R. 4:70-4 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 4:70-4: Commitment, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked

rule 4:70-4 "Commitment" {
If the statute imposing the penalty provides for commitment of the defendant upon the failure to pay forthwith the adjudicated or agreed to penalty, the court may direct defendant's commitment to any institution and for such time as the statute authorizes, unless the judgment is sooner paid. The form of the commitment shall be prescribed by the Administrative Director of the Courts.
Note: Source -- R. 7:13-6A, 7:13-7, 7:13-8, 7:13-9; paragraph (a) amended July 15, 1982 to be effective September 13, 1982; paragraph (a) amended July 22, 1983 to be effective September 12, 1983; paragraph (c) amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994; paragraph (a) amended January 5, 1998 to be effective February 1, 1998; caption amended, former paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) deleted, and new text adopted July 28, 2004 to be effective September 1, 2004.
}
referenced_by: none
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-10; corpus harvested 2026-09-02