Upon payment by the proponent of the order or judgment of the fee prescribed by N.J.S.A. 22A:2-7, the Clerk of the Superior Court shall docket final judgments recovered or docketed in the Special Civil Part and certificates or liens filed by State or county officers and agencies, required by law to be docketed in the clerk’s office, by entry in accordance with R. 4:101-1 on the Civil Judgment and Order Docket or by binding the transcript or statement of such certificates or judgments in books kept for that purpose and indexing the name of the judgment debtor in the index to the Civil Judgment and Order Docket.
Rule 4:101-4.Docketing of judgments; recording of transcript and other documents
Last amended September 1, 1996 · Current through June 18, 2026 · Last verified July 7, 2026
In one sentenceRule 4:101-4 has the clerk, on payment of the statutory fee, docket Special Civil Part judgments and state or county liens and certificates either as an R. 4:101-1 abstract on the Civil Judgment and Order Docket or by binding the transcript into a separate book and indexing the judgment debtor's name.
Full Text of Rule 4:101-4
Amendment History
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Source-R.R. 4:120-5. Amended July 7, 1971 to be effective September 13, 1971; amended July 22, 1983 to be effective September 12, 1983; amended June 29, 1990 to be effective September 4, 1990; amended June 28, 1996 to be effective September 1, 1996.
Plain-English Summary
Judgments recovered in the Special Civil Part, and certificates or liens that state or county officers and agencies are required by law to record, get docketed the same way once the statutory fee is paid: either as an abstract entered on the Civil Judgment and Order Docket under R. 4:101-1, or by binding the transcript or statement into a book kept for that purpose, with the judgment debtor's name indexed into the Civil Judgment and Order Docket either way.
Frequently Asked Questions
How are Special Civil Part judgments docketed in the Superior Court clerk's office?
Either by an R. 4:101-1 abstract entered on the Civil Judgment and Order Docket, or by binding the transcript into a separate book, with the debtor's name indexed in the docket.
Source & verification. The rule text and amendment history are reproduced verbatim from the
official New Jersey Rules of Court (N.J. Ct. R. 4:101-4). Prescribed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey (N.J. Const. art. VI, § 2, ¶ 3). The plain-English summary is original and written by us. Last verified July 7, 2026. ·
Official source
Also known as: docketing Special Civil Part judgments