Rules of Court · Part 3 · New Jersey
R. 3:21-8 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 3:21-8: Credit for Confinement Pending Sentence and Re-Sentence, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Credit for Confinement Pending Sentence and Re-Sentence
(a) The defendant shall receive credit on the term of a custodial sentence for any time served in custody in jail or in a state hospital between arrest and the imposition of sentence.
(b) While committed to a residential treatment facility, the defendant shall receive credit on the term of a custodial sentence for each day during which the defendant satisfactorily complied with the terms and conditions of Recovery Court "special probation" pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:35-14 or Recovery Court probation pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:45-1. The court, in determining the number of credits for time spent in a residential treatment facility, shall consider the recommendations of the treatment provider.
Note: Source -- R.R. 3:7-10(h) (first sentence); amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994; caption amended and text designated as paragraph (a), paragraph (b) adopted July 28, 2017 to be effective September 1, 2017; paragraph (b) amended August 4, 2023 to be effective September 1, 2023.
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rule 3:21-8 "Credit for Confinement Pending Sentence and Re-Sentence" {
(a) The defendant shall receive credit on the term of a custodial sentence for any time served in custody in jail or in a state hospital between arrest and the imposition of sentence.
(b) While committed to a residential treatment facility, the defendant shall receive credit on the term of a custodial sentence for each day during which the defendant satisfactorily complied with the terms and conditions of Recovery Court "special probation" pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:35-14 or Recovery Court probation pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:45-1. The court, in determining the number of credits for time spent in a residential treatment facility, shall consider the recommendations of the treatment provider.
Note: Source -- R.R. 3:7-10(h) (first sentence); amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994; caption amended and text designated as paragraph (a), paragraph (b) adopted July 28, 2017 to be effective September 1, 2017; paragraph (b) amended August 4, 2023 to be effective September 1, 2023.
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referenced_by: 3:21-5
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-26; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 3:21-7 · R. 3:21-9 → · chapter 3:21 · all rules
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