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R. 1:38-10 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 1:38-10: Determinations; Appeal Process, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Determinations; Appeal Process
(a) Requests for court records or administrative records to be inspected or copied under this rule shall be directed to the following officers or their designees:
(1) Supreme Court records (including committees and offices reporting to the Supreme Court): Clerk of the Supreme Court
(2) Superior Court records, Clerk's office, including Foreclosure Unit: Clerk of the Superior Court
(3) Superior Court records, Appellate Division: Clerk of the Appellate Division
(4) Superior Court records, Law and Chancery Divisions (other than Clerk's office and Probate Part): Trial Court Administrator of appropriate vicinage
(5) Superior Court records, Chancery Division, Probate Part, and Surrogate's Court records: Surrogate of appropriate county
(6) Tax Court records: Clerk of the Tax Court
(7) Municipal Court records: Municipal Court Director or Administrator of appropriate municipal court
(8) Administrative Office of the Courts records and all other judiciary records: Deputy Administrative Director of the Courts
(b) Any person denied access to a court record or administrative record by one of the above officers or their designees may seek review by the Administrative Director of the Courts under procedures established by the Supreme Court, except that an appeal regarding a municipal court record shall first be filed with the Trial Court Administrator of the appropriate vicinage. An appeal from the decision of the Administrative Director shall be filed in the Appellate Division in accordance with R. 2:2-3(a)(2).
Note: New Rule 1:38-10 adopted July 16, 2009 to be effective September 1, 2009.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 1:38-10 "Determinations; Appeal Process" {
(a) Requests for court records or administrative records to be inspected or copied under this rule shall be directed to the following officers or their designees:
(1) Supreme Court records (including committees and offices reporting to the Supreme Court): Clerk of the Supreme Court
(2) Superior Court records, Clerk's office, including Foreclosure Unit: Clerk of the Superior Court
(3) Superior Court records, Appellate Division: Clerk of the Appellate Division
(4) Superior Court records, Law and Chancery Divisions (other than Clerk's office and Probate Part): Trial Court Administrator of appropriate vicinage
(5) Superior Court records, Chancery Division, Probate Part, and Surrogate's Court records: Surrogate of appropriate county
(6) Tax Court records: Clerk of the Tax Court
(7) Municipal Court records: Municipal Court Director or Administrator of appropriate municipal court
(8) Administrative Office of the Courts records and all other judiciary records: Deputy Administrative Director of the Courts
(b) Any person denied access to a court record or administrative record by one of the above officers or their designees may seek review by the Administrative Director of the Courts under procedures established by the Supreme Court, except that an appeal regarding a municipal court record shall first be filed with the Trial Court Administrator of the appropriate vicinage. An appeal from the decision of the Administrative Director shall be filed in the Appellate Division in accordance with R. 2:2-3(a)(2).
Note: New Rule 1:38-10 adopted July 16, 2009 to be effective September 1, 2009.
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source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-26; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 1:38-9 · R. 1:38-11 → · chapter 1:38 · all rules
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