Rules of Court · Part 4 · New Jersey
R. 4:104-2 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 4:104-2: Timing of Discovery, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Timing of Discovery
(a) A party may not seek discovery from any source before the parties have conferred as required by R. 4:103-2, except when expressly authorized by these rules, by stipulation, or by court order.
(b) More than 35 days after the summons and complaint are served, a request under R. 4:18 may be delivered: (1) to that served party by another party or (2) by that served party to any plaintiff or to any other party that has been served. Any R. 4:18 requests served before the R. 4:103-2 conference shall be deemed served on the day of the first R. 4:103-2 conference.
Note: Adopted July 27, 2018 to be effective September 1, 2018.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 4:104-2 "Timing of Discovery" {
(a) A party may not seek discovery from any source before the parties have conferred as required by R. 4:103-2, except when expressly authorized by these rules, by stipulation, or by court order.
(b) More than 35 days after the summons and complaint are served, a request under R. 4:18 may be delivered: (1) to that served party by another party or (2) by that served party to any plaintiff or to any other party that has been served. Any R. 4:18 requests served before the R. 4:103-2 conference shall be deemed served on the day of the first R. 4:103-2 conference.
Note: Adopted July 27, 2018 to be effective September 1, 2018.
}
referenced_by: 4:92-2
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-12; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 4:104-1 · R. 4:104-3 → · chapter 4:104 · all rules
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