New Jersey Rules of Civil Procedure

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New Jersey's civil procedure rules make up Part IV of the state's Rules of Court — Rules Governing Civil Practice in the Superior Court, Tax Court and Surrogate's Courts. Browse the full set below, organized by Chapter. Plain-English summaries, FAQs, and full rule text are being added rule by rule.

Source: New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts · Prescribed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey (N.J. Const. art. VI, § 2, ¶ 3) · Current through June 18, 2026 · Official source

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Chapter I. Scope of Rules; Commencement and Form of Action; Service of Process

Rule 4:1 Scope of rules
R. 4:2 — Form; Commencement of Action
Rule 4:2-1 Form of action
Rule 4:2-2 Commencement of action
R. 4:3 — Divisions; Venue; Transfer of Actions
Rule 4:3-1 Divisions of Court; Commencement and Transfer of Actions
Rule 4:3-2 Venue in the Superior Court
Rule 4:3-3 Change of Venue in the Superior Court
Rule 4:3-4 Transfer and removal of actions
R. 4:4 — Process
Rule 4:4-1 Summons; Issuance
Rule 4:4-2 Summons: Form
Rule 4:4-3 By Whom Served; Copies
Rule 4:4-4 Summons; Personal Service; In Personam Jurisdiction
Rule 4:4-5 Summons; Service on Absent Defendants; In Rem or Quasi In Rem Jurisdiction
Rule 4:4-6 General Appearance; Acknowledgment of Service
Rule 4:4-7 Return
Rule 4:4-8 Amendment

Chapter II. Pleadings and Motions

R. 4:5 — General Rules of Pleading
Rule 4:5-1 General Requirements for Pleadings
Rule 4:5-2 Claim for relief
Rule 4:5-3 Answer; Defenses; Form of Denials
Rule 4:5-4 Affirmative defenses; misdesignation of defense and counterclaim
Rule 4:5-5 Effect of failure to deny
Rule 4:5-6 Consistency
Rule 4:5-7 Pleadings to be concise and direct; construction
Rule 4:5-8 Pleading special matters
R. 4:5A — Case Tracks
Rule 4:5A-1 Tracks defined
Rule 4:5A-2 Notice of track assignment; change of assignment
Rule 4:5A-3 Applicability Deleted
R. 4:5B — Case Management; Conferences
Rule 4:5B-1 Assignment for case management
Rule 4:5B-2 Case Management Conferences
Rule 4:5B-3 Settlement conferences
Rule 4:5B-4 Professional Malpractice Case Management
R. 4:6 — Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; By Pleading or Motion; Motion for Judgment on Pleadings
Rule 4:6-1 When Presented
Rule 4:6-2 How Presented
Rule 4:6-3 Required motions; preliminary hearings
Rule 4:6-4 Motion for more definite statement or to strike or dismiss for impropriety of pleading
Rule 4:6-5 Motion to strike for insufficiency
Rule 4:6-6 Consolidation of defenses
Rule 4:6-7 Waiver or preservation of defenses
R. 4:7 — Counterclaim and Cross-Claim
Rule 4:7-1 Mandatory or permissive counterclaims
Rule 4:7-2 Counterclaim exceeding opposing claim
Rule 4:7-3 Counterclaim maturing or acquired after pleading
Rule 4:7-4 Omitted counterclaim
Rule 4:7-5 Cross-claim against co-party; claim for contribution or claim for indemnity
Rule 4:7-6 Additional parties may be brought in
Rule 4:7-7 Separate trials; separate judgment
R. 4:8 — Third Party Practice
Rule 4:8-1 Third party brought in by defendant
Rule 4:8-2 Third party brought in by plaintiff
R. 4:9 — Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
Rule 4:9-1 Amendments
Rule 4:9-2 Amendments to conform to the evidence
Rule 4:9-3 When amendments relate back
Rule 4:9-4 Supplemental pleadings

Chapter III. Pretrial Discovery; Pretrial Conference Procedure

R. 4:10 — Pretrial Discovery
Rule 4:10-1 Discovery Methods
Rule 4:10-2 Scope of Discovery; Treating Physician
Rule 4:10-3 Protective Orders
Rule 4:10-4 Sequence and Timing of Discovery
Rule 4:10-5 Objections to Admissibility Deleted
Rule 4:10-6 Effect of Taking or Using Depositions Deleted
R. 4:11 — Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal or for Use in Other Jurisdictions
Rule 4:11-1 Before Action
Rule 4:11-2 Pending appeal
Rule 4:11-3 Perpetuation of testimony
Rule 4:11-4 Testimony for Use in Foreign Jurisdictions
Rule 4:11-5 Depositions Outside the State
R. 4:12 — Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken; Authority
Rule 4:12-1 Within the state
Rule 4:12-2 Without the state but within the United States
Rule 4:12-3 In foreign countries
Rule 4:12-4 Disqualification for Interest
Rule 4:13 Stipulations regarding discovery procedure
R. 4:14 — Depositions upon Oral Examination
Rule 4:14-1 When depositions may be taken
Rule 4:14-2 Notice of Examination; General Requirements; Deposition of Organization
Rule 4:14-3 Examination and cross-examination; record of examination; oath; objections
Rule 4:14-4 Motion or application to terminate or limit examination or for sanctions
Rule 4:14-5 Submission to witness; changes; signing
Rule 4:14-6 Certification and Filing by Officer; Exhibits; Copies
Rule 4:14-7 Subpoena for Taking Depositions
Rule 4:14-8 Failure to attend or serve subpoena; expenses
Rule 4:14-9 Audiovisual Recording of Depositions
R. 4:15 — Depositions upon Written Questions
Rule 4:15-1 Serving questions; notice
Rule 4:15-2 Officer to take responses and prepare record
Rule 4:15-3 Orders for the protection of parties and deponents and the exclusion of illegal evidence Deleted
R. 4:16 — Use of Depositions; Objections; Effect; Errors and Irregularities
Rule 4:16-1 Use of depositions
Rule 4:16-2 Objections to admissibility
Rule 4:16-3 Effect of taking or using deposition
Rule 4:16-4 Effect of errors and irregularities in depositions
R. 4:17 — Interrogatories to Parties
Rule 4:17-1 Service, scope of interrogatories
Rule 4:17-2 Time to serve interrogatories
Rule 4:17-3 Number of copies served; form of interrogatories
Rule 4:17-4 Form, Service and Time of Answers
Rule 4:17-5 Objections to interrogatories
Rule 4:17-6 Limitation of interrogatories
Rule 4:17-7 Amendment of answers
Rule 4:17-8 Use, filing and effect of interrogatories
R. 4:18 — Discovery and Inspection of Documents and Property; Copies of Documents
Rule 4:18-1 Production of Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Things and Entry Upon Land for Inspection and Other Purposes; Pre-Litigation Discovery
Rule 4:18-2 Copies of documents referred to in pleading
R. 4:19 — Examination of Persons
Rule 4:19-1 Physical And Mental Examination of Persons
Rule 4:19-2 Observation and Recording of Physical and Mental Examination of Persons
Rule 4:20 Impartial medical examinations and expert testimony Deleted
Rule 4:21 Medical malpractice litigation Deleted
R. 4:21A — Arbitration of Certain Civil Actions
Rule 4:21A-1 Actions Subject to Arbitration; Notice and Scheduling of Arbitration
Rule 4:21A-2 Qualification, Selection, Assignment and Compensation of Arbitrators
Rule 4:21A-3 Settlements; Offer of Judgment
Rule 4:21A-4 Conduct of Hearing
Rule 4:21A-5 Arbitration Award
Rule 4:21A-6 Entry of Judgment; Trial De Novo
Rule 4:21A-7 Arbitration of Minor’s and Mentally Incapacitated Person’s Claims
Rule 4:21A-8 Administration
Rule 4:21A-9 Parties in Default
R. 4:22 — Requests for Admissions
Rule 4:22-1 Request for Admission
Rule 4:22-2 Effect of admission
R. 4:23 — Failure to Make Discovery; Sanctions
Rule 4:23-1 Motion for order compelling discovery
Rule 4:23-2 Failure to comply with order
Rule 4:23-3 Expenses on failure to admit
Rule 4:23-4 Failure of Party to Attend at Own Deposition
Rule 4:23-5 Failure to Make Discovery
Rule 4:23-6 Electronically Stored Information
R. 4:24 — Time for Completion of Discovery and Other Pretrial Proceedings
Rule 4:24-1 Time for Completion of Discovery; Effect of Remand from the Federal Courts
Rule 4:24-2 Motions required to be made during discovery period
Rule 4:24-3 Discovery after judgment
Rule 4:24A High-Low Agreements
R. 4:25 — Pretrial Conferences
Rule 4:25-1 Pretrial conferences
Rule 4:25-2 Notices; filing of pretrial memorandum
Rule 4:25-3 Form of pretrial memoranda
Rule 4:25-4 Designation of Trial Counsel
Rule 4:25-5 Scheduling of pretrial conferences
Rule 4:25-6 Pretrial conference after grant of new trial
Rule 4:25-7 Attorney conferences; exchange of information
Rule 4:25-8 Motions in limine

Chapter IV. Parties

R. 4:26 — Parties Plaintiff and Defendant
Rule 4:26-1 Real Party in Interest
Rule 4:26-2 Minor or Incapacitated Person
Rule 4:26-3 Virtual Representation of Future Interest
Rule 4:26-4 Fictitious Names; In Personam Actions
Rule 4:26-5 Unknown Defendants: In Rem Actions
Rule 4:26-6 Initials or contractions of first name or names; effect on filing of complaints, entry of judgment, notice or certificate of indebtedness
Rule 4:26-7 Public officers
R. 4:27 — Joinder of Claims and Remedies
Rule 4:27-1 Joinder of claims
Rule 4:27-2 Joinder of remedies; fraudulent conveyances
R. 4:28 — Joinder of Parties
Rule 4:28-1 Joinder of persons needed for just adjudication
Rule 4:28-2 Claims by or against fiduciaries
Rule 4:28-3 Claims by or against spouse
Rule 4:28-4 Notice to Attorney General and Attorneys for Other Governmental Bodies
R. 4:29 — Joinder of Multiple Parties
Rule 4:29-1 Permissive joinder
Rule 4:29-2 Separate trials
Rule 4:30 Misjoinder and non-joinder of parties
Rule 4:30A Entire controversy doctrine
Rule 4:31 Interpleader
R. 4:32 — Class Actions
Rule 4:32-1 Requirements for Maintaining Class Action
Rule 4:32-2 Determining by Order Whether to Certify a Class Action; Appointing Class Counsel; Notice and Membership in the Class; Multiple Classes and Subclasses
Rule 4:32-3 Derivative Action by Shareholders
Rule 4:32-4 Dismissal or Compromise Deleted
Rule 4:32-5 Derivative Action by Shareholders Deleted
R. 4:33 — Intervention
Rule 4:33-1 Intervention as of right
Rule 4:33-2 Permissive intervention
Rule 4:33-3 Procedure
R. 4:34 — Substitution of Parties
Rule 4:34-1 Death
Rule 4:34-2 Mental incapacity
Rule 4:34-3 Transfer of interest
Rule 4:34-4 Public officers; death or separation from office

Chapter V. Trials

R. 4:35 — Trial by Jury or by the Court
Rule 4:35-1 Demand for jury trial
Rule 4:35-2 Advisory jury and trial by consent
Rule 4:35-3 Trial by the court
Rule 4:35-4 Continuous trials
R. 4:36 — Assignment for Trial in the Superior Court
Rule 4:36-1 County where tried
Rule 4:36-2 Notice of expiration of discovery period
Rule 4:36-3 Trial Calendar
R. 4:37 — Dismissal of Actions
Rule 4:37-1 Voluntary Dismissal; Effect Thereof
Rule 4:37-2 Involuntary dismissal; effect thereof
Rule 4:37-3 Dismissal of counterclaim, cross-claim or third-party claim
Rule 4:37-4 Costs of previously dismissed action
R. 4:38 — Consolidation; Separate Trials
Rule 4:38-1 Consolidation
Rule 4:38-2 Separate trials
Rule 4:38A Centralized Management of Multicounty Litigation
R. 4:39 — Verdicts
Rule 4:39-1 Special verdicts
Rule 4:39-2 General verdict accompanied by answer to interrogatories
Rule 4:39-3 Omissions in verdict in action to recover personal property
R. 4:40 — Motion for Judgment
Rule 4:40-1 Motion for judgment at trial
Rule 4:40-2 Reservation of decision on motion; motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict
R. 4:41 — References
Rule 4:41-1 Reference
Rule 4:41-2 Compensation
Rule 4:41-3 Powers
Rule 4:41-4 Proceedings
Rule 4:41-5 Report

Chapter VI. Judgment

R. 4:42 — Judgment; Orders; Damages; Costs
Rule 4:42-1 Form; settlement
Rule 4:42-2 Judgment Upon Multiple Claims; Reconsideration of Interlocutory Orders
Rule 4:42-3 Declaratory judgment
Rule 4:42-4 Effect of unsatisfied judgment against one or more of several persons jointly liable
Rule 4:42-5 Effect of judgment for possession
Rule 4:42-6 Effect of demand for judgment
Rule 4:42-7 Damages in continuing cause
Rule 4:42-8 Costs
Rule 4:42-9 Attorney’s Fees
Rule 4:42-10 Search fees
Rule 4:42-11 Interest; Rate on Judgments; In Tort Actions
R. 4:43 — Default
Rule 4:43-1 Entry of Default
Rule 4:43-2 Final Judgment by Default
Rule 4:43-3 Setting Aside Default
Rule 4:43-4 Plaintiffs, Counterclaimants, Cross-claimants
R. 4:44 — Proceedings to Approve Settlements
Rule 4:44-1 Venue; filing
Rule 4:44-2 Medical testimony
Rule 4:44-3 Hearing; order; expenses
R. 4:44A — Proceedings to Approve Transfer of Structured Settlement Payment Rights
Rule 4:44A-1 Venue; Complaint; Service
Rule 4:44A-2 Hearing
R. 4:45 — Judgment by Confession
Rule 4:45-1 Warrant of attorney
Rule 4:45-2 Procedure to confess judgment
R. 4:46 — Summary Judgment
Rule 4:46-1 Time for Making, Filing, and Serving Motion
Rule 4:46-2 Motion and Proceedings Thereon
Rule 4:46-3 Case not adjudicated on motion
Rule 4:46-4 Leave to proceed upon terms
Rule 4:46-5 Affidavits
Rule 4:46-6 Attorneys fees
Rule 4:47 Entry of judgment
R. 4:48 — Satisfaction or Cancellation of Judgment
Rule 4:48-1 Execution and delivery of warrant of satisfaction
Rule 4:48-2 Entry of satisfaction
Rule 4:48-3 Entry of satisfaction on payment of moneys into court
Rule 4:48-4 Recourse by some judgment debtors against other judgment debtors
Rule 4:48A Judgments for Minors and Mentally Incapacitated Persons
R. 4:49 — New Trials; Amendment of Judgments
Rule 4:49-1 Motion for New Trial
Rule 4:49-2 Motion to Alter or Amend a Judgment or Final Order
R. 4:50 — Relief from Judgment or Order
Rule 4:50-1 Grounds of Motion
Rule 4:50-2 Time of motion
Rule 4:50-3 Effect of motion

Chapter VII. Provisional and Final Remedies and Special Proceedings

R. 4:51 — Ne Exeat; Capias
Rule 4:51-1 Issuance; service
Rule 4:51-2 Execution; bond
Rule 4:51-3 Motion to discharge writ
Rule 4:51-4 Capias; fraud in inception of contract
Rule 4:51-5 Effect of prior writ of attachment
R. 4:52 — Injunctions
Rule 4:52-1 Temporary Restraint and Interlocutory Injunction - Application on Filing of Complaint
Rule 4:52-2 Temporary Restraint and Interlocutory Injunction - During Pendency of Action
Rule 4:52-3 Security
Rule 4:52-4 Form and scope of injunction or restraining order
Rule 4:52-5 Denial of application
Rule 4:52-6 Stay of action in superior court
Rule 4:52-7 Labor disputes
R. 4:53 — Receivers and Liquidating Trustees
Rule 4:53-1 Notice; dismissal; appeal
Rule 4:53-2 Venue
Rule 4:53-3 Employment of attorney or accountant
Rule 4:53-4 Allowances to receivers and attorneys
Rule 4:53-5 Attorney for the plaintiff
Rule 4:53-6 Partnership receivers and liquidating trustees
Rule 4:53-7 Inventory and account; audit
Rule 4:53-8 Accounting upon liquidation of a financial institution
Rule 4:53-9 Destruction of records
Rule 4:54 Assignments for benefit of creditors
Rule 4:55 Discharge of insolvent debtors
R. 4:56 — Action to Approve a Plan of Bank Reorganization
Rule 4:56-1 Summary action; complaint
Rule 4:56-2 Order to show cause to approve plan; service
R. 4:57 — Deposits in Court; Deposits in Lieu of Bond; Withdrawals
Rule 4:57-1 Deposit in Court
Rule 4:57-2 Procedure for Deposit and Withdrawal of Moneys
Rule 4:57-3 Accounts; Audit
Rule 4:57-4 Income and interest on deposits
Rule 4:57-5 Notice of withdrawals; order
R. 4:58 — Offer of Judgment
Rule 4:58-1 Time and Manner of Making and Accepting Offer
Rule 4:58-2 Consequences of Non-Acceptance of Claimant’s Offer
Rule 4:58-3 Consequences of Non-Acceptance of Offer of Party Not a Claimant
Rule 4:58-4 Multiple Claims; Multiple Parties
Rule 4:58-5 New Trial
Rule 4:58-6 Application for Fee; Limitations
Rule 4:58-7 Acceptance of Offer Not Deemed a Judgment; Payment of Accepted Offer
R. 4:59 — Process to Enforce Judgments
Rule 4:59-1 Execution
Rule 4:59-2 Judgment for Specific Acts; Writ of Possession
Rule 4:59-3 Process in Behalf of and Against Persons Not Parties
R. 4:60 — Attachment and Sequestration
Rule 4:60-1 Definitions
Rule 4:60-2 Commencement of action; venue
Rule 4:60-3 Attachment and summons
Rule 4:60-4 Attachment and arrest
Rule 4:60-5 Order directing issuance of writ
Rule 4:60-6 Issuance of writ; further writs
Rule 4:60-7 Levy
Rule 4:60-8 Inventory and return
Rule 4:60-9 Notice to defendant; defense
Rule 4:60-10 Time to defend
Rule 4:60-11 Motion to vacate writ or levy
Rule 4:60-12 Appearance; judgment
Rule 4:60-13 Discharge from attachment
Rule 4:60-14 Claim of property
Rule 4:60-15 Applying claimants
Rule 4:60-16 Consolidation of actions
Rule 4:60-17 Auxiliary proceedings
Rule 4:60-18 Order for dismissal
Rule 4:60-19 Sequestration
R. 4:61 — Replevin
Rule 4:61-1 Writ of replevin
Rule 4:61-2 Allegations of demand and refusal; title
Rule 4:61-3 Defenses; counterclaim
Rule 4:61-4 Judgment for plaintiff
Rule 4:61-5 Judgment for defendant
R. 4:62 — Quiet Title
Rule 4:62-1 Complaint
Rule 4:62-2 Answer
Rule 4:62-3 Tender; deposit in court
Rule 4:62-4 Judgment by default or for failure to appear
R. 4:63 — Waste; Partition; Account; Dower; Curtesy
Rule 4:63-1 Partition; dower; curtesy
Rule 4:63-2 Notice of motion for sale free from dower and curtesy
Rule 4:63-3 Calculation of gross sum in lieu of dower or curtesy
Rule 4:63-4 Calculation of investment in lieu of dower or curtesy
Rule 4:63A Motion and hearing on filing of notice of lis pendens
R. 4:64 — Foreclosure of Mortgages, Condominium Association Liens and Tax Sale Certificates
Rule 4:64-1 Foreclosure Complaint, Uncontested Judgment Other Than In Rem Tax Foreclosures
Rule 4:64-1A Foreclosure of Vacant and Abandoned Residential Property
Rule 4:64-1B Mediation of Eligible Residential Foreclosure Cases
Rule 4:64-2 Proof; Certification or Affidavit
Rule 4:64-3 Surplus Moneys
Rule 4:64-4 Abandonment of action by plaintiff; right of defendants to proceed
Rule 4:64-5 Joinder of claims in foreclosure
Rule 4:64-6 Action to foreclose tax sale certificates; answer as stay; redemption
Rule 4:64-7 In rem tax foreclosure
Rule 4:64-8 Dismissal of Foreclosure Actions for Lack of Prosecution; Reinstatement
Rule 4:64-8A Administrative Conversion of Uncontested Case into a Contested Matter
Rule 4:64-9 Motions in Uncontested Matters
R. 4:65 — Sales of Property; in General
Rule 4:65-1 Compensation
Rule 4:65-2 Notice of Sale; Posting and Mailing
Rule 4:65-3 Advertisement of diagram or statement in lieu
Rule 4:65-4 Place of public sale; adjournments
Rule 4:65-5 Sheriff’s sale; objections
Rule 4:65-6 Report and confirmation of sales
Rule 4:66 Sale or Mortgage of Infant's and Incompetent's Lands Reserved Redesignated as R. 4:94
R. 4:67 — Summary Actions
Rule 4:67-1 Applicability
Rule 4:68 Actions for Escheat under N.J.S. 2A:37-11 to 28, Inclusive Deleted
Rule 4:68-1 Pleadings; orders Deleted
Rule 4:68-2 Judgment Deleted
R. 4:69 — Actions in Lieu of Prerogative Writs
Rule 4:69-1 Actions in Superior Court, Law Division
Rule 4:69-2 Motion for summary judgment
Rule 4:69-3 Motion to Law Division for Stay
Rule 4:69-4 Filing and management of actions in lieu of prerogative writs
Rule 4:69-5 Exhaustion of remedies
Rule 4:69-6 Limitation on bringing certain actions
Rule 4:69-7 Interlocutory appeals
R. 4:70 — Summary Proceedings for Collection of Statutory Penalties
Rule 4:70-1 Applicability; scope
Rule 4:70-2 Complaint; verification; process
Rule 4:70-3 Hearing; penalties; payment
Rule 4:70-4 Commitment
Rule 4:70-5 Judgment commitment Deleted
R. 4:71 — Appeals from Local Agencies
Rule 4:71-1 Summary action
Rule 4:71-2 Order to show cause; form, service
Rule 4:71-3 Filing of record of proceedings
R. 4:72 — Actions for Change of Name
Rule 4:72-1 Complaint
Rule 4:72-2 Guardian ad litem
Rule 4:72-3 Notice of Application
Rule 4:72-4 Hearing; Judgment; Filing
R. 4:73 — Condemnation; Appeals from Assessments
Rule 4:73-1 Complaint
Rule 4:73-2 Parties; trial of dispute as to title
Rule 4:73-3 Service of process
Rule 4:73-4 Report of commissioners; service
Rule 4:73-5 Fees and costs
Rule 4:73-6 Appeal from report of commissioners
Rule 4:73-7 Jury; View of Property
Rule 4:73-8 Costs on appeal
Rule 4:73-9 Payment into court; disputes as to allocation; withdrawal; review
Rule 4:73-10 Appeals from assessments for improvements and awards of damages
Rule 4:73-11 Pretrial discovery, exchange of experts’ reports, comparable sales and leases; expert testimony
R. 4:74 — Special Proceedings in the Superior Court, Law Division
Rule 4:74-1 Workmen’s compensation appeals Deleted
Rule 4:74-2 General Provisions or Appeal to Superior Court, Law Division
Rule 4:74-3 Appeals from Penalties Imposed by Municipal Courts
Rule 4:74-4 Appeal from judgment of a municipal court for confiscation or forfeiture of a chattel
Rule 4:74-5 Appeals from municipal court judgments in civil actions
Rule 4:74-6 Appeals in bastardy proceedings Deleted
Rule 4:74-7 Civil Commitment — Adults
Rule 4:74-7A Civil Commitment — Minors
Rule 4:74-7B Discovery by a Person Subject to Involuntary Commitment Pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act
Rule 4:74-8 Notice of Appeal from Wage Collection Section
Rule 4:74-9 Fixing time and place of birth of person of unknown parentage
Rule 4:74-10 Money judgments rendered in special proceedings

Chapter VIII. Matrimonial Actions

Rules 4:75 through 4:79 — deleted in their entirety; matrimonial and family actions are governed by Part V (the Family Part), not this chapter.

Chapter IX. Probate Matters

R. 4:80 — Application to Surrogate’s Court for Probate or Administration
Rule 4:80-1 Application; voluntary discharge
Rule 4:80-2 Proof of will: nonresident or deceased witnesses
Rule 4:80-3 Renunciation by or Notice to Next of Kin and Others
Rule 4:80-4 Qualifications
Rule 4:80-5 Residents preferred over nonresidents
Rule 4:80-6 Notice of probate of will
Rule 4:80-7 Use of photostatic copy where will is probated in another state
Rule 4:80-8 Notice to creditors to present claims Deleted
Rule 4:80-9 Testamentary trustee
R. 4:81 — Application to Surrogate’s Court for Guardianship of Minor
Rule 4:81-1 Application
Rule 4:81-2 Renunciation or notice
Rule 4:81-3 Signature to application
Rule 4:81-4 Residents preferred over nonresidents
Rule 4:81-5 Acceptance
Rule 4:82 Matters in Which the Surrogate’s Court May Not Act
R. 4:83 — Probate Actions in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Probate Part: General Provisions
Rule 4:83-1 Method of Proceeding
Rule 4:83-2 Filing of papers
Rule 4:83-3 Title of action
Rule 4:83-4 Venue
Rule 4:83-5 Verification
R. 4:84 — Complaints in Cases in Which Surrogate’s Court Not Able to Act
Rule 4:84-1 In general
Rule 4:84-2 Probate in the Superior Court
Rule 4:84-3 Contested administration
Rule 4:84-4 Appointment of substituted trustees
Rule 4:84-5 Appointment of administrator pendente lite or other limited administrator
R. 4:85 — Review by Superior Court of Actions by Surrogate’s Court: General Provisions
Rule 4:85-1 Complaint; time for filing
Rule 4:85-2 Enlargement of time
Rule 4:85-3 After-discovered will
R. 4:86 — Action for Guardianship of an Incapacitated Person or for the Appointment of a Conservator
Rule 4:86-1 Action; Records; Guardianship Monitoring Program
Rule 4:86-2 Complaint; Accompanying Documents; Alternative Affidavits or Certifications
Rule 4:86-3 Disqualification of Affiant
Rule 4:86-3A Action on Complaint
Rule 4:86-4 Order for Hearing
Rule 4:86-5 Proof of Service; Appearance of Alleged Incapacitated Person at Hearing; Answer
Rule 4:86-6 Hearing; Judgment
Rule 4:86-7 Rights of an Incapacitated Person; Proceedings for Return to Capacity or Review of Guardianship
Rule 4:86-7A Application for Continuation of Child Support for Incapacitated Adults Subject to Prior Chancery Division, Family Part Order
Rule 4:86-8 Appointment of Guardian for Nonresident Incapacitated Person
Rule 4:86-9 Guardians for Incapacitated Persons Under Uniform Veterans Guardianship Law
Rule 4:86-10 Appointment of Guardian for Persons Eligible for and/or Receiving Services from the Division of Developmental Disabilities
Rule 4:86-11 Appointment of Conservator
Rule 4:86-12 Special Medical Guardian in General Equity
R. 4:87 — Actions for the Settlement of Accounts
Rule 4:87-1 Procedure
Rule 4:87-2 Complaint
Rule 4:87-3 Form of account; statement of assets to be annexed to account
Rule 4:87-4 Service
Rule 4:87-5 Vouchers
Rule 4:87-6 Audit and report on accounts
Rule 4:87-7 Report of guardian ad litem
Rule 4:87-8 Exceptions
Rule 4:87-9 Dispensing with accounting by agreement
R. 4:88 — Commissions and Attorney’s Fee
Rule 4:88-1 Affidavit of accountant’s services
Rule 4:88-2 Commission payments before settlement
Rule 4:88-3 Notice as to apportionment of commissions
Rule 4:88-4 Affidavit of attorney’s services
R. 4:89 — Distribution
Rule 4:89-1 Where an account is about to be settled
Rule 4:89-2 Complaint
Rule 4:89-3 Inquiry for Unknown Distributees
Rule 4:89-4 Unclaimed moneys deposited in court Deleted
R. 4:90 — Sale of Property Subject to Escheat to Pay Debts
Rule 4:90-1 Complaint by personal representative for sale
Rule 4:90-2 Complaint by creditor for sale
Rule 4:90-3 Order to show cause
Rule 4:90-4 Objections to claim
Rule 4:90-5 Judgment for sale
Rule 4:90-6 Notice of application for prosecution of bonds of heirs and devisees
R. 4:91 — Insolvent Estates
Rule 4:91-1 Proceedings When Estate is Insolvent
Rule 4:91-2 Service on Creditors and Other Interested Persons of Insolvent Estate
Rule 4:91-3 Exceptions to account, inventory and claims; determination
Rule 4:91-4 Excepted claims; plenary action; recovery
Rule 4:91-5 Actions Pending May Proceed to Judgment
R. 4:92 — Proceedings to Apply Toward Decedent’s Debts Moneys Received on Foreclosure and Partition Sales
Rule 4:92-1 Motion
Rule 4:92-2 Statement of assets and liabilities
Rule 4:92-3 Bond
R. 4:93 — Declaration of Death
Rule 4:93-1 Complaint
Rule 4:93-2 Declaration of death
Rule 4:93-3 Parties defendant
Rule 4:93-4 Hearing
Rule 4:93-5 Letters issued
R. 4:94 — Sale or Mortgage of Minor’s and Mentally Incapacitated Person’s Lands
Rule 4:94-1 Action for sale
Rule 4:94-2 Complaint; supporting affidavits; notice
Rule 4:94-3 Order to sell
Rule 4:94-4 Bond
Rule 4:94-5 Confirmation of sale; conveyance
Rule 4:94-6 Mortgage of lands
Rule 4:94-7 Costs and expenses of proceedings
R. 4:95 — Miscellaneous Actions
Rule 4:95-1 Order to compel production of purported will
Rule 4:95-2 Summary action by fiduciary for instructions
Rule 4:95-3 Approval of compromise
Rule 4:95-4 Certificate as to further security; death act, etc
R. 4:96 — Miscellaneous
Rule 4:96-1 Qualifications; acceptances

Chapter X. Books and Records Kept by the Clerk and County Court

Chapter XI. Complex Business Litigation Program

New Jersey's civil procedure rules are Part IV of the state's Rules of Court, Rules 4:1 through 4:105-9 across 11 Chapters. Chapter VIII (Matrimonial Actions, Rules 4:75-4:79) was deleted in its entirety decades ago when family and matrimonial actions moved to Part V, the Family Part, and is shown below as a single note rather than invented rows. Seventeen individual rule numbers elsewhere in Part IV are deleted, reserved, or redesignated and carry no operative text of their own; each is shown unlinked with its own status.