R. 3:7-9 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 3:7-9: Form of Post-Indictment or Post-Accusation Warrant and Summons, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked

rule 3:7-9 "Form of Post-Indictment or Post-Accusation Warrant and Summons" {
The post-indictment or post-accusation warrant shall contain the name of the defendant or, if the defendant's name is unknown, any name or description by which the defendant can be identified with reasonable certainty, shall describe the offense charged in the indictment or accusation and shall command that the defendant be arrested and remanded to the county jail pending a determination of conditions of pretrial release or a determination regarding pretrial detention if a motion has been filed by the prosecutor.
The post-indictment or post-accusation summons shall be in the same form as the warrant described above except that it shall be directed to the defendant and require the defendant to appear to plead before the court at a stated time and place. The summons shall also state that if the defendant fails to so appear, a bench warrant for defendant's arrest shall issue.
Note: Source -- R.R. 3:4-10(a) (b); amended July 13, 1994 to be effective January 1, 1995; amended August 30, 2016 to be effective January 1, 2017; caption and text amended July 28, 2017 to be effective September 1, 2017.
}
referenced_by: 1:8-9, 3:19-1, 3:19-2
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-10-08; corpus harvested 2026-09-02