Rules of Court · Part 7 · New Jersey
R. 7:12-1 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 7:12-1: Trial Date; Adjournment, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Trial Date; Adjournment
The date fixed for the trial of any traffic offense shall be not less than five days from the date of its commission unless the defendant, having been informed of the right to such trial date, waives it and the court in its discretion fixes an earlier date. If a hearing is adjourned, the court shall inform the defendant of the adjourned date and of the consequences of failure to appear on that adjourned date.
Note: Source-R.R. (1969) 7:6-4. Adopted October 6, 1997 to be effective February 1, 1998; amended July 29, 2019 to be effective September 1, 2019.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 7:12-1 "Trial Date; Adjournment" {
The date fixed for the trial of any traffic offense shall be not less than five days from the date of its commission unless the defendant, having been informed of the right to such trial date, waives it and the court in its discretion fixes an earlier date. If a hearing is adjourned, the court shall inform the defendant of the adjourned date and of the consequences of failure to appear on that adjourned date.
Note: Source-R.R. (1969) 7:6-4. Adopted October 6, 1997 to be effective February 1, 1998; amended July 29, 2019 to be effective September 1, 2019.
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referenced_by: none
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-19; corpus harvested 2026-09-02R. 7:12-2 → · chapter 7:12 · all rules
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