Supreme Court Order of March 16, 2020 (Rules 7:6-3 and 7:12-3 relaxed)

The record

Jurisdiction

New Jersey

Level

Court

Authority

N.J. Const. art. VI, sec. 2, para. 3

Issued

2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020

Effective

2020-03-16 "until further order" (read as 2020-03-16)

End

Until further order (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• municipal courts and defendants

Functions reached

• CT municipal court practice moved to mail and remote channels

Collection

New Jersey NJ

Operative words

"In response to the growing public health crisis worldwide and in this state involving the COVID-19 coronavirus, the New Jersey Judiciary is implementing all possible measures to apply social distancing in current court operations... it is ORDERED, pursuant to N.J. Const., Art. VI, sec. 2, par. 3, that effective immediately and until further order, the provisions of Rule 7:6-3 and Rule 7:12-3 of the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey are supplemented and relaxed so as to remove the 'undue hardship' requirement for allowing pleas by mail in the municipal courts."

Enforcement

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