Rules of Court · Part 1 · New Jersey
RPC 4.1 New Jersey Rules of Court, RPC 4.1: Truthfulness in Statements to Others, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Truthfulness in Statements to Others
(a) In representing a client a lawyer shall not knowingly:
(1) make a false statement of material fact or law to a third person; or
(2) fail to disclose a material fact to a third person when disclosure is necessary to avoid assisting a criminal or fraudulent act by a client.
(b) The duties stated in this Rule apply even if compliance requires disclosure of information otherwise protected by RPC 1.6.
Note: Adopted July 12, 1984 to be effective September 10, 1984.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule RPC 4.1 "Truthfulness in Statements to Others" {
(a) In representing a client a lawyer shall not knowingly:
(1) make a false statement of material fact or law to a third person; or
(2) fail to disclose a material fact to a third person when disclosure is necessary to avoid assisting a criminal or fraudulent act by a client.
(b) The duties stated in this Rule apply even if compliance requires disclosure of information otherwise protected by RPC 1.6.
Note: Adopted July 12, 1984 to be effective September 10, 1984.
}
referenced_by: none
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-10-17; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← RPC 3.9 · RPC 4.2 → · RPC · all rules
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