Civil Judgment and Order Docket
The Clerk of Superior Court is required by statute and court rule to keep a Civil Judgment and Order Docket. The Civil Judgment and Order Docket creates a record of judgments or orders for the payment of money. See N.J.S.A. 2A:16-11 and R. 4:101.
A judgment docketed on the Civil Judgment and Order Docket becomes a lien on all real property owned by the judgment debtor in the State of New Jersey. Such liens are purely statutory in nature. Brescher v. Gem. Dunetz. Davison & Weinstein, 245 N.J. Super. 365 (App. Div. 1991).
All judgments filed since 1984 are indexed on the Civil Judgment and Order Docket Automated System.
There are a number of courts and executive agencies that have authority to record judgments. The source of a judgment on the Civil Judgment and Order Docket is distinguished by the prefix to the judgment docket number. The five judgment categories are:
“J” Judgments rendered in the Superior Court Chancery, Law (Civil and Criminal) and Criminal Divisions.
“DJ” Judgments rendered in the Special Civil Part, Municipal Courts, Certificates of Debt filed by State and County Agencies and Foreign Judgments. Certificates of Franchise Assessments under N.J.S.A. 40a:12a- 53.1.
“MP” Judgments docketed covering municipal parking violations.
“ML” Municipal Public Defender Liens.
“PD” Certificates of Liens filed by the Office of the Public Defender.
The full record for any electronically recorded judgment appears on the ACMS
Civil Judgment and Order Docket. There is no paper copy.
More information can be obtained from “ A PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE TO NEW JERSEY’S CIVIL COURT PROCEDURES”
http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/civil/PractitionersGuideManualAppendicesMay2007WebPostingVersion.pdf KENNETH VERCAMMEN & ASSOCIATES, PC
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