Civil Court Rules and Jury Charges

Kenneth Vercammen & Associates, P.C.
2053 Woodbridge Avenue - Edison, NJ 08817

Thursday, September 3, 2009

4:101-5. Assignments of, Postponement of Lien of, or Warrant to Satisfy Judgments; Entry of Satisfaction

4:101-5. Assignments of, Postponement of Lien of, or Warrant to Satisfy Judgments; Entry of Satisfaction

(a) Assignments; Postponements; Warrants. The Clerk of the Superior Court shall enter upon the Civil Judgment and Order Docket, if the judgment is entered therein, and otherwise in the Civil Docket or other book in which the judgment or lien has been entered, a notation of the filing or lodging with the clerk for record of any assignment of, postponement of the lien of, or warrant to satisfy, any judgment. Such notation shall appear at a discernible place on or at the entry of such judgment in said docket or book.

(b) Entry of Satisfaction-Generally. Where a judgment is satisfied, the entry of satisfaction may be made at any discernible place on or at the entry of such judgment on the Civil Judgment and Order Docket or other book in which it may be entered.

(c) Entry of Satisfaction-Child Support Judgments and Orders. If a child support judgment or order entered in the Child Support Judgment Index requires payment to an individual obligee, the obligee shall execute a warrant of satisfaction as of the date requested by or on behalf of the obligor. If the order or judgment requires payment through a probation department, the Chief Probation Officer shall issue, upon request, a certification as to the amount due in the form prescribed by Appendix XIII to these rules, and the warrant of satisfaction shall be signed by both the creditor and the Chief Probation Officer.