Handling DJ Judgments
Once a judgment entered in the Special Civil Part is docketed in the Civil Judgment and Order Docket as a statewide lien i.e., after a Statement for Docketing is entered and a DJ number assigned, all further proceedings, except a motion to vacate the
Special Civil Part judgment, must be brought under the DJ number in the Law Division, Civil Part in the county of original venue. All State- initiated post- judgment DJ matters must be brought in the Mercer vicinage except motions relating to foreign judgments and matters involving the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC), which must be handled in the county in which the defendant resides or if the defendant is not a resident of New Jersey, the motion shall be venued in the county in which property is located. See R. 4:3- 2(a) and N.J.S.A. 2A:18-41.
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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