N.J. Stat. tit. 22A, ch. 2

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N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-1 Fees of clerk of supreme court

22A:2-1. For services hereinafter mentioned, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall be entitled to demand and receive the following fees: Upon the filing or entering of the notice of appeal, notice of cross-appeal or notice of petition for certification, notice of cross-petition for certification or notice of petition for review, the appellant, cross-appellant, petitioner or cross-petitioner shall pay $200.00. Upon the filing of the first paper in any motion, petition or application (including an order if it be the first paper), if not in a pending cause or if made after judgment entered, the moving party shall pay $30.00 shall cover all fees payable on such motion, petition or application down to and including filing and entering the order therein and taxation of costs. L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1991, c.177, s.5; 1996, c.52, s.1; 2002, c.34, s.25.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-2 Costs in Supreme Court; counsellor's fees

Unless the court shall, in express terms, adjudge to the contrary, costs awarded in the Supreme Court shall be as follows: Counsellors prevailing on a contested motion, petition (except a petition for certification) or application, whether or not in a pending cause, shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) against the opposing parties; For arguing a cause before the Supreme Court, counsellors shall be entitled to a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00); Counsellors prevailing in opposition to a petition for certification, shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars ($10.00); All filing fees paid to the clerk of the court. No costs shall be taxed for more than one counsellor on each side. L.1953, c. 22, p. 385, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-3 Order for payment of expenses

The Supreme Court may by general rule, or by a special rule in any action pending therein, make such order for the payment of the cost of the transcript and of printing the briefs, appendices, and other proceedings, and other disbursements and expenses by either party, and the taxation and allowance thereof in the bill of costs, as the court may deem just. L.1953, c. 22, p. 385, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-4 Ethics committees; process or orders without fees

Whenever any duly authorized ethics committee of a county or State bar association which has been recognized as such by the Supreme Court, shall make any application pursuant to the Rules of the Supreme Court, the clerk of said court shall issue process of subpoena, or any further orders pursuant to said rules, without requiring the payment of any fee for the same. L.1953, c. 22, p. 384, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-5 Appellate Division; fees, costs and allowances

In the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, the same fees, costs and allowances shall be paid and allowed as are provided with respect to the Supreme Court by this article. L.1953, c. 22, p. 386, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-6 Filing first paper in Law Division; motions; clerk's fees

22A:2-6. Upon the filing or entering of the first paper or proceeding in any action or proceeding in the Law Division of the Superior Court, the plaintiff shall pay to the clerk $200.00 for the first paper filed by him, which shall cover all fees payable therein down to, and including entry of final judgment, taxation of costs, copy of costs and the issuance and recording of final process, except such as may be otherwise provided herein, or provided by law, or the rules of court. Any person filing an answer setting forth a counterclaim or a third party claim in such cause shall pay to the clerk $200.00 for the first paper filed by him. Any person other than the plaintiff filing any other paper in any such cause shall pay to the clerk $135.00 for the first paper filed by him. Any person filing a motion in any action or proceeding shall pay to the clerk $30.00. L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1955, c.6, s.1; 1965, c.76, s.1; 1968, c.124, s.1; 1970, c.107, ss.1,6; 1980, c.80, s.1; 1991, c.177, s.6; 1993, c.275, s.10; 1996, c.52, s.2; 2002, c.34, s.26.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-7 Law division of Superior Court; other fees; use

22A:2-7. a. Upon the filing, entering, docketing or recording of the following papers, documents or proceedings by either party to any action or proceeding in the Law Division of the Superior Court, the party or parties filing, entering, docketing or recording the same shall pay to the clerk of said court the following fees: Filing of the first paper in any motion, petition or application, if not in a pending action or proceeding under section 22A:2-6 of this Title, or if made after dismissal or judgment entered other than withdrawal of money deposited in court, the moving party shall pay $30.00 which shall cover all fees payable on such motion, petition or application down to and including filing and entering of order therein and taxation of costs. For withdrawal of money deposited in court where the sum to be withdrawn is less than $100.00, no fee; where the sum is $100.00 or more but less than $1,000.00, a fee of $5.00; where such sum is $1,000.00 or more, a fee of $10.00. Entering judgment on bond and warrant by attorney and issuance of one final process, $15.00 in lieu of the fee required by section 22A:2-6 of this Title. Recording of judgment in the civil judgment and order docket, $35.00 shall be paid to the clerk for use by the State, except as provided in subsection b. of this section. Docketing judgments or orders from other courts or divisions except from the Special Civil Part, including Chancery Division judgments, $35.00 shall be paid to the clerk for use by the State, except as provided in subsection b. of this section and except that no fee shall be paid by any municipal court to docket a judgment of conviction and amount of assessment, restitution, fine, penalty or fee pursuant to subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:46-1. Docketing judgments or orders from the Special Civil Part, $10.00 shall be paid to the clerk for use by the State, except as provided in subsection b. of this section. Satisfaction of judgment or other lien, $35.00. Recording assignment of judgment or release, $5.00. Issuing of executions and recording same, except as otherwise provided in this article, $5.00. Recording of instruments not otherwise provided for in this article, $5.00. Filing and entering recognizance of civil bail, $5.00. Signing and issuing subpoena, $5.00. b. Moneys collected under the provisions of subsection a. of this section for the recording and docketing of judgments and satisfactions of judgments or other liens shall be deposited in the temporary reserve fund created by section 25 of P.L.1993, c.275. After December 31, 1994, the moneys collected under the provisions of subsection a. shall be for use by the State. L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1975, c.340, s.1; 1991, c.177, s.7; 1993, c.275, s.11; 1994, c.81, s.1; 1995, c.135, s.10; 2002, c.34, s.27.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-8 Bill of costs; disbursements included

A party to whom costs are awarded or allowed by law or otherwise in any action, motion or other proceeding, in the Law Division or Chancery Division of the Superior Court is entitled to include in his bill of costs his necessary disbursements, as follows: The legal fees of witnesses, including mileage for each attendance, masters, commissioners and other officers; The costs of taking depositions when taxable, by order of the court; The legal fees for publication where publication is required; The legal fees paid for a certified copy of a deposition or other paper or document, or map, recorded or filed in any public office, necessarily used or obtained for use in the trial of an issue of fact or the argument of an issue of law, or upon appeal, or otherwise; Sheriff's fees for service of process or other mandate or proceeding; All filing and docketing fees and charges paid to the clerk of court; Such other reasonable and necessary expenses as are taxable according to the course and practice of the court or by express provision of law, or rule of court. L.1953, c. 22, p. 388, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-9 Law Division of Superior Court; costs awarded

Costs awarded to any party in any action, motion or proceeding in the Law Division of the Superior Court, whether he be plaintiff, defendant, third-party plaintiff or in any manner a party therein, shall be as follows: For all proceedings down to and including final judgment when there has been a trial of an issue of fact, fifty dollars ($50.00). Upon the entry of judgment final, by default, or upon consent, stipulation, or admissions, or upon the pleadings, or by summary judgment or on dismissal, in all actions or proceedings, to the moving party, forty dollars ($40.00). Upon a voluntary dismissal either by stipulation or by order of court, or in any proceeding which has not proceeded to final judgment, twenty dollars ($20.00). Upon any other litigated or special motion, subsidiary or interlocutory, in addition to necessary disbursements as provided by section 22A:2-8 of this Title, not exceeding fifteen dollars ($15.00). Upon an appeal to the Law Division of the Superior Court, ten dollars ($10.00). In proceedings after judgment in aid of execution, if the court determines that the result of the examination shows that such proceedings were well-founded, it may direct that the moving party be allowed in addition to his necessary disbursements, as provided by section 22A:2-8 of this Title, fifteen dollars ($15.00). If the examination shows that said proceedings were not well-founded, the court may direct that the party against whom such proceedings were taken be allowed, in addition to such disbursements, ten dollars ($10.00). For each applying creditor in attachment, ten dollars ($10.00). L.1953, c. 22, p. 388, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-10 Chancery division of superior court; costs awarded.

22A:2-10. Chancery Division of Superior Court; costs awarded. Upon the completion and determination of the following actions and proceedings in the Chancery Division of the Superior Court, the costs awarded to a party therein for the drawing of papers, including orders, writs and judgments, shall be as stated below: Plaintiff's costs, foreclosure $ 50.00 Plaintiff's costs, partition 70.00 Plaintiff's and receiver's costs, receivership 125.00 Plaintiff's costs, receivership 62.50 Receiver's costs, receivership 62.50 Plaintiff's costs, divorce, dissolution of civil union, nullity, custody 30.00 Plaintiff's costs, causes of action for other relief 65.00 Plaintiff's costs, incapacity action 47.50 Plaintiff's costs, sale of lands of minor or incapacitated individual 50.00 Plaintiff's costs, release of dower or curtesy 50.00 Plaintiff's costs, mortgage lands of a minor or incapacitated individual 50.00 Plaintiff's costs, interpleader 35.00 Plaintiff's costs, appointment of tax receiver 27.50 Plaintiff's costs, actions for payment of money into court; to hold real estate; to limit creditors 22.50 Plaintiff's costs, action for appointment of trustee or substituted trustee 33.50 Costs on contempt proceedings 25.00 Costs on application to fix dower or curtesy 22.50 Costs on application to pay moneys out of court 23.50 Costs on application for instructions, or to approve account 30.00 Costs on application for writ of execution 10.00 Costs on application for relief from final judgment or, in a matrimonial cause from judgment nisi or order 20.00 Costs on application for writ of possession 30.00 Costs on application for alimony pendente lite, attorney fee, suit money 20.00 Defendant's costs where final judgment is taken by defendant 30.00 Defendant's costs where final judgment is not taken by defendant 20.00 Costs upon any other litigated or special motion, subsidiary or interlocutory, not heretofore provided for 50.00 amended 2006, c.103, s.84; 2013, c.103, s.62.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-11 Initial amount allowed in taxing costs in Chancery Division of Superior Court

Initial amount allowed in taxing costs in Chancery Division of Superior Court. In taxing costs in any proceeding in the Chancery Division of the Superior Court under section 22A:2-10 of this Title, where the matter does not proceed to final judgment, the attorney shall be allowed for any and all proceedings one-half the amount allowable to him under that section. L.1953, c. 22, p. 391, s. 11. Amended by L.1953, c. 321, p. 1869, s. 1, eff. July 29, 1953.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-12 Payment of fees in Chancery Division of Superio Court upon filing of first paper.

22A:2-12. Payment of fees in Chancery Division of Superior Court upon filing of first paper. Upon the filing of the first paper in any action or proceeding in the Chancery Division of the Superior Court, there shall be paid to the clerk of the court, for the use of the State, the following fees, which, except as hereinafter provided, shall constitute the entire fees to be collected by the clerk for the use of the State, down to the final disposition of the cause: Receivership and partition, $200.00. All other actions and proceedings except in probate cases and actions and proceedings for divorce or dissolution of a civil union, $200.00. Actions and proceedings for divorce or dissolution of a civil union, $250.00, $25.00 of which shall be forwarded by the Clerk of the Superior Court as provided in section 2 of P.L.1993, c.188 (C.52:27D-43.24a). Any person filing a motion in any action or proceeding shall pay to the clerk $30.00. Amended 1965, c.76, s.2; 1968, c.124, s.2; 1970, c.107, s.2; 1975, c.340, s.2; 1980, c.80, s.2; 1991, c.177, s.8; 1993, c.188, s.1; 1996, c.52, s.3; 2002, c.34, s.28; 2003, c.117, s.41; 2006, c.103, s.85.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-13 Answering, pleading or paper, fee

22A:2-13. Each person other than the plaintiff filing an answering pleading or other answering paper in the Chancery Division of the Superior Court shall at the time of filing the first paper, pay to the clerk the sum of $135.00; which shall cover all fees payable therein except such as may be otherwise provided herein or by law or the rules of court. L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1965, c.76, s.3; 1968, c.124, s.3; 1970, c.107, s.3; 1991, c.177, s.9; 1996, c.52, s.4; 2002, c.34, s.30.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-14 Guardian ad litem; appointment after default in Chancery Division; compensation

When a guardian ad litem is appointed after default in the Chancery Division of the Superior Court, such guardian shall be paid five dollars ($5.00) for his compensation and no more, unless the court shall otherwise order. The attorney for the moving party shall pay the said sum to the guardian ad litem, so appointed, at the time when a copy of such order is served upon the guardian ad litem. L.1953, c. 22, p. 392, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-15 Probate proceedings in Superior Court in Chancery Division; clerk's fees

22A:2-15. For performing services in all probate proceedings in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Probate Part there shall be paid to the surrogate of the county of venue for the use of the county the following fees which, except as hereinafter provided, shall constitute the entire fees to be collected by the surrogate for the use of the county, down to the final disposition of the cause: Each action upon the filing of the first paper in the action, $135.00 and upon the filing of an answering pleading or other answering paper, $80.00. Application for relief filed subsequent to final judgment, upon the filing of the first paper, $10.00. ACCOUNTING Auditing, stating, reporting and recording accounts of executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, assignees, as follows: In estates up to and including $2,000.00, $50.00; In estates from $2,000.01 to and including $10,000.00, $70.00; In estates from $10,000.01 to and including $30,000.00, $85.00; In estates from $30,000.01 to and including $65,000.00, $100.00; In estates from $65,000.01 to $200,000.00-- 1/5 of 1%; In estates exceeding $200,000.00-- 1/10 of 1%, but not less than $400.00. For each page of accounting, in excess of one, $3.00. In computing the amount of an estate for the purpose of fixing the fees of the surrogate, for auditing and reporting the account, the balance from the prior account shall be excluded. No fees herein allowed shall be charged against the recipient of any pension, bounty or allowance for services of the surrogate in respect thereof, pursuant to N.J.S.3B:13-9 to 3B:13-14. COMMISSIONS ON DEPOSITS On commissions on deposits, including any deposit made pursuant to sections 31 and 32 of chapter 67, of the laws of 1948, if under $100.00, 1/2 of 1% of it; if over $100.00 and under $1,000.00, 1/4 of 1% on such excess; if over $1,000.00, 1/8 of 1% of such excess. MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES Minimum charge for all other papers or services by the surrogate, $5.00. L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1965,c.76,s.4; 1968,c.124,s.4; 1970,c.107,s.4; 1977,c.57,s.1; 1980,c.80,s.3; 1991,c.177,s.10.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-16 Recording documents and making copies in probate proceedings in Chancery Division; fees

The Clerk of the Superior Court shall receive the following fees for recording documents and making copies thereof in all probate proceedings in the Chancery Division. When written in whole, per folio, fifteen cents ($0.15). When written and printed or typewritten in whole or in part with type of eight-point face and with not less than four-point space between the lines, or when written and printed or typewritten in whole or in part with type of more than eight-point face, per folio, fifteen cents ($0.15). When printed or typewritten in whole or in part with type of less than eight-point face with less than four-point space between the lines, in broken measure, tabular, schedule or figure work, per folio, twenty cents ($0.20). For official copies and abstracts of such instruments or documents from the records and files of the Superior Court, Chancery Division, per folio, twenty cents ($0.20). L.1953, c. 22, p. 394, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-17 Fees and allowances in undetermined and pending causes

The fees to be paid to the Clerk of the Superior Court, and the allowances of costs therein, with respect to all undetermined and pending causes and proceedings begun prior to the effective date of this act, shall be those prescribed by this article. When the same cannot be applied, then the fees and costs shall be the same as were prescribed by law at the time such proceedings were commenced. L.1953, c. 22, p. 395, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-18 Additional fees in exceptional cases

In any cause or proceeding in which the papers filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court shall be exceptionally numerous or other work done by him shall be exceptionally onerous, he may make application to the court, on notice, for an order fixing and allowing a reasonable additional fee to be paid to him for the use of the State. The court, in each such case, may make such order fixing and allowing such additional fee, if any, as shall be deemed just and reasonable under the circumstances and directing how and by whom the same shall be paid. L.1953, c. 22, p. 395, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-19 Certified copies; fees

22A:2-19. Except as otherwise provided herein for probate proceedings in the Superior Court, the first copy of any order, judgment, pleading or other paper shall be certified by the Clerk of the Supreme Court or the Clerk of the Superior Court, as the case may be, and supplied to the attorney or litigant, free of charge, where such copy is furnished to the clerk for certification. All copies other than the first copy, supplied as aforesaid, shall be furnished upon the payment of $5.00 for the first five pages thereof, and $0.75 for each page in excess of five; provided, that a minimum charge of $5.00 shall be made for any such copy. L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1991,c.177,s.11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-20 Additional fees for certain services

22A:2-20. The Clerk of the Supreme Court and the Clerk of the Superior Court are authorized and directed to charge the following additional fees: For affixing the seal of the Court to any document, $5.00; For an exemplification, $5.00; The Clerk of the Superior Court is authorized and directed to charge the following additional fees: For filing notice of appeal in any division of the Superior Court and forwarding copy to the Appellate Division or Supreme Court, $10.00; The Clerk of the Superior Court is authorized and directed to charge the following additional fees in the Chancery Division: For a warrant of satisfaction, $5.00; For a master's certificate certifying his appointment, $5.00; A minimum charge for all other papers or services by the clerk, $5.00; Commissions on appeals accounts and deposits for security for costs--two per centum (2%) on one hundred dollars ($100.00) or less; one and one half per centum (1 1/2%) on any excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00); Commissions on paying out trust fund accounts (including all funds, moneys or other assets brought into and deposited in court)--two and one half per centum (2 1/2%) on the first one hundred dollars ($100.00); two per centum (2%) on the next nine hundred dollars ($900.00); one and one half per centum (1 1/2%) on the excess over one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1991,c.177,s.12.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-21 Attorneys responsible for fees

Attorneys for the respective parties shall be liable and responsible for all fees charged by the Clerk of the Supreme Court and the Clerk of the Superior Court, unless the court otherwise directs. L.1953, c. 22, p. 397, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-22 State officer or state department, board, body or commission; no fees charged to

No charge shall be made by the Clerk of the Supreme Court or the Clerk of the Superior Court for the filing of any paper or the rendering of any service for which a fee is provided by this chapter when the party filing the paper or requesting the service is a State officer paid from State funds, or a State department, board, body or commission. L.1953, c. 22, p. 397, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-23 Waiver of collection of fee

The collection of any fee provided for by this chapter may be waived in particular circumstances by general rule of the Supreme Court or by special order of the Supreme Court, or by an order of any court made pursuant to authority granted by a rule of the Supreme Court. L.1953, c. 22, p. 397, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-25 Law division filing fees.

22A:2-25. Law Division filing fees Upon the filing, entering or docketing with the deputy clerk of the Superior Court in the various counties of the herein-mentioned papers or documents by either party to any action or proceeding in the Law Division of the Superior Court, other than a civil action in which a summons or writ must be issued, he shall pay the deputy clerk of the court the following fees: Entering of complaint or first paper of any action or proceeding ... $ 9.00 Filing complaint..............................................................$ 3.00 Filing answer or appearance............................................... $ 6.00 Filing any other pleading, any amended pleading or any amendment to a pleading ...........................................................$ 3.00 Filing and entering each order or judgment of court, including order to show cause....................................................$ 6.00 Filing and entering a voluntary dismissal, either by stipulation or order of court.......................................................$ 7.50 Filing notice of appeal.....................................................$15.00 Filing proceedings or papers on appeal...................................$ 6.00 Filing any other paper or document not herein stated ................$ 4.50 Signing and sealing habeas corpus.......................................$ 7.50 Signing and issuing subpena..........................................................$ 1.50 amended 1965, c.123, s.4; 1980, c.58, s.1; 1985 c.422, s.1; 2019, c.269, s.15.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-26 Motion fee

Upon all motions, with or without notice, in the Law Division of the Superior Court, the moving party shall pay to the clerk of the said division .......... $ 9.00 This section shall not apply to an action in which a summons or writ must be issued. L. 1953, c. 22, p. 400, s. 11. Amended by L. 1965, c. 123, s. 5; L. 1985, c. 422, s. 2, eff. Jan. 13, 1986.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-27 Fees on appeals to Law Division of Superior Court; use

22A:2-27. In cases appealed to the Law Division of the Superior Court from any inferior court or tribunal, criminal or civil, the clerk of the division shall charge a fee of $75.00 for filing a notice of appeal, appeal papers and proceedings, including judgment in the Superior Court or order of dismissal. The clerk shall pay this $75.00 to the treasurer of the county in which the appeal is taken for the use by the county. After December 31, 1994, this $75.00 fee shall be paid to the clerk, for use by the State. L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1965,c.123,ss.6,11; 1985,c.422,s.3; 1991,c.177,s.13; 1993,c.275,s.12.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-29 County clerk, deputy clerk of Superior Court, fees.

22A:2-29. Upon the filing, indexing, entering or recording of the following documents or papers in the office of the county clerk or deputy clerk of the Superior Court, such parties, filing or having the same recorded or indexed in the county clerk's office or with the deputy clerk of the Superior Court in the various counties in this State in all civil or criminal causes, shall pay the following fees in lieu of the fees heretofore provided for the filing, recording or entering of such documents or papers: In general-- Issuing county clerk's certificate, any instrument $5.00 Comparing and making copies, per sheet. $2.00 Copies of all papers, typing and comparing of photostat, per page $2.00 Marking as a true copy, any instrument $2.00 Exemplification, any instrument $10.00 Plus $1.00 per page of instrument. Recording or filing all instruments not herein stated. $7.50 Bonds, bail, recognizances-- Recording all official bonds with acknowledgment and proof of the execution thereof $9.00 Filing all papers related to recognizance or civil bail $ 30.00 Filing discharge, attachment bond $9.00 Filing and recording filiation bond $9.00 Filing satisfaction of or order discharging filiation bond $9.00 Recording or discharging sheriff's bond $9.00 Nonbusiness corporation, recording: Certificates of incorporation of churches, religious societies and congregations. $25.00 Amendments to certificates of incorporation of churches, religious societies and congregations, recording $25.00 Bank merger agreements, recording: First sheet $25.00 Each additional sheet, Certificates, each $5.00 Tradenames, firms, partnerships: Certificate of name, filing (see R.S.56:1-1 et seq.) $50.00 Certificate of dissolution of tradename (see R.S.56:1-6 et seq.) $25.00 Partnership agreement (see R.S.42:1-1 et seq.) $50.00 Building and loan or savings and loan associations: Change of name $25.00 Dissolution $25.00 Certificates for limited-dividend housing associations, recording: First page $20.00 Each additional page $5.00 Certificates for urban renewal associations, recording: First page $20.00 Each additional page $5.00 Judgments, et cetera-- Recording judgments $15.00 Filing, entering and recording judgment on bond and warrant by attorney $37.50 Certificate for docketing Superior Court transcript $9.00 Recording assignment of judgment $15.00 Issuing transcript of judgment $7.50 Filing or entering on the record of discharge, cancellation, release or satisfaction of a judgment by satisfaction piece, execution returned satisfied or otherwise $15.00 For recording and indexing postponement of the lien of judgment. $20.00 Filing, indexing and recording mechanic's lien claim $9.00 Recording, filing and noting on the record the discharge, release or satisfaction of a mechanic's lien claim $9.00 Extension of lien claim $3.00 Filing statement in mechanic's lien proceeding $9.00 Filing, recording and indexing mechanic's notice of intention $4.50 Filing a certificate discharging a mechanic's notice of intention and noting the discharge on the record thereof $4.50 Filing certificate from court of commencement of suit $4.50 Filing a court order amending a mechanic's notice of intention $9.00 Construction lien $15.00 Notice of unpaid balance, discharge $15.00 Notation $5.00 Bond $25.00 Filing a court order to discharge notice of intention and noting the discharge on the record thereof $15.00 Filing, recording and indexing stop notice $4.50 Filing a certificate discharging a stop notice and noting the discharge on the record thereof. $4.50 Filing a court order discharging a stop notice and noting the discharge on the record thereof $9.00 Filing building contract $25.00 Filing discharge of building contract $15.00 Notation $5.00 Filing building specifications. $25.00 Filing building plans $25.00 Filing each notice of physician's lien $15.00 Entering upon the record the discharge of a physician's lien $15.00 Filing each hospital lien claim $15.00 Discharge of hospital lien $15.00 Filing satisfaction or order for discharge of attachment $15.00 Recording collateral inheritance waiver or receipt $15.00 Recording inheritance tax waiver. $15.00 Subordination, release, partial release or postponement of a lien to lien of mortgage $20.00 Notation $5.00 Commissions and oaths-- Administering oaths to notaries public and commissioners of deeds $15.00 For issuing certificate of authority of notary to take proof, acknowledgment of affidavit $5.00 For issuing each certificate of the commission and qualification of notary public for filing with other county clerks $15.00 For filing each certificate of the commission and qualification of notary public, in office of county clerk of county other than where such notary has qualified $15.00 Miscellaneous--Filing and recording proceedings for laying out, vacating or dedicating roads $25.00 Recording firemen's certificates. No charge. Registering physician $25.00 Issuing of nonalcoholic beverage identification card to persons under twenty-one years of age $10.00 L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1957, c.224; 1965, c.123, ss.7,11; 1967, c.113; 1980, c.58, s.2; 1985, c.422, s.4; 2001, c.370, s.2; 2002, c.34, s.31; 2004, c.108, s.3.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-30 Fees of surrogate and deputy clerk of the Superior Court.

22A:2-30. Fees of surrogate and deputy clerk of the Superior Court. Fees for services of the surrogate and deputy clerk of the Superior Court enumerated below shall be as follows and shall be for the use of the county in which the fees are collected: PROBATE OF WILLS AND COPIES Probate of a will of not more than two pages, $100.00. Each additional page, $ 5.00. The above fee is for all services in preparation and execution of complaint, filing proof of death, deposition of one witness, qualification of executor, filing power of attorney, surrogate's certificate, judgment for probate, letters testamentary, plain copy of will, binding, recording, microfilming or photostating, comparing, docketing, report to the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury, report and transmission to the Clerk of the Superior Court. Probate of will of not more than two pages without letters, $50.00. Each additional page, $ 5.00. This fee is for the same services as are enumerated in the preceding paragraph, except letters, surrogate's certificate and qualification of executor. Probate of each codicil, not exceeding one page, $25.00. Where codicil requires an additional witness, $5.00. To reopen probate proceedings for qualification of executor or taking proof of extra witness, $25.00. One witness in the above probate proceedings, no charge. Each additional witness, $5.00. Recording and comparing, microfilming or photostating, each additional page of will or codicil, $5.00. Filing, entering, issuing and recording, microfilming or photostating, proceedings in commission for deposition of foreign witness to a will or codicil, $35.00. Plain extra copy of will, $3.00 for each page. Certified extra copy of will, $5.00 for each page, plus $5.00 for certificate. Certified copy of will with proofs for New Jersey county, not exceeding two pages including will and codicil, $50.00. For pages in excess of two, $5.00 for each page. Wills filed but not probated (as, where there are no assets), $10.00 for first two pages, $5.00 for each additional page, $5.00 for cover letter stating no assets, $5.00 for death certificate. Exemplifying will for another state, not exceeding two pages including will and codicil, plus cost of certificate of Secretary of State when requisite, $75.00 (not including $9.00 fee for exemplified forms). For pages in excess of two, $5.00 for each page. Recording, microfilming or photostating, docketing, indexing, filing and reporting to the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury an exemplified copy of will and probate proceedings from another state, $5.00 for each page. Recording, microfilming or photostating, docketing, indexing and filing a certified copy of will with proofs from New Jersey, $5.00 for each page. Recording, microfilming or photostating certified transcripts of wills admitted to probate and probate proceedings or letters of administration and administration proceedings granted by the Superior Court, $5.00 for each page. LETTERS OF TRUSTEESHIP Acceptance of trustee and letters of trusteeship, including one certificate, $50.00. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION General administration, including preparation and execution of complaint, bond, surety affidavits, necessary recording, microfilming or photostating, indexing, filing, report to the Division of Taxation, including power of attorney and death certificate, in the Department of the Treasury and the Clerk of the Superior Court and original letters including authorization to accept service of process and death certificate, $125.00, and for other documents, $5.00 per page. Administration ad prosequendum, $50.00, and for other documents, $5.00 per page. Exemplifying administration, $75.00. Certified copy of administration, $50.00. Affidavits of surviving spouse or next of kin where the value of the real and personal assets of the estate does not exceed $20,000.00 or $10,000.00, respectively, $5.00 for each $100.00 or part thereof. Total cost shall not exceed $50.00. This fee is waived where the value of the assets of the estate does not exceed $200.00. LETTERS OF GUARDIANSHIP Granting letters of guardianship, acceptance of guardianship and filing of power of attorney, $50.00. Affidavits of estates of minors where value of real and personal estate does not exceed $5,000.00, $5.00 per page. Miscellaneous petitions and orders, $5.00 per page. INVENTORIES For all services in appointment of appraisers, $25.00. Filing, entering and recording, microfilming or photostating, inventory and appraisement, not exceeding one page, and affidavits of appraisers and executor, $25.00. For each additional page, $5.00. ACCOUNTING For filing complaint and one page of accounting, $175.00. For auditing, stating, reporting and recording, microfilming or photostating, accounts of executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and assignees, including drawing judgment, but exclusive of advertising costs: In estates up to and including $2,000.00, no additional fee. In estates from $2,001.00 to and including $10,000.00, $100.00. In estates from $10,001.00 to and including $30,000.00, $125.00. In estates from $30,001.00 to and including $65,000.00, $150.00. In estates from $65,001.00 to and including $200,000.00, 3/10 of 1% but not less than $300.00. In estates exceeding $200,000.00--4/10 of 1%, but not less than $400.00. For each page of accounting in excess of one, $5.00. In computing the amount of an estate for the purpose of fixing the fees of a surrogate for auditing and reporting the account, the balance from the prior account shall be excluded. For preparing notice of settlement of accounts and copies of the same, forwarding notice to newspaper, with directions as to publication, obtaining proofs of publication, keeping a record of notices and newspapers to which they are sent and of the moneys received to defray the cost of advertising and transmitting advertising charges to newspaper, $50.00. No fees herein allowed shall be charged against the recipient of any pension, bounty or allowance, for services of the surrogate and the Probate Part of the Chancery Division of the Superior Court in respect thereof, pursuant to N.J.S.3B:13-9 to 3B:13-14. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS Proceedings relative to presumption of death, filing, entering and recording, microfilming or photostating (exclusive of letters), with additional fee for advertising, $175.00. Sale of land to pay debts (exclusive of advertising), $175.00. Sale of land in fulfillment of contract made by decedent, $175.00. Sale of lands within one year, $175.00. Sale of minor's land, $175.00. Distribution, filing and entering complaint, recording, microfilming or photostating, and filing judgment, $175.00. Filing of first paper in action in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Probate Part, $175.00. Filing of answering pleadings or other answering papers in Superior Court, Chancery Division, Probate Part (First paper filed by anyone other than Plaintiff), $110.00. Adoption of adults, filing and entering proceedings (all papers) including one judgment, $175.00. Adoption of minors, filing and entering proceedings (all papers) including one judgment, $175.00. Application for relief subsequent to final judgment in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Probate Part, $25.00. Proceedings for the appointment of a conservator, with or without jury trial, $175.00. Proceeding for the determination of incapacity and for the appointment of a guardian for an alleged incapacitated person, with or without jury trial, $200.00. Proceedings in connection with payment into court of proceeds of a judgment in favor of a minor, in lieu of bond, pursuant to N.J.S. 3B:15-16 and N.J.S.3B:15-17 (in addition to fees payable under Letters of Guardianship), the following fees are payable upon withdrawal of funds on deposit: For each withdrawal including petitions and orders provided and prepared by the surrogate for withdrawal of funds for court approval: Up to and including $500.00, $20.00. From $501.00 to and including $1,000.00, $25.00. From $1,001.00 to and including $5,000.00, $30.00. From $5,001.00 to and including $10,000.00, $35.00. From $10,001.00 to and including $25,000, $40.00. From $25,001.00 to and including $50,000.00, $60.00. In excess of $50,000.00, $100.00. MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES Short certificates, $5.00. Validating short certificate within one year of issue of date, $3.00. Subpoenas, each, $25.00. Marking true copies, subpoenas, each, $3.00. Marking true copies, orders to show cause, each, $3.00. Marking true copies of other papers, each, $3.00. Authorization of process, $5.00. Swearing each witness, $2.00. Adjournment or continuance, $15.00. Miscellaneous orders of court, first page, $5.00. For each additional page, $5.00. Recording, microfilming or photostating all papers not herein provided for, $5.00 for each page. For making copies not otherwise provided for, $3.00 for each page. Filing transcript of death certificate, $5.00. Power of attorney, per page $5.00 plus $5.00 for certified mail. Search fee, per estate $10.00. Proceedings relative to appointment of a guardian ad litem, $25.00. Renunciation by one person, filing, entering and recording, or photostating, $5.00. Each additional person, $3.00. Caveat, filing or withdrawing, $25.00. Combined refunding bond and release of not more than two pages, filing, entering, microfilming and recording, or photostating, $10.00. $5.00 for each additional page. Additional charge for county clerk's certificate, $5.00. Release of not more than two pages of refunding bond and release, $10.00. $5.00 for each additional page. Additional charge for county clerk's certificate, $5.00. Assignments of legacy or interest, $10.00 per page, plus $5.00 where county clerk's certificate is necessary. Filing all papers not herein provided for, $5.00, if microfilming process is used, $5.00 per page. Plain copy of two-page will, $6.00. Each additional page, $3.00. Filing of motions in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Probate Part, $15.00. Notice of appeal (trial court), $10.00. Minimum charge for all other papers or services in proceedings in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Probate Part, $5.00. 3B:14-48 Service of Process by Surrogate, $25.00. Duplicating or copying of microfiche, digital tape, high density disks, optically scanned and recorded materials or for any other media used to record or preserve records, $150.00 per medium recorded. Processing fee for returned check, $20.00 plus bank fee. L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1963, c.162; 1977, c.57, s.2; 1988, c.109, s.1; 2001, c.370, s.3; 2005, c.370, s.14.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-31 Fees for probating will, granting administration or guardianship and filing and recording inventory in certain cases

Whenever it shall appear that the estate, real and personal, of any testator, intestate, minor or ward, is less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), no fees shall be charged upon actions for probate of a will, granting administration or guardianship up to and including the letters issued and copies of such letters as well as the fees of filing and recording and with respect to an inventory, and whenever it shall appear that such estate does not exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) the fees shall be one-half of those allowed by law; but if it shall afterwards appear in any case that the value of the estate, real and personal, exceeds or exceeded two hundred dollars ($200.00), then such estate shall be liable for and pay the balance of the fees that would have been collected had no deduction been made under the provisions of this section. L.1953, c. 22, p. 412, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-32 Persons dying while in service in time of war or emergency; fees for probating will or granting administration or guardianship in certain cases

Whenever it shall appear by affidavit of persons applying for letters testamentary, of administration or of guardianship that the estate, real and personal, of any testator, intestate, minor or ward, does not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), and that such testator or intestate died while in the active military or naval service of the United States in time of war, or in time of emergency, or that such minor or ward is the child of a person who died while in the active military or naval service of the United States in time of war, or in time of emergency, no fees shall be charged upon actions for the probate of a will in those cases, where any part of the estate of the testator is bequeathed or devised to the surviving spouse, the father or mother, the brothers or sisters or any of the lineal descendants of the testator, granting of administration or guardianship up to and including the letters issued and copies of such letters; but if it shall afterwards appear in any case that the value of the estate, real and personal, exceeds or exceeded one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), then such estate shall be liable for and pay the fees that would have been collected if this section were not law. As used in this section the term "in time of emergency" shall mean and include any time after June twenty-third, one thousand nine hundred and fifty, and prior to the termination, suspension or revocation of the proclamation of the existence of a national emergency issued by the President of the United States on December sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and fifty, or termination of the existence of such national emergency by appropriate action of the President or Congress of the United States. L.1953, c. 22, p. 412, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-33 Fees for auditing, stating and allowance of accounts in certain cases

Whenever it shall appear that the estate, real and personal, of any testator, intestate, minor or ward is less than two hundred dollars ($200.00), no fees shall be charged upon filing complaint and account, auditing, stating, reporting and recording or photostating of the account of the executor, trustee, administrator or guardian, and when it shall appear that such estate does not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00), such fees shall be one-half of those hereinbefore provided. L.1953, c. 22, p. 413, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-34 Fees paid by surrogates to Clerk of Superior Court

From fees received by the surrogates there shall be paid to the Clerk of the Superior Court the following fees for services by him performed: For recording the name of each testator, the year in which the will was proved, and filing the will, twenty-five cents ($0.25). Recording the name of each intestate where administration has been granted and the year when granted, twelve cents ($0.12). L.1953, c. 22, p. 414, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-35 Fees on assignments for the benefit of creditors

22A:2-35. Fees on assignments for the benefit of creditors. The surrogate, as surrogate and deputy clerk of the Superior Court, shall receive for services with respect to an assignment for the benefit of creditors, for the use of the county in which the fees are collected, up to but not including any accounting, a fee of $75.00. L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1988,c.109,s.2.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-36 Fees in other cases and costs in all cases

22A:2-36. Fees in other cases and costs in all cases. All other fees payable to the surrogate as a deputy clerk of the Superior Court, other than for adoption, and all costs to a party in any action, motion or proceeding in that part shall be the same as allowed for similar services in the Chancery Division of the Superior Court. All such fees shall be for the use of the county in which the fees are collected. L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1988,c.109,s.3.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-37.1 Special Civil Part of Superior Court, Law Division fees.

14. a. In all civil actions and proceedings in the Special Civil Part of the Superior Court, Law Division, only the following fees shall be charged by the clerk and no service shall be performed until the specified fee has been paid: (1) Filing of small claim, one defendant $15.00 Each additional defendant $ 2.00 (2) Filing of complaint in tenancy, one defendant $25.00 Each additional defendant $ 2.00 (3) (a) Filing of complaint or other initial pleading containing a counterclaim, cross-claim or third party complaint in all other civil actions, whether commenced without process or by summons, capias, replevin or attachment where the amount exceeds the small claims monetary limit $50.00 Each additional defendant $ 2.00 (b) Filing of complaint or other initial pleading containing a counterclaim, cross-claim or third party complaint in all other civil actions, whether commenced without process or by summons, capias, replevin or attachment where the amount does not exceed the small claims monetary limit $32.00 Each additional defendant $ 2.00 (4) Filing of appearance or answer to a complaint or third party complaint in all matters except small claims $15.00 (5) Service of Process: Fees for service of process, including: summons by mail, each defendant; summons by mail each defendant at place of business or employment with postal instructions to deliver to addressee only; reservice of summons by mail, each defendant; postage for substituted service of process by the clerk upon the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission in addition to the substituted service fee provided below; and wage execution by mail to a federal agency, shall be set by the Administrative Director of the Courts. The fee for service of process shall not exceed the postal rates for ordinary and certified mail, return receipt requested, and may include an administrative fee that shall not exceed $0.25 for each defendant served with process by mail. The total service of process fee shall be rounded upward to the nearest dollar. For the purposes of this paragraph, service of process means the simultaneous mailing by ordinary and certified mail, return receipt requested, to the defendant at the address provided by the plaintiff. Reservice of summons or other original process by court officer, one defendant $ 3.00 plus mileage Each additional defendant $ 2.00 plus mileage Substituted service of process by the clerk upon the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission $10.00 (6) For serving or executing any process, writ, order, execution, notice, or warrant $ 7.00 (7) Jury of six persons $50.00 (8) Warrant for possession in tenancy $15.00 (9) Warrant to arrest, commitment or writ of capias ad respondendum, each defendant $15.00 (10) Writ of execution or an order in the nature of execution, writs of replevin and attachment issued subsequent to summons $ 5.00 (11) For advertising property under execution or any order $10.00 (12) For selling property under execution or any order $10.00 (13) Exemplified copy of judgment (two pages) $ 5.00 each additional page $ 1.00 b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2002, c.34). c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2002, c.34). d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2009, c.32). L.1991, c.177, s.14; amended 1993, c.275, s.13; 1996, c.52, s.5; 2000, c.129, s.1; 2002, c.34, s.32; 2003, c.259, s.1; 2009, c.32; 2021, c.188, s.8.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-37.2 Fees to officers designated by Assignment Judge to serve process.

15. a. From the fees set forth in section 14 of P.L.1991, c.177 (C.22A:2-37.1), the clerk of the Special Civil Part of the Superior Court, Law Division, shall pay to officers designated by the Assignment Judge to serve process the following fees: (1) Serving summons, notice or third party complaint on one defendant $ 3.00 on every additional defendant $ 2.00 (2) Reserving summons or other original process on any defendant $ 3.00 (3) Warrant to arrest, capias, or commitment, for each defendant served $15.00 (4) Serving writ and summons in replevin, taking bond and any inventory, against one defendant $ 6.00 on every additional defendant $ 2.00 (5) Serving writ in replevin when issued subsequent to service of summons, against one defendant $ 5.00 on every additional defendant $ 2.00 (6) Serving order for possession in replevin $ 4.00 (7) Serving writ of attachment and making inventory, one defendant $ 4.00 on every additional defendant $ 2.00 (8) Serving and executing warrant for possession in tenancy $10.00 (9) Every execution, or any order in the nature of an execution, on a judgment, for each defendant $ 2.00 b. For serving or executing any process, writ, order, execution, notice or warrant $ 7.00 c. In addition to the foregoing, the following fees for officers of the Special Civil Part shall be taxed in the costs and collected on execution, writ of attachment or order in the nature of any execution on any final judgment, or on a valid and subsisting levy of an execution or attachment which may be the effective cause in producing payment or settlement of a judgment or attachment: (1) For advertising property under execution or any order $10.00 (2) For selling property under execution or any order $10.00 (3) On every dollar collected on execution, writ of attachment, or any order, $ 0.10. (4) In the event a judgment is vacated for any reason after a court officer has made a levy and thereafter the judgment is reinstated or the case is settled, the dollarage due the court officer on payment of the judgment amount or settlement amount again shall be taxed in the costs and collected. d. In addition to the foregoing, the clerk of the Special Civil Part shall pay to officers designated by the Assignment Judge to serve wage executions on a federal agency an amount equal to the fee set by either the Administrative Director of the Courts pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection a. of section 14 of P.L.1991, c.177 (C.22A:2-37.1) or set pursuant to subsection d. of that section, whichever then may be applicable, for each wage execution served. L.1991, c.177, s.15; amended 2000, c.129, s.2; 2001, c.275; 2003, c.259, s.2; 2021, c.188, s.9.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-41 Fees of witnesses and appraisers

22A:2-41. For witnesses there shall be taxed in the costs in the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part, the fees prescribed by N.J.S.22A:1-4. For each appraiser there shall be taxed in the costs in said court, a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for making an inventory and appraisement. L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1991,c.91,s.270.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-42 Attorney's or counsel's fees

22A:2-42. There shall be taxed by the clerk of the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part in the costs against the judgment debtor, a fee to the attorney of the prevailing party, of five per centum (5%) of the first five hundred dollars ($500.00) of the judgment, and two per centum (2%) of any excess thereof. In actions of replevin the court shall allow the attorney of the prevailing party a fee of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than ten dollars ($10.00), to be taxed and collected as aforesaid. Upon entry of any order adjudging a person in contempt for violation of any order of the court or upon any motion or application to the court made subsequent to the commencement of an action or proceeding in the Special Civil Part, the court, in its discretion, may award an attorney or counsel fee of not more than ten dollars ($10.00) to be paid in such manner as the court shall direct. L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1991,c.91,s.271.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-43 Fees in municipal courts

22A:2-43. In civil causes, in municipal courts, all filing fees and other charges, all fees of constables, jurors, attorneys and appraisers, and all costs shall be the same as are provided by law for similar services in the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part. L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1991,c.91,s.272.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-44 Costs in penalty proceedings in all courts

The costs recoverable in any proceeding in any court for the collection and enforcement of a penalty pursuant to the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.) shall be the same as in actions in the court and shall be recoverable by the plaintiff in the event of a judgment for the plaintiff. The fees to the court and the court officers shall be as provided for proceedings of a criminal nature in section 22A:3-4 of this Title. L.1953, c. 22, p. 420, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-51 Increased fees under P.L.1996, c.52, use; fund

6. a. An amount equal to 95 percent of the increase in fees collected pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1996, c.52 (C.22A:2-51 et al.) shall be annually appropriated to the Department of Community Affairs for the provision to the poor of legal assistance in civil matters by Legal Services of New Jersey and to the Judiciary to fund 10 Superior Court judgeships, to supplement other funds appropriated from any other source in a fiscal year for these purposes. An appropriation pursuant to this section shall not be used to replace appropriations from other sources for these purposes. b. An amount equal to 5% of the increase in fees collected pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1996, c.52 (C.22A:2-51 et al.) shall be annually appropriated to the Department of State, Higher Educational Services, to be allocated equally among Rutgers-Newark Law School, Rutgers-Camden Law School and Seton Hall Law School for clinical programs which provide free legal representation to the poor, to supplement other funds appropriated from any other source in a fiscal year for these purposes. An appropriation pursuant to this section shall not be used to replace appropriations from other sources for these purposes. c. There is created in the Department of the Treasury a non-lapsing, revolving fund into which the Treasurer shall deposit annually an amount equal to the revenue derived from the increase in the fees collected pursuant to P.L.1996, c.52 (C.22A:2-51 et al.). Interest and other income earned on moneys deposited into this fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be appropriated and distributed annually exclusively for the purposes set forth in subsections a. and b. of this section. The State Treasurer shall have performed an audit of this fund biennially following the effective date of P.L.1996, c .52 (C.22A:2-51) and the results of the audit shall be included in the report required pursuant to subsection d. of this section. d. The State Treasurer shall submit an annual report to the Legislature on the use of the fees collected pursuant to P.L.1996 , c.52 (C.22A:2-51 et al.) and deposited into the fund created pursuant to subsection c. of this section. The report shall be submitted to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the General Assembly, and the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, Assembly Appropriations Committee, Senate Judiciary Committee and Assembly Judiciary Committee, or their successors. L.1996,c.52,s.6.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-51a Findings, declarations relative to experiential housing advocacy programs.

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The lack of affordable housing in New Jersey forces low- and moderate-income households to spend a disproportionate share of their income toward rental payments, which dynamic has resulted in an eviction crisis throughout the State. b. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened existing economic disparities and exacerbated the economic insecurity of many low- and moderate-income households, thereby worsening the State's eviction crisis to a critical level. c. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a Statewide moratorium on evictions was put in place pursuant to Executive Order No. 106 and P.L.2020, c.1 (C.2A:18-59.3); however, this moratorium will soon expire, placing many low- and moderate-income households at risk of eviction. d. It is estimated that as many as 300,000 rental households in New Jersey will become subject to an eviction proceeding after the eviction moratorium ends, which would be double the average annual number of proceedings filed before the pandemic. e. These evictions are expected to disproportionately impact Black and Latino residents of New Jersey, as these communities account for a large percentage of the State's rental population. f. Additionally, many landlords have increasingly filed legal actions against tenants to seek monetary relief rather than eviction, thereby putting low- and moderate-income tenants at risk of damaged credit ratings and further economic hardship. g. The State and federal governments have established rental assistance programs to assist low- and moderate-income tenants who have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which programs include the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program administered by the Department of Community Affairs. h. However, these novel State and federal programs may be complex, making it difficult for some tenants to apply for and receive all of the benefits to which they are entitled under these programs. i. Although these rental assistance programs may provide tenants with the means to pay some or all of their rental obligations, many tenants may still lack the ability needed to effectively negotiate with their landlords toward solutions that avert further legal proceedings. j. Furthermore, when governmental assistance cannot prevent the filing of an eviction proceeding, the vast majority of tenants cannot afford to hire an attorney; in contrast, most landlords are represented by an attorney during these proceedings, given that many landlords are corporations, which are required to have counsel. k. Consequently, the provision of free legal services to low- and moderate-income tenants who are in need of housing assistance, including those who are at risk of eviction and those who are entitled to governmental rental assistance, is one of the most effective ways to address the ongoing eviction crisis. l. It is therefore in the public interest and a valid public purpose for the Legislature to appropriate monies to the Seton Hall Law School, the Rutgers Law School, Camden location, and the Rutgers Law School, Newark location, to establish experiential housing advocacy programs that provide free legal services to low- and moderate-income tenants who are in need of housing assistance. L.2021, c.181, s.1.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-51b Annual appropriation for programs; services provided.

2. a. The Legislature shall annually appropriate monies for the Seton Hall Law School, the Rutgers Law School, Camden location, and the Rutgers Law School, Newark location, to establish experiential housing advocacy programs that provide free legal services to low- and moderate-income tenants who are in need of housing assistance. The experiential housing advocacy programs shall be implemented according to guidance issued by each law school, in consultation with any other law school that establishes the program, subject to the limitations of this section. b. (1) The experiential housing advocacy programs shall include, but not be limited to, the provision of the following services, free of charge, to low- and moderate-income tenants: (a) legal counsel and representation in landlord-tenant-related litigation, including, but not limited to, eviction proceedings and actions for unpaid rent; (b) assistance applying for benefits under any State or federally funded rental assistance program, homeownership assistance program, or any other program providing financial assistance to tenants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; (c) legal counsel and assistance related to pre- and post-litigation negotiations with landlords; and (d) any additional services that the law schools may deem appropriate to assist low- and moderate-income tenants. (2) The experiential housing advocacy programs shall assist low- and moderate-income tenants residing throughout the State; provided, however, that the programs shall prioritize qualifying tenants who are in need of housing assistance as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The programs may partner with legal services organizations and community-based organizations to conduct community outreach. (3) The law schools may designate one or more legal services organizations through which the law school may implement the experiential housing advocacy program, provided that the legal services organization shall have experience providing free legal services to low- and moderate-income tenants who are in need of housing assistance. (4) The experiential housing advocacy programs may include pro bono components in which one or more services may be provided by volunteer students who do not receive course credit for participating in the program. c. (1) If a law school elects to implement the experiential housing advocacy program, the law school shall designate a licensed attorney in good standing, with experience in landlord-tenant law and civil litigation matters, to supervise the program. The law school may hire such administrative staff as may be needed to support the program. To support the operations of the program, the law school may also hire: (a) one or more licensed attorneys in good standing, with experience in landlord-tenant law and civil litigation matters; and (b) one or more recent law school graduates who are not admitted to the New Jersey State Bar Association but who are permitted to practice law in the State pursuant to the Rules of Court, provided that each graduate shall practice under the supervision of an experienced attorney as required by those Rules. (2) If a law school elects to implement the experiential housing advocacy program through a designated legal services organization, then subject to the availability of funds, the law school shall provide subgrants to the legal services organization to defray the costs of the program. When implementing the program, the designated legal services organization shall allow all students selected by the law school to participate in the program. d. Before the experiential housing advocacy program may commence operations, the law school may submit an appropriate application, as required under the Rules of Court, in order to become a certified clinical program under those rules. Alternatively, the law school may provide some or all services through an existing clinical program, which has already been certified under the Rules of Court. In either circumstance, the experiential housing advocacy program shall comply with all requirements of the Rules of Court concerning the implementation of a clinical or pro bono program and the representation of litigants by law students. e. After the first year of operations, and each year thereafter, the Seton Hall Law School shall submit a report to the Governor and to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), detailing the operations of each experiential housing advocacy program established pursuant to this section. At a minimum, the report shall indicate the number of tenants who received assistance through each program and the service provided to each tenant. The Rutgers Law School, Camden location, and the Rutgers Law School, Newark location, shall provide Seton Hall Law School with any information necessary to complete the report. f. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the Seton Hall Law School, the Rutgers Law School, Camden location, or the Rutgers Law School, Newark location, to establish or implement the experiential housing advocacy program. L.2021, c.181, s.2.

N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-51.1 Dedicated check off fee revenues for upgrading and modernizing services, capital plan.

13. With regard to all increased check off fee charges, the revenues from which are dedicated to upgrading and modernizing the services provided by the offices of constitutional officers, pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2001, c.370 (C.22A:4-8.1 et al.) or any other provision of law: a. Each constitutional officer shall prepare and submit to the board of chosen freeholders, for its approval, a five-year capital plan setting forth the capital purposes to which the check off fee revenues are to be applied, which purposes shall include improving recording and election related records when applicable; b. Any dispute concerning the use of the check off fee revenues shall be submitted to and resolved by the assignment judge of the county, who shall be the final arbiter of such disputes; c. Check off fee revenues shall not be used for budgetary reduction by the county and the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall require the amendment of any county budget that is not in compliance with the requirements of this subsection; d. Interest earned on check off fee revenues held in a dedicated or trust account shall accrue to that account and shall be used only for the purposes of check off fee revenues. L.2001,c.370,s.13.

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