1:38-10. Determinations; Appeal Process
(a) Requests for court records or administrative records to be inspected
or copied under this rule shall be directed to the following officers or their
designees:
(1) Supreme Court records (including committees and offices reporting to
the Supreme Court): Clerk of the Supreme Court
(2) Superior Court records, Clerk’s office, including Foreclosure Unit:
Clerk of the Superior Court
(3) Superior Court records, Appellate Division: Clerk of the Appellate
Division
(4) Superior Court records, Law and Chancery Divisions (other than
Clerk’s office and Probate Part): Trial Court Administrator of appropriate
vicinage
(5) Superior Court records, Chancery Division, Probate Part, and
Surrogate’s Court records: Surrogate of appropriate county
(6) Tax Court records: Clerk of the Tax Court
(7) Municipal Court records: Municipal Court Director or Administrator of
appropriate municipal court
(8) Administrative Office of the Courts records and all other judiciary
records: Deputy Administrative Director of the Courts
(b) Any person denied access to a court record or administrative record
by one of the above officers or their designees may seek review by the
Administrative Director of the Courts under procedures established by the
Supreme Court, except that an appeal regarding a municipal court record shall
first be filed with the Trial Court Administrator of the appropriate vicinage. An
appeal from the decision of the Administrative Director shall be filed in the
Appellate Division in accordance with R. 2:2-3(a)(2).
