R. 1:22-6 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 1:22-6: Complaints: Referrals, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked

rule 1:22-6 "Complaints: Referrals" {
(a) Referral to Enforcement Agency. When the committee concludes from its preliminary investigation or from the failure of an informal conference as provided in R. 1:22-5 that an amicable disposition of any matter within its jurisdiction with the person, persons or entity concerned cannot be effected, it shall, based upon the nature of the complaint, the relief sought, and the facts as then known, refer the matter to the law enforcement or other agency the committee determines is best suited to conduct an investigation and any prosecution of such matter.
(b) Contents of File. Upon making a determination that an amicable disposition of a matter cannot be effected, and that the matter should be referred to a particular law enforcement or other agency, the committee shall send such agency the original complaint, response, evidence or other proof, investigative report and, if an informal conference has been conducted, a transcript of such proceedings. The committee shall retain copies of all such documents for its file.
(c) Notice to Complainant. Upon referring a matter to a law enforcement or other agency, the secretary shall notify the complainant of such action in writing.
Note: Source-R.R. 1:12A-6(a) (b); caption and text of rule deleted, and new caption and paragraphs (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) and (k) adopted June 29, 1990 to be effective September 4, 1990; caption of rule and caption and text of paragraph (a) amended, caption and text of paragraphs (b) and (c) deleted, new caption and text of paragraphs (b) and (c) adopted, and caption and text of paragraphs (d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)(j) and (k) deleted June 28, 1996 to be effective September 1, 1996.
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referenced_by: 1:22-1A, 1:22-5
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-25; corpus harvested 2026-09-02