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R. 1:18A-6 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 1:18A-6: Procedure; Requests for Reconsideration, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Procedure; Requests for Reconsideration
(a) Procedures. The Committee shall prescribe the methods and procedure to be followed in considering inquiries and expressing opinions.
(b) Reconsideration. Subsequent to the Committee’s response, whether an informal opinion or a formal opinion, either the judge or the judge’s Municipal Court Presiding Judge, Tax Court Presiding Judge, Assignment Judge, Chief Judge of the Appellate Division, or Appellate Division Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration, as appropriate, may seek reconsideration.
(c) Form of Reconsideration; Notice to Judge. The request for reconsideration shall be in writing and should be sent to the secretary for distribution to the Committee for its consideration. Where the request for reconsideration is made by the inquiring judge’s Municipal Court Presiding Judge, Tax Court Presiding Judge, Assignment Judge, Chief Judge of the Appellate Division, or Appellate Division Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration, as appropriate, notice of such request for reconsideration shall be provided in writing to the inquiring judge.
(d) Determination on Reconsideration. The secretary shall convey the Committee’s determination on reconsideration in writing to the judge who submitted the inquiry and to the judge’s Municipal Court Presiding Judge, Tax Court Presiding Judge, Assignment Judge, Chief Judge of the Appellate Division, or Appellate Division Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration, as appropriate.
Note: Adopted November 29, 1988, to be effective January 2, 1989; caption amended, former text designated as paragraph (a), caption added to paragraph (a), new paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) adopted July 19, 2012 to be effective September 4, 2012; paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) amended August 5, 2022 to be effective September 1, 2022.
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rule 1:18A-6 "Procedure; Requests for Reconsideration" {
(a) Procedures. The Committee shall prescribe the methods and procedure to be followed in considering inquiries and expressing opinions.
(b) Reconsideration. Subsequent to the Committee’s response, whether an informal opinion or a formal opinion, either the judge or the judge’s Municipal Court Presiding Judge, Tax Court Presiding Judge, Assignment Judge, Chief Judge of the Appellate Division, or Appellate Division Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration, as appropriate, may seek reconsideration.
(c) Form of Reconsideration; Notice to Judge. The request for reconsideration shall be in writing and should be sent to the secretary for distribution to the Committee for its consideration. Where the request for reconsideration is made by the inquiring judge’s Municipal Court Presiding Judge, Tax Court Presiding Judge, Assignment Judge, Chief Judge of the Appellate Division, or Appellate Division Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration, as appropriate, notice of such request for reconsideration shall be provided in writing to the inquiring judge.
(d) Determination on Reconsideration. The secretary shall convey the Committee’s determination on reconsideration in writing to the judge who submitted the inquiry and to the judge’s Municipal Court Presiding Judge, Tax Court Presiding Judge, Assignment Judge, Chief Judge of the Appellate Division, or Appellate Division Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration, as appropriate.
Note: Adopted November 29, 1988, to be effective January 2, 1989; caption amended, former text designated as paragraph (a), caption added to paragraph (a), new paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) adopted July 19, 2012 to be effective September 4, 2012; paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) amended August 5, 2022 to be effective September 1, 2022.
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referenced_by: 1:18A-4
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2026-03-20; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 1:18A-5 · R. 1:18A-7 → · chapter 1:18A · all rules
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