NJ COURT
RULE 1:38. All court records are public and available for inspection and
copying, unless specifically barred
All records which are
required by statute or rule to be made, maintained or kept on file by any
court, office or official within the judicial branch of government shall be deemed
a public record and shall be available for public inspection and copying, as
provided by law, except:
(a) Personnel and
pension records;
(b) County probation
department records pertaining to investigations
and reports made for
a court or pertaining to persons on probation;
(c) Completed jury
questionnaires, which shall be for the exclusive use
and information of
the jury commissioners and the Assignment Judge, and
the preliminary lists
of jurors prepared pursuant to N.J.S. 2A:70-1 and
2, which shall be
confidential unless otherwise ordered by the
Assignment Judge;
(d) Records required
by statute or rule to be kept confidential or
withheld from
indiscriminate public inspection;
(e) Records in any
matter which a court has ordered impounded or kept
confidential;
(f) Records of
programs approved for operation under R. 3:28 and
reports made for a
court or prosecuting attorney pertaining to persons
enrolled in or under
investigation for enrollment in such programs;
(g) Records of
programs approved for operation under R. 7:8-1;
(h) Reports required
to be prepared by trial court judges and municipal
court judges on a
weekly, monthly, or other basis and submitted to the
Administrative
Director of the Courts pursuant to R. 1:32-1;
(i) Records and
information obtained and maintained by the Judicial
Performance Committee
pursuant to R. 1:35A, except as otherwise
provided in that
rule;
(j) Discovery
materials obtained by the criminal division manager's
office from the
prosecutor pursuant to R. 3:9-1 and R. 3:13-3.
