4:101-1. Abstracts to Be Entered
(a) Entry on Civil Judgment and Order Docket. Upon payment by the proponent of the order or judgment of the fee prescribed by N.J.S.A. 22A:2-7, the Clerk of the Superior Court or, where provided by law or these rules, the deputy clerk of the Superior Court in the county of venue shall enter in the Civil Judgment and Order Docket an abstract of each judgment or order for the payment of money entered in the Superior Court; and upon written notice by any party thereto pursuant to law, an abstract prepared by such party of any judgment or order affecting title to or a lien upon real or personal property, and an abstract of any judgment or order for costs and counsel fees entered by the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. The abstract shall contain the following information:
(1) The title of the court and the names of all the parties to the judgment or order, designating particularly against whom it is rendered, and the firm name of all partnerships, if such appears in the pleadings;
(2) The style of the action and the amount of the debt, damages and costs recovered; or, in the case of a judgment or order affecting title to or a lien upon real or personal property, a designation of the property so affected; and
(3) The date of the actual entry of such judgment or order by notation thereof upon the Civil Docket.
(b) Child Support Judgments and Orders. When a child support judgment or order issued pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:17-56.23a is entered in the Superior Court Child Support Judgment Index of the Automated Child Support Enforcement System, it shall have the same force and effect as entry of an abstract in the Civil Judgment and Order Docket pursuant to paragraph (a) of this rule.
