Rules of Court · Part 3 · New Jersey
R. 3:5A-5 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 3:5A-5: Contents of Order for Investigative Detention, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Contents of Order for Investigative Detention
(a) The order shall command the named person to appear at a specified time and place for the taking of evidence of specified physical characteristics. It shall advise the person that on failure to do so, an arrest warrant will issue for the identification procedure. The order shall specify the length of the detention, the identification methods to be used, and, where necessary, the medical safeguards to be observed. The date and time of its signing shall be entered thereon.
(b) The terms of any order for investigative detention shall be the least onerous on the named person consistent with the investigative need.
Note: Adopted July 26, 1984 to be effective September 10, 1984; paragraph (a) amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 3:5A-5 "Contents of Order for Investigative Detention" {
(a) The order shall command the named person to appear at a specified time and place for the taking of evidence of specified physical characteristics. It shall advise the person that on failure to do so, an arrest warrant will issue for the identification procedure. The order shall specify the length of the detention, the identification methods to be used, and, where necessary, the medical safeguards to be observed. The date and time of its signing shall be entered thereon.
(b) The terms of any order for investigative detention shall be the least onerous on the named person consistent with the investigative need.
Note: Adopted July 26, 1984 to be effective September 10, 1984; paragraph (a) amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994.
}
referenced_by: none
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-10-08; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 3:5A-4 · R. 3:5A-6 → · chapter 3:5A · all rules
The Rules of Court are a government edict and carry no copyright; the text above is the Judiciary’s own publication, unchanged. Structure, links and highlighting are ours and carry no legal weight. Read the rule on njcourts.gov before you rely on it; amendments take effect each September 1.