(a) Assignments; Postponements; Warrants. The Clerk of the Superior Court shall enter upon the Civil Judgment and Order Docket, if the judgment is entered therein, and otherwise in the Civil Docket or other book in which the judgment or lien has been entered, a notation of the filing or lodging with the clerk for record of any assignment of, postponement of the lien of, or warrant to satisfy, any judgment. Such notation shall appear at a discernible place on or at the entry of such judgment in said docket or book.
Rule 4:101-5.Assignments of, Postponement of Lien of, or Warrant to Satisfy Judgments; Entry of Satisfaction
Last amended September 1, 2011 · Current through June 18, 2026 · Last verified July 7, 2026
In one sentenceRule 4:101-5 has the clerk note any assignment, lien postponement, or satisfaction warrant at a discernible place on the judgment's docket entry, lets a satisfied judgment's satisfaction be noted the same way, and requires a signed warrant of satisfaction -- co-signed by the Chief Probation Officer when payments run through Probation -- for a child support judgment.
Full Text of Rule 4:101-5
(b) Entry of Satisfaction — Generally. Where a judgment is satisfied, the entry of satisfaction may be made at any discernible place on or at the entry of such judgment on the Civil Judgment and Order Docket or other book in which it may be entered.
(c) Entry of Satisfaction — Child Support Judgments and Orders. If a child support judgment or order entered in the Child Support Judgment Index requires payment to an individual obligee, the obligee shall execute a warrant of satisfaction as of the date requested by or on behalf of the obligor. If the order or judgment requires payment through Probation, the Chief Probation Officer shall issue, upon request, a certification as to the amount due in a form prescribed by the Administrative Director of the Courts, and the warrant of satisfaction shall be signed by both the creditor and the Chief Probation Officer.
Amendment History
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Source-R.R. 4:120-6 (first unnumbered paragraph). Paragraphs (a) and (b) amended and new paragraph (c) added July 14, 1992 to be effective September 1, 1992; paragraph (a); amended June 28, 1996 to be effective September 1, 1996; paragraph (c); amended July 21, 2011 to be effective September 1, 2011.
Plain-English Summary
Whatever happens to a judgment after it's entered gets noted right alongside it. An assignment, a postponement of the judgment's lien, or a warrant to satisfy the judgment all get a discernible notation at the judgment's entry on the Civil Judgment and Order Docket, or wherever else the judgment was recorded. An ordinary satisfaction works the same way — noted at a discernible place at the judgment's entry.
Child support judgments follow a more particular process. Where an individual obligee is owed the payment, that obligee executes a warrant of satisfaction as of whatever date the obligor requests. Where payment runs through Probation instead, the Chief Probation Officer certifies, on request, the amount due in the Administrative Director's prescribed form, and the warrant of satisfaction needs both the creditor's and the Chief Probation Officer's signatures.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is a judgment's satisfaction recorded?
By a discernible notation at the judgment's entry on the Civil Judgment and Order Docket or wherever else the judgment was recorded.
How is a child support judgment satisfied when payments run through Probation?
The Chief Probation Officer certifies the amount due, and the warrant of satisfaction must be signed by both the creditor and the Chief Probation Officer.
Source & verification. The rule text and amendment history are reproduced verbatim from the
official New Jersey Rules of Court (N.J. Ct. R. 4:101-5). 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: entry of satisfactionwarrant of satisfaction