Rules of Court · Part 7 · New Jersey
R. 7:7-11 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 7:7-11: Use of Acting Judges Pursuant to Standing Assignment Judge Order, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Use of Acting Judges Pursuant to Standing Assignment Judge Order
(a) As to any pretrial application made when court is not in session for the issuance of a telephonic arrest warrant, R. 7:2-1(e); for the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), R. 5:7A; for the issuance of a search warrant, R.3:5-3(b) or R. 7:5-1(a); or for the setting of bail, R. 3:26-2(a) and R. 7:4-2(a), if no judge of that court is able to hear the application, an acting judge may be contacted pursuant to a standing order entered by the Assignment Judge that prescribes the sequence in which resort is made to any acting judges.
(b) An acting judge handling an application pursuant to paragraph (a) of this rule should make a record of the reason the application is not being handled by the court to which the application was first submitted.
Note: Adopted July 21, 2011 to be effective September 1, 2011; paragraph (a) amended July 29, 2019 to be effective September 1, 2019; paragraph (a) amended July 30, 2021 to be effective September 1, 2021.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 7:7-11 "Use of Acting Judges Pursuant to Standing Assignment Judge Order" {
(a) As to any pretrial application made when court is not in session for the issuance of a telephonic arrest warrant, R. 7:2-1(e); for the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), R. 5:7A; for the issuance of a search warrant, R.3:5-3(b) or R. 7:5-1(a); or for the setting of bail, R. 3:26-2(a) and R. 7:4-2(a), if no judge of that court is able to hear the application, an acting judge may be contacted pursuant to a standing order entered by the Assignment Judge that prescribes the sequence in which resort is made to any acting judges.
(b) An acting judge handling an application pursuant to paragraph (a) of this rule should make a record of the reason the application is not being handled by the court to which the application was first submitted.
Note: Adopted July 21, 2011 to be effective September 1, 2011; paragraph (a) amended July 29, 2019 to be effective September 1, 2019; paragraph (a) amended July 30, 2021 to be effective September 1, 2021.
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source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-22; corpus harvested 2026-09-02
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