Rules of Court · Part 3 · New Jersey
R. 3:26-5 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 3:26-5: Justification of Sureties, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Justification of Sureties
Every surety, except an approved corporate surety, shall justify by affidavit and be required to describe therein the property by which the surety proposes to justify and the encumbrances thereon, the number and amount of other recognizances and undertakings for monetary bail entered into by the surety and remaining undischarged, if any, and all the surety's other liabilities. No recognizance shall be approved unless the surety thereon shall be qualified.
Note: Source -- R.R. 3:9-6; amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994; amended August 30, 2016 to be effective January 1, 2017.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 3:26-5 "Justification of Sureties" {
Every surety, except an approved corporate surety, shall justify by affidavit and be required to describe therein the property by which the surety proposes to justify and the encumbrances thereon, the number and amount of other recognizances and undertakings for monetary bail entered into by the surety and remaining undischarged, if any, and all the surety's other liabilities. No recognizance shall be approved unless the surety thereon shall be qualified.
Note: Source -- R.R. 3:9-6; amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994; amended August 30, 2016 to be effective January 1, 2017.
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referenced_by: none
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-29; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 3:26-4 · R. 3:26-6 → · chapter 3:26 · all rules
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