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Chapter 1 - Supreme Court
§ 1. Unified court system established - § 1. Unified court system established The Judiciary shall be...
§ 2. Supreme Court established; jurisdiction - § 2. Supreme Court established; jurisdiction (a) The Supreme Court...
§ 3. Judicial officers; administrative and disciplinary control - § 3. Judicial officers; administrative and disciplinary control The Supreme...
§ 4. Justices - § 4. Justices (a) The Supreme Court shall consist of...
§ 5. Term of Justices - § 5. Term of Justices (a) The term of the...
§ 6. Disqualification of Justices - § 6. Disqualification of Justices A Justice of the Supreme...
§ 8. General and special terms - § 8. General and special terms The terms of the...
§ 17. Reporter of decisions; appointment - § 17. Reporter of decisions; appointment The Justices of the...
§ 18. Opinions; filing and preservation; copies - § 18. Opinions; filing and preservation; copies (a) Each opinion...
§ 20. Reports of decisions - § 20. Reports of decisions The reporter shall annually prepare...
§ 21. Court Administrator - § 21. Court Administrator The Office of Court Administrator is...
§ 21a. Duties of the Chief Superior Judge - § 21a. Duties of the Chief Superior Judge (a) The...
§ 22. Designation and special assignment of judicial officers and retired judicial officers - § 22. Designation and special assignment of judicial officers and...
§ 23. Compensation - § 23. Compensation In the performance of judicial duties, the...
§ 25. Judicial Branch; furlough days; administrative leave - § 25. Judicial Branch; furlough days; administrative leave (a) The...
§ 26. Half-time judges - § 26. Half-time judges Of the Superior judge positions authorized...
§ 27. Court Technology Special Fund - § 27. Court Technology Special Fund There is established the...
§ 27a. Contracts for Internet service - § 27a. Contracts for Internet service Every contract to provide...
§ 27b. Electronically filed verified documents - § 27b. Electronically filed verified documents (a) A registered electronic...
§ 28. Municipal Ticket Repayment Revolving Fund - § 28. Municipal Ticket Repayment Revolving Fund (a) The Municipal...
§ 30. Superior Court - § 30. Superior Court (a)(1) A Superior Court having statewide...
§ 31. Jurisdiction; Civil Division - § 31. Jurisdiction; Civil Division The Civil Division shall have:...
§ 32. Jurisdiction; Criminal Division - § 32. Jurisdiction; Criminal Division (a) The Criminal Division shall...
§ 33. Jurisdiction; Family Division - § 33. Jurisdiction; Family Division (a) Notwithstanding any other provision...
§ 34. Jurisdiction; Environmental Division - § 34. Jurisdiction; Environmental Division The Environmental Division shall have:...
§ 35. Jurisdiction; Probate Division - § 35. Jurisdiction; Probate Division The Probate Division shall have...
§ 36. Composition of the court - § 36. Composition of the court (a) Unless otherwise specified...
§ 37. Venue - § 37. Venue (a) The venue for all actions filed...
§ 38. Judicial Masters - § 38. Judicial Masters (a) The Chief Superior Judge may...
§ 39. Capital budget requests; county courthouses - § 39. Capital budget requests; county courthouses (a) On or...
§ 40. Report on temporary employees - § 40. Report on temporary employees Annually, on or before...
Chapter 3 - Superior Judges and Superior Courts
§ 71. Appointment and term of Superior judges - § 71. Appointment and term of Superior judges (a) There...
§ 72. Disqualification - § 72. Disqualification A Superior judge shall not be an...
§ 73. Assignment - § 73. Assignment (a) In accordance with the direction of...
§ 75. Powers of Justice or Superior judge after expiration of term or vacation of office - § 75. Powers of Justice or Superior judge after expiration...
§ 111. Superior court sessions - § 111. Superior court sessions (a) When the business of...
§ 115. Stated terms of Superior Court - § 115. Stated terms of Superior Court The Superior Court...
Chapter 5 - Court of Chancery
§ 219. Powers of chancellor - § 219. Powers of chancellor The powers and jurisdiction of...
Chapter 7 - Probate Courts
§ 272. Probate districts; Probate judges - § 272. Probate districts; Probate judges (a) There shall be...
§ 278. Authorization of assistant judges - § 278. Authorization of assistant judges (a) An assistant judge...
§ 311a. Venue generally - § 311a. Venue generally For proceedings authorized to the Probate...
§ 312. Resident’s estate; settlement - § 312. Resident’s estate; settlement If an inhabitant of this...
§ 313. Nonresident’s estate; settlement - § 313. Nonresident’s estate; settlement If a person resided out...
§ 354. Disqualification of judge or register; penalty - § 354. Disqualification of judge or register; penalty A judge...
§ 355. Disqualification or disability of judge - § 355. Disqualification or disability of judge When a Probate...
§ 356. Authority of judge after end of term - § 356. Authority of judge after end of term (a)...
§ 357. Registers of Probate - § 357. Registers of Probate The Superior Court clerk or...
§ 362. Oaths - § 362. Oaths A Probate judge or register may administer...
§ 363. Powers - § 363. Powers (a) A Probate judge may issue warrants,...
§ 364. Commitment to enforce orders - § 364. Commitment to enforce orders If a person does...
§ 369. Nonresident’s estate; notice to Commissioner of Taxes; information to banks - § 369. Nonresident’s estate; notice to Commissioner of Taxes; information...
Chapter 10 - Family Court
§ 455. Transfer of Probate proceedings - § 455. Transfer of Probate proceedings (a) Any guardianship action...
§ 457. Participation and availability of assistant judges - § 457. Participation and availability of assistant judges (a) Application....
§ 458. Venue - § 458. Venue The place of trial in the Family...
§ 459. Powers of assistant judges - § 459. Powers of assistant judges Nothing in this chapter...
§ 461. Office of magistrate; jurisdiction; selection; term - § 461. Office of magistrate; jurisdiction; selection; term (a) The...
§ 461a. Essex County; powers of assistant judges and magistrates in Family Court proceedings - § 461a. Essex County; powers of assistant judges and magistrates...
§ 461c. Powers of assistant judges in divorce proceedings - § 461c. Powers of assistant judges in divorce proceedings (a)...
§ 462. Findings; orders; stipulations - § 462. Findings; orders; stipulations (a) The magistrate shall make...
§ 463. Jurisdiction of Family Division of Superior Court over child support - § 463. Jurisdiction of Family Division of Superior Court over...
§ 464. Representation - § 464. Representation (a) Any person or other legal entity,...
§ 465. Appeals - § 465. Appeals An appeal from a decision of a...
§ 466. Procedure - § 466. Procedure (a) A proceeding before a magistrate shall,...
§ 467. Forms; Office of Child Support; IV-D services - § 467. Forms; Office of Child Support; IV-D services (a)...
Chapter 11 - Justices of the Peace
§ 491. Qualification of justice of the peace—Filing of oath and certificate - § 491. Qualification of justice of the peace—Filing of oath...
§ 492. Penalty - § 492. Penalty When a justice willfully neglects to make...
§ 500. Expiration of term of office; certified copies of records - § 500. Expiration of term of office; certified copies of...
Chapter 15 - Judicial Nominations and Appointments
§ 601. Judicial Nominating Board created; composition - § 601. Judicial Nominating Board created; composition (a) The Judicial...
§ 602. Duties; Justices, judges, magistrates, and the Chair of the Public Utility Commission - § 602. Duties; Justices, judges, magistrates, and the Chair of...
§ 602a. Duties; Public Utility Commission members - § 602a. Duties; Public Utility Commission members (a) In accordance...
§ 603. Appointment of Justices, judges, magistrates, Public Utility Commission Chair, and members - § 603. Appointment of Justices, judges, magistrates, Public Utility Commission...
§ 605. Political activity by judges prohibited - § 605. Political activity by judges prohibited Superior judges shall...
§ 607. Joint Committee on Judicial Retention; creation - § 607. Joint Committee on Judicial Retention; creation (a) There...
§ 608. Functions - § 608. Functions (a) Declarations submitted to the General Assembly...
§ 609. Judicial retirement - § 609. Judicial retirement (a) The Justices of the Supreme...
Chapter 17 - Clerks of Court; Court and Other Records and Accounts
§ 651. Clerks of courts - § 651. Clerks of courts The Court Administrator shall act...
§ 657. Transcribing damaged records - § 657. Transcribing damaged records When records in the Office...
§ 659. Preservation of court records - § 659. Preservation of court records (a) The Supreme Court...
§ 691. Clerks and assistants; appointment; compensation - § 691. Clerks and assistants; appointment; compensation (a) The Superior...
§ 692. Powers of clerk in absence of judge - § 692. Powers of clerk in absence of judge In...
§ 731. English language - § 731. English language Writs, processes, complaints, informations, indictments, pleas,...
§ 732. Lost document or record - § 732. Lost document or record When a court document,...
§ 733. Preservation of attachment liens - § 733. Preservation of attachment liens When real or personal...
§ 739. Record certified by successor in office - § 739. Record certified by successor in office When a...
§ 740. Court records; dockets; certified copies - § 740. Court records; dockets; certified copies The Supreme Court...
§ 741. Payment by credit card - § 741. Payment by credit card (a) [Repealed.] (b) If...
Chapter 19 - Stenographic Reporters
§ 794. Oath; correctness of reports and copies - § 794. Oath; correctness of reports and copies Upon appointment,...
§ 795. Filing of copies of transcripts - § 795. Filing of copies of transcripts When directed by...
§ 796. Transcripts for quasi-judicial proceedings - § 796. Transcripts for quasi-judicial proceedings A stenographic reporter shall...
§ 798. Probative force of transcripts - § 798. Probative force of transcripts All transcripts of evidence...
§ 799. Probate Division reporters - § 799. Probate Division reporters Upon request of a Probate...
§ 801. Hearings before commissions and quasi-judicial tribunals - § 801. Hearings before commissions and quasi-judicial tribunals In hearings...
§ 802. Approval of accounts - § 802. Approval of accounts The presiding officer of a...
§ 803. Electronic recording equipment - § 803. Electronic recording equipment (a) Subject to any rules...
Chapter 21 - Commissioners in Other States and Foreign Countries
§ 851. Appointment and powers of commissioners - § 851. Appointment and powers of commissioners The Governor may...
§ 852. Oath and bond - § 852. Oath and bond Before entering upon his or...
Chapter 23 - Attorneys
§ 901. Rules for admission of attorneys - § 901. Rules for admission of attorneys Justices of the...
§ 902. Board of Bar Examiners - § 902. Board of Bar Examiners The Board of Bar...
§ 906. Conflicting appointments; excuse from attending by Chief Superior Judge - § 906. Conflicting appointments; excuse from attending by Chief Superior...
§ 907. Licensing and renewal fees - § 907. Licensing and renewal fees The Supreme Court may...
§ 908. Attorneys’ Admission, Licensing, and Professional Responsibility Special Fund - § 908. Attorneys’ Admission, Licensing, and Professional Responsibility Special Fund...
Chapter 25 - Jury Commission
§ 952. Rules of Court Administrator - § 952. Rules of Court Administrator (a) The Court Administrator,...
§ 953. Sources of names - § 953. Sources of names (a) The clerk, in order...
§ 954. Deposit of list - § 954. Deposit of list Prior to the first day...
§ 955. Questionnaire - § 955. Questionnaire The clerk shall send a jury questionnaire...
§ 956. Contents of list - § 956. Contents of list Names may be added or...
§ 957. Drawing and summoning jurors - § 957. Drawing and summoning jurors The manner of drawing...
§ 958. Nonappearance; penalty - § 958. Nonappearance; penalty A juror who does not appear...
§ 959. Grand jurors; venire - § 959. Grand jurors; venire The clerk, as directed by...
§ 961. Failure to return form; misrepresentation; penalties - § 961. Failure to return form; misrepresentation; penalties (a) Any...
§ 962. Qualifications; excuse from service - § 962. Qualifications; excuse from service (a) A person shall...
§ 963. Term of service - § 963. Term of service A person summoned to petit...
Chapter 27 - Environmental Court
§ 1001. Environmental Division - § 1001. Environmental Division (a) The Environmental Division shall consist...
§ 1002. Conduct of hearings - § 1002. Conduct of hearings Hearings before the Environmental Division...
§ 1003. Evidence - § 1003. Evidence (a) Irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence...
§ 1004. Access to information - § 1004. Access to information (a) In connection with any...
Chapter 29 - Judicial Bureau
§ 1102. Judicial Bureau; jurisdiction - § 1102. Judicial Bureau; jurisdiction (a) The Judicial Bureau is...
§ 1103. Venue - § 1103. Venue Venue for violation hearings in the Judicial...
§ 1104. Appointment of hearing officers - § 1104. Appointment of hearing officers The Chief Superior Judge...
§ 1105. Answer to complaint; default - § 1105. Answer to complaint; default (a) A violation shall...
§ 1106. Hearing - § 1106. Hearing (a) The Bureau shall notify the person...
§ 1107. Appeals - § 1107. Appeals (a) A decision of the hearing officer...
§ 1108. Judicial Bureau violations; jurisdiction of assistant judges - § 1108. Judicial Bureau violations; jurisdiction of assistant judges (a)...
§ 1109. Remedies for failure to pay; contempt - § 1109. Remedies for failure to pay; contempt (a) Definitions....
§ 1110. Licenses or governmental contracts - § 1110. Licenses or governmental contracts (a) As used in...
§ 1111. Civil violation; failure to produce identification - § 1111. Civil violation; failure to produce identification (a) A...