Rules of Court · Part 1 · New Jersey
R. 1:4-3 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 1:4-3: Adoption by Reference; Exhibits, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Adoption by Reference; Exhibits
Statements in a pleading and exhibits to a pleading may be adopted by reference in a different part of the same pleading or in another pleading or in any motion. A copy of a document which is an exhibit to a pleading is a part thereof. Copies of bonds, mortgages, tax sale certificates, and assignments thereof shall not be annexed to complaints in actions for the foreclosure of a mortgage or a tax sale certificate.
Note: Source-R.R. 4:10-3.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 1:4-3 "Adoption by Reference; Exhibits" {
Statements in a pleading and exhibits to a pleading may be adopted by reference in a different part of the same pleading or in another pleading or in any motion. A copy of a document which is an exhibit to a pleading is a part thereof. Copies of bonds, mortgages, tax sale certificates, and assignments thereof shall not be annexed to complaints in actions for the foreclosure of a mortgage or a tax sale certificate.
Note: Source-R.R. 4:10-3.
}
referenced_by: 2:9-4
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-23; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 1:4-2 · R. 1:4-4 → · chapter 1:4 · all rules
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