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R. 4:55 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 4:55: Discharge Of Insolvent Debtors, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked

Discharge Of Insolvent Debtors

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An action by an insolvent debtor for discharge from imprisonment shall be brought pursuant to R. 4:67 (summary actions). The complaint shall set forth a just and true account of the debtor's full real and personal estate, a full and true inventory of all the debtor's deeds, bonds, notes, books of account, vouchers and securities whatsoever, and a list of all creditors, with the moneys due and owing to each of them, to the best of the debtor's knowledge. Service of the order to show cause shall be made on the plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney at whose suit the insolvent debtor is imprisoned or was arrested, and also on each of the creditors, in the manner provided by R. 4:67-3.

Note: Source-R.R. 4:70; amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994.

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rule 4:55 "Discharge Of Insolvent Debtors" {
An action by an insolvent debtor for discharge from imprisonment shall be brought pursuant to R. 4:67 (summary actions). The complaint shall set forth a just and true account of the debtor's full real and personal estate, a full and true inventory of all the debtor's deeds, bonds, notes, books of account, vouchers and securities whatsoever, and a list of all creditors, with the moneys due and owing to each of them, to the best of the debtor's knowledge. Service of the order to show cause shall be made on the plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney at whose suit the insolvent debtor is imprisoned or was arrested, and also on each of the creditors, in the manner provided by R. 4:67-3.
Note: Source-R.R. 4:70; amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994.
}
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source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2026-03-20; corpus harvested 2026-09-02

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