Rules of Court · Part 4 · New Jersey
R. 4:26-6 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 4:26-6: Initials or Contractions of First Name or Names; Effect on Filing of Complaints; Entry of Judgment; Notice or Certificate of Indebtedness, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Initials or Contractions of First Name or Names; Effect on Filing of Complaints; Entry of Judgment; Notice or Certificate of Indebtedness
Actions may be instituted against defendants designated by an initial letter or letters or a contraction of a given first name or names. Neither final judgment nor notice or certificate of indebtedness shall, however, be entered or filed against a defendant so designated unless either the defendant has been designated as provided by R. 4:26-5 or the plaintiff amends the complaint to state at least one full given name of the defendant or the court otherwise orders.
Note: Source-R.R. 7.4-5 (second paragraph). Amended July 7, 1971 to be effective September 3, 1971; caption and text amended July 24, 1978 to be effective September 11, 1978.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 4:26-6 "Initials or Contractions of First Name or Names; Effect on Filing of Complaints; Entry of Judgment; Notice or Certificate of Indebtedness" {
Actions may be instituted against defendants designated by an initial letter or letters or a contraction of a given first name or names. Neither final judgment nor notice or certificate of indebtedness shall, however, be entered or filed against a defendant so designated unless either the defendant has been designated as provided by R. 4:26-5 or the plaintiff amends the complaint to state at least one full given name of the defendant or the court otherwise orders.
Note: Source-R.R. 7.4-5 (second paragraph). Amended July 7, 1971 to be effective September 3, 1971; caption and text amended July 24, 1978 to be effective September 11, 1978.
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referenced_by: none
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-29; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 4:26-5 · R. 4:26-7 → · chapter 4:26 · all rules
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