B:10-8. Determination of county tax levy 8. For the purpose of determining the county tax levy upon which a county shall calculate its permissible tax levy, any amounts appropriated for the purposes described in section 6 of P.L.1993, c.275 (C.2B:10-6), shall be an exception pur…

2B:10-9. Certification of payroll record information 9. a. To facilitate the transfer of judicial employees from county payroll processing to the State's payroll processing system the chief financial officer of each county shall certify payroll record information on each judicial…

2B:10A-1. Findings, declarations relative to probation officers 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The enforcement of probation sentences is crucial to the public safety; b. Despite a drop in the overall crime rate, the number of dangerous and repeat offenders who are…

2B:10A-2. "Probation Officer Community Safety Unit" 2. a. There shall be established within the Administrative Office of the Courts a "Probation Officer Community Safety Unit." The "Probation Officer Community Safety Unit" shall consist of no less than 200 probation officers, dul…

2B:10A-3 Self-defense training for probation officers 3. Any probation officer, duly appointed pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.2A:168-5, including probation officers assigned to the "Probation Officer Community Safety Unit" established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2001, c.362…

2B:11-1. Short title 1. Sections 1 through 12 of this act shall be known and may be cited as "The Judicial Employees Unification Act." L.1994,c.162,s.1.

2B:11-10. Reimbursement for premium charges for Part A of Medicare 10. Any transferred employee who: a. was a member of a county pension fund or retirement system on December 31, 1994; b. retires from employment as a State judicial employee; c. is eligible for and receives State …

2B:11-11. Health care benefits upon retirement, eligibility 11. A transferred employee shall be eligible for health care benefits after retirement on the same basis as other State judicial employees under the "New Jersey State Health Benefits Program Act," P.L.1961, c.49 (C.52:14…

2B:11-12. Right to review, void certain adjustments 12. For the purposes of application of all provisions of this act, the judiciary shall review and may void as against public policy any extraordinary adjustments made during 1994 in employee salary, other compensation or benefit…

2B:11-2. Findings, declarations 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. As a result of voter approval in November of 1992 of a constitutional amendment and pursuant to the provisions of the "State Judicial Unification Act," P.L.1993, c.275 (C.2B:10-1 et seq.), the State is…

2B:11-3. Definitions 3. As used in this act, a. "Transferred employee" means any person employed by a county on December 31, 1994 who becomes an employee of the State pursuant to the provisions of the "State Judicial Unification Act," P.L.1993, c.275 (C.2B:10-1 et seq.). b. "Stat…

2B:11-4. Elections for majority representatives 4. Elections to establish majority representatives in new Statewide collective negotiations units will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.) with such elections to be conducted by the…

2B:11-5. State service applicable; tranferred employees; personnel procedures 5. a. Subject to the judiciary's rights to create new unclassified positions and make unclassified appointments under court rule, and with the exception of employees of the Administrative Office of the …

2B:11-6. Seniority, benefits, etc. tranferred 6. a. Transferred employees who become State judicial employees shall receive State credit for years of employment service retroactive to the date utilized by the county of employment as of December 31, 1994, to determine credit for e…

2B:11-7. Transfer to the Public Employees' Retirement System 7. a. Any transferred employee who is a member of a county pension fund or retirement system shall become a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) on January 1, 1995, subject to the same conditions and…

2B:11-8. Temporary disablity, unemployment insurance benefits 8. Immediately upon becoming State judicial employees, all transferred employees shall become eligible for New Jersey Temporary Disability Insurance and Unemployment Insurance benefits consistent with the regulations o…

2B:11-9. Health, medical benefits 9. a. Immediately upon becoming a State judicial employee, all transferred employees shall receive all the health and medical benefits, including dental and prescription drug plans, on the same basis as other State judicial employees. Employment …

2B:12-1 Establishment of municipal courts. 2B:12-1. Establishment of municipal courts. a. Every municipality shall establish a municipal court. If a municipality fails to maintain a municipal court or does not enter into an agreement pursuant to subsection b. or c. of this sectio…

2B:12-10. Municipal court administrator and personnel 2B:12-10. Municipal court administrator and personnel. a. A county or municipality shall provide for an administrator and other necessary employees for the municipal court and for their compensation. With approval of the Supre…

2B:12-11 Certification of municipal court administrators. 2B:12-11. Certification of municipal court administrators. a. The Supreme Court may appoint a Municipal Court Administrator Certification Board. That board shall: (1) Design examinations for certification of municipal cour…

2B:12-12. Bond or insurance 2B:12-12. Bond or insurance. Before assuming the duties of office, a judge or administrator of a municipal court, or person employed by the court who handles money in the scope of that employment, shall be covered by a bond or insurance against loss or…

2B:12-13. Powers of administrator 2B:12-13. Powers of administrator. Any process, order, warrant or judgment issued by a municipal court may be signed by the judge or be attested in the judge's name and signed by the municipal court administrator. The municipal court administrato…

2B:12-14. Officers empowered to execute process 2B:12-14. Officers empowered to execute process. Any law enforcement officer, or any other person authorized by law, may act in the service, execution and return of process, orders, warrants and judgments issued by any municipal cou…

2B:12-15. Courtrooms and equipment 2B:12-15. Courtrooms and equipment. Suitable courtrooms, chambers, offices, equipment and supplies for the municipal court, its administrator's office and its violations bureau shall be provided by the municipality or by a county that has establ…

2B:12-16 Territorial jurisdiction. 2B:12-16. Territorial jurisdiction. a. A municipal court of a single municipality shall have jurisdiction over cases arising within the territory of that municipality except as provided in section 10 of P.L.1997, c.357 (C.27:25-5.15). A joint mu…

2B:12-17. Jurisdiction of specified offenses 2B:12-17. Jurisdiction of specified offenses. A municipal court has jurisdiction over the following cases within the territorial jurisdiction of the court: a. Violations of county or municipal ordinances; b. Violations of the motor veh…

2B:12-17.1 Responsibility for notification. 4. As required pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2003, c.67 (C.4:22-57), a court adjudging guilt or liability for a violation of any provision of chapter 22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes, shall charge the prosecutor or other appropriate…

2B:12-17.2 Motor vehicle offenses involving death, bodily injury, Superior Court exclusive jurisdiction; prosecution guidelines. 1. a. In any matter concerning Title 39 of the Revised Statutes where death or serious bodily injury has occurred, regardless of whether the death or s…

2B:12-18. Jurisdiction of specified offenses where indictment and trial by jury are waived 2B:12-18. Jurisdiction of specified offenses where indictment and trial by jury are waived. A municipal court has jurisdiction over the following crimes occurring within the territorial jur…

2B:12-18.1 Complaints, county, State Police, Statewide, county law enforcement agency, heard in municipal court. 3. All complaints issued in the county on or after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.284 (C.2B:12-18.1 et al.) by the State Police or any Statewide law enforcement age…

2B:12-19. Authority of municipal court judge prior to indictment; notice to county prosecutor 2B:12-19. Authority of municipal court judge prior to indictment; notice to county prosecutor. a. A municipal court has authority to conduct proceedings in a criminal case within its ter…

2B:12-2. Name of court 2B:12-2. Name of court. The name of a municipal court of a single municipality shall be the "Municipal Court of (insert name of municipality)." The name of a joint municipal court shall be specified in the ordinances establishing the court. The name of a ce…

2B:12-20 Municipal housing court; jurisdiction. 2B:12-20. Municipal housing court; jurisdiction. A municipality in a county of the first class may establish, as a part of its municipal court, a full-time municipal housing court. Municipal housing courts shall have jurisdiction ov…

2B:12-21. Officials authorized to act for court 2B:12-21. Officials authorized to act for court. a. An administrator or deputy administrator of a municipal court, authorized by a judge of that court, may exercise the power of the municipal court to administer oaths for complaints…