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New Jersey Court Decisions

Supreme Court (N.J.) Superior Court, Appellate Division (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.) Tax Court (N.J. Tax Ct.) ————— U.S. District Court (D.N.J.) U.S. District Court (Bankr. N.J.)
Additional Resources
¶ New Jersey Supreme Court and Appellate Court opinions … [New Jersey Judiciary] — Only the current week’s (or most recent) opinions are available here.

New Jersey Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (N.J. Const.)

2. Bills

3. Laws of New Jersey (N.J. Laws)

   Session Chapter    2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996    in HTML File PDF File

   This form accesses a database of chaptered laws. It is maintained by the legislature. If an invalid chapter number is entered, an error is returned.

4. New Jersey Statutes (N.J. Stat.)
   NOTE: This link goes to the Legislature’s web site, where navigating in the on-line version of the New Jersey Statutes is laborious. (The State Library provides a video tutorial.) A version easier to use is provided by Rutgers University School of Law – Newark.
   Additional Resources
   ¶ Guide to New Jersey Legislative History … [Rutgers Univ. Sch. of Law – Newark]

New Jersey Rules of Procedure and Practice

Court Rules • Rules of Procedure
New Jersey Court Rules (N.J. Ct. R.) New Jersey Child Support Guidelines ————— U.S. District Court Rules (D.N.J. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules (D.N.J. Bankr. R.)
Rules of Practice • Judicial Rules • Professional Ethics Decisions
Rules of Professional Conduct ————— Code of Judicial Conduct ————— Code of Conduct for Judiciary Employees Code of Professional Conduct for Interpreters [etc.] ————— Opinions of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s Ethics Committees

New Jersey Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   Note—Regulations are not freely provided on any official (state) web site. The Office of Administrative Law web site provides a link to a freely available version of the New Jersey Administrative Code (N.J. Admin. Code) on the LexisNexis web site, along with a link to the New Jersey Register (N.J. Reg.) for the period from July 3, 1995, to the present (also on the LexisNexis web site). Issues of the register from inception on September 25, 1969, through June 30, 1995, are provided on the New Jersey State Library web site.
   Opinions • Decisions • Orders • Rulings
   Executive Orders ————— New Jersey Administrative Law Decisions [from 1997] New Jersey Administrative Reports (N.J.A.R.1st) [1979–1991] ————— Workers’ Compensation Division — Recent Decisions ————— Attorney General Opinions (Ops. N.J. Atty. Gen.)
   Note—The second series of New Jersey Administrative Reports (N.J.A.R.2d) [1991–1997] is not yet available on-line.

New Jersey Ordinances and Home-Rule Charters

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Atlantic County <2>   
Click on the button keyed to the name of the county. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
Municipal Ordinances
Aberdeen Township <3> Alexandria Township <4> Allendale Borough <4> Alpha Borough <4> Alpine Borough <4> Andover Borough <4> Andover Township <4> Atlantic City <4> Barnegat Light Borough <4> Bay Head Borough <4> Bayonne <3> Beach Haven Borough <4> Beachwood Borough <3> Bedminster Township <3> Belmar Borough <3> Bergenfield Borough <4> Berkeley Heights Township <5> Berkeley Township <3> Berlin Borough <4> Bernards Township <4> Bernardsville <3> Bethlehem Township <4> Blairstown Township <4> Bloomfield Township <4> Bogota Borough <3> Boonton <4> Boonton Township <4> Bound Brook Borough <3> Bradley Beach Borough <4> Branchburg Township <3> Branchville Borough <4> Brick Township <4> Bridgeton <4> Bridgewater Township <4> Brielle Borough <3> Brigantine <4> Brooklawn Borough <4> Byram Township <4> Caldwell Borough <4> Camden <4> Cape May <4> Carlstadt Borough <4> Carneys Point Township <4> Carteret Borough <4> Cedar Grove Township <4> Chatham Borough <4> Chatham Township <3> Chester Borough <4> Chester Township <4> Cinnaminson Township <4> Clifton <4> Clinton Township <4> Closter Borough <4> Collingswood Borough <4> Colts Neck Township <4> Cranbury Township <4> Cranford Township <4> Cresskill Borough <4> Deerfield Township <4> Delanco Township <4> Delran Township <4> Denville Township <3> Deptford Township <3> Dover <4> East Amwell Township <4> East Greenwich Township <5> East Newark Borough <3> Eastampton Township <4> Eatontown Borough <4> Edison Township <3> Egg Harbor Township <4> Elmwood Park Borough <3> Emerson Borough <4> Englewood Cliffs Borough <3> Estell Manor <4> Evesham Township <4> Fair Lawn Borough <4> Fairfield Township <3> Florence Township <4> Florham Park Borough <4> Folsom Borough <4> Fort Lee Borough <4> Frankford Township <3> Franklin Borough <4> Franklin Lakes Borough <4> Franklin Township <4> Freehold Township <4> Galloway Township <4> Garfield <4> Garwood Borough <4> Gibbsboro Borough <4> Gladstone <3> Glassboro Borough <4> Glen Ridge Borough <5> Glen Rock Borough <4> Hackensack <4> Haddon Heights Borough <4> Haddon Township <4> Haddonfield Borough <4> Hainesport Township <4> Haledon Borough <4> Hamburg Borough <4> Hamilton Township <4> <5> Hammonton <4> Hampton Township <4> Hanover Township <4> Harding Township <4> Hardyston Township <4> Harrison Township <4> Hasbrouck Heights Borough <4> Hawthorne Borough <4> Hazlet Township <4> Highland Park Borough <4> Highlands Borough <3> Hillsborough Township <4> Hillsdale Borough <4> Hoboken <3> Holland Township <4> Holmdel Township <3> Hopatcong Borough <4> Howell Township <4> Independence Township <4> Irvington Township <4> Jackson Township <4> Jefferson Township <4> Jersey City <5> Kearny Town <3> Kinnelon Borough <4> Lacey Township <4> Lafayette Township <3> Lake Como Borough <3> Lavallette Borough <4> Lebanon Township <4> Leonia Borough <4> Linwood <4> Little Egg Harbor Township <4> Little Falls Township <4> Little Ferry Borough <3> Livingston Township <4> Logan Township <4> Long Beach Township <4> Long Hill Township <3> Longport Borough <4> Lopatcong Township <4> Lower Township <4> Lyndhurst Township <3> Madison Borough <4> Manalapan Township <4> Manasquan Borough <3> Manchester Township <4> Mansfield Township <4> Mantoloking Borough <3> Maple Shade Township <4> Maplewood Township <4> Margate City <4> Marlboro Township <4> Maywood Borough <4> Medford Lakes Borough <4> Medford Township <3> <4> Mendham Borough <4> Merchantville Borough <3> Metuchen Borough <4> Middle Township <4> Middlesex Borough <4> Midland Park Borough <3> Millburn Township <3> Millstone Township <3> Millville <4> Monmouth Beach Borough <3> Monroe Township <3> <4> Montclair Township <4> Montgomery Township <3> Montvale Borough <4> Moorestown Township <4> Morris Township <4> Mount Holly Township <4> Mount Laurel Township <4> Mount Olive Township <4> Mountain Lakes Borough <4> Mullica Township <4> Neptune Township <3> Netcong Borough <4> New Brunswick <5> New Milford Borough <3> New Providence Borough <4> Newark <3> North Arlington Borough <4> North Brunswick Township <4> North Haledon Borough <4> North Plainfield Borough <3> North Wildwood <4> Norwood Borough <4> Oakland Borough <3> Oaklyn Borough <4> Ocean City <3> Ocean Township <3> Old Bridge Township <4> Old Tappan Borough <4> Oradell Borough <4> Palmyra Borough <4> Paramus Borough <4> Park Ridge Borough <4> Parsippany-Troy Hills Township <4> Passaic <4> Paterson <4> Paulsboro Borough <4> Peapack <3> Pemberton Borough <4> Pemberton Township <4> Pennington Borough <4> Pennsauken Township <4> Phillipsburg <4> Pilesgrove Township <4> Pittsgrove Township <4> Plainsboro Township <4> Pohatcong Township <4> Point Pleasant <3> Point Pleasant Beach <3> Princeton Borough <3> Princeton Township <3> Rahway <4> Ramsey Borough <3> Randolph Township <5> Readington Township <4> Red Bank Borough <4> Ridgewood <4> Ringwood Borough <3> River Edge Borough <4> River Vale Township <4> Riverdale Borough <4> Riverside Township <4> Riverton Borough <4> Rochelle Park Township <4> Rockaway Borough <4> Rocky Hill Borough <4> Roselle Borough <4> Roselle Park Borough <3> Roxbury Township <3> Rutherford Borough <4> Saddle River Borough <4> Sandyston Township <4> Sayreville Borough <5> Scotch Plains Township <3> Sea Bright Borough <4> Sea Isle <3> Seaside Heights Borough <4> Secaucus <3> Shamong Township <4> Shrewsbury Borough <4> Somers Point <4> Somerville <3> South Brunswick Township <5> South Hackensack Township <4> South Harrison Township <4> South Orange Village Township <4> South River Borough <4> Southampton Township <3> Sparta <3> Spring Lake Borough <4> Spring Lake Heights <3> Springfield Township <3> <4> Stafford Township <4> Stillwater Township <4> Stone Harbor Borough <4> Summit <3> Sussex Borough <3> Teaneck Township <4> Tenafly Borough <3> Tinton Falls <3> Toms River Township <4> Trenton <4> Tuckerton Borough <4> Union Township <4> Upper Freehold Township <3> Upper Saddle River Borough <4> Upper Township <3> Vernon Township <4> Verona Township <4> Vineland <4> Voorhees Township <2> Wall Township <4> Wanaque Borough <4> Wantage Township <3> Warren Township <3> Washington Township <4> Washington Township <4> Watchung Borough <3> Wayne Township <4> Wenonah Borough <3> West Amwell Township <4> West Caldwell Township <3> West Cape May Borough <3> West Milford Township <4> West New York <4> West Orange Township <3> West Windsor Township <4> Westampton Township <4> Westville Borough <4> Westwood Borough <5> Weymouth Township <4> Wildwood <3> Wildwood Crest Borough <3> Winslow Township <3> Woodbridge Township <3> Woodbury <4> Woodbury Heights <3> Woodcliff Lake Borough <4> Woolwich Township <4> Wyckoff Township <4>      
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

New Jersey Law-Related Periodicals

1. Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion (Rutgers J. L. & Religion)

2. Rutgers Law Journal (Rutgers L.J.)

3. Rutgers Law Record (Rutgers L. Rec.)

4. Rutgers Law Review (Rutgers L. Rev.)

Other New Jersey Commentary

1. Guide to Doing Business in the State of New Jersey. Day Pitney LLP. … [Lex Mundi]

New Jersey Law-Related Topical Web Sites

New Jersey Court Information

Web Sites
New Jersey State Courts Supreme Court Superior Court Appellate Division Tax Court ————— Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage Bergen Vicinage Burlington Vicinage Camden Vicinage Essex Vicinage Gloucester/Cumberland/Salem Vicinage Hudson Vicinage Mercer Vicinage Middlesex Vicinage Monmouth Vicinage Morris/Sussex Vicinage Ocean Vicinage Passaic Vicinage Somerset/Hunterdon/Warren Vicinage Union Vicinage ————— U.S. District Court U.S. Bankruptcy Court

New Jersey Forms

1. Court Forms: Appellate Division Forms

2. Forms of Jury Instructions: Civil • Criminal

3. Government Agencies’ Forms
   Consumer Affairs Division — Complaint Forms
   Taxation Division — Tax Forms

4. Business Entity Forms … [Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other New Jersey Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
Legislature Judicial Branch ————— Attorney General [Law and Public Safety Department] Public Defender ————— Secretary of State Taxation Division [Treasury Department]
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶ Vital Records — Contact Information … [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶ Workers’ Compensation — Agency Contact Information … [Robert W. McDowell / N.C. Indus. Comm’n]
Bar Associations • Law-Related Organizations
New Jersey State Bar Association New Jersey State Bar Foundation ————— Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey New Jersey Association for Justice [Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey] ————— Essex County Bar Association Gloucester County Bar Association Mercer County Bar Association Middlesex County Bar Association ————— Paralegal Association of New Jersey ————— New Jersey Law Librarians Association
See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
Law Schools • Admission to Practice • Continuing Legal Education
New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education Judicial Performance and Education Programs ————— Board of Bar Examiners ————— Rutgers School of Law—Camden Rutgers School of Law—Newark Seton Hall University School of Law
1. Consulate General of Canada in New York … Canadian consular services for New Jersey residents.

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
New Jersey State Library  — Legal Resources ————— Hudson County Middlesex County Monmouth County Ocean County Passaic County Union County Rutgers School of Law, Newark Rutgers University, Camden Seton Hall University
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law.
1. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for New Jersey Residents … [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of New Jersey law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in New Jersey.

2. Low-Cost Legal Aid … See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. New Jersey Legal Help for the Poor … [Am. Bar Ass’n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA’s Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs’ web sites.
   2. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help … [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.