Rules of Court · Part 7 · New Jersey
R. 7:2-5 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 7:2-5: Defective Warrant or Summons; Amendment, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Defective Warrant or Summons; Amendment
No person arrested under a warrant or appearing in response to a summons shall be discharged from custody or dismissed because of any technical insufficiency or irregularity in the warrant or summons, but the warrant or summons may be amended to remedy any such technical defect.
Note: Source-R. (1969) 7:2, 7:3-1, 3:3-4(a). Adopted October 6, 1997 as Rule 7:2-4 to be effective February 1, 1998; redesignated as Rule 7:2-5 July 28, 2004 to be effective September 1, 2004./em>
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 7:2-5 "Defective Warrant or Summons; Amendment" {
No person arrested under a warrant or appearing in response to a summons shall be discharged from custody or dismissed because of any technical insufficiency or irregularity in the warrant or summons, but the warrant or summons may be amended to remedy any such technical defect.
Note: Source-R. (1969) 7:2, 7:3-1, 3:3-4(a). Adopted October 6, 1997 as Rule 7:2-4 to be effective February 1, 1998; redesignated as Rule 7:2-5 July 28, 2004 to be effective September 1, 2004./em>
}
referenced_by: none
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-18; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 7:2-4 · R. 7:2-6 → · chapter 7:2 · all rules
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