New Jersey Rules of Criminal Practice
Current through September 1, 2025
Part 3 · Scope
Part 3 · Pleadings and Motions Before Trial; Defenses and Objections
Part 3 · Defendant's Obligation to Provide Notice
Part 3 · Depositions; Discovery
Part 3 · Place of Trial; Foreign Juries
Part 3 · Joinder and Severance
Part 3 · Presence of the Defendant
Part 3 · Electronic Recordation
Part 3 · Motion for Judgment of Acquittal
Part 3 · Verdict
Part 3 · Contents of Complaint, Arrest Warrant and Summons
Part 3 · New Trial
Part 3 · Sentence and Judgment; Withdrawal of Plea; Presentence
- 3:21-1 Withdrawal of Plea
- 3:21-10 Reduction or Change of Sentence Deadlines
- 3:21-2 Presentence Procedure Deadlines
- 3:21-3 Diagnostic Center Report
- 3:21-4 Sentence Deadlines
- 3:21-4A Sentence, Murder Under N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) or N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(2)
- 3:21-5 Judgment Deadlines
- 3:21-6 Conviction of a Corporation
- 3:21-7 Probation and Suspended Sentence
- 3:21-8 Credit for Confinement Pending Sentence
- 3:21-9 Arrest of Judgment Deadlines
Part 3 · Post-conviction Relief
- 3:22-1 Petition for Relief
- 3:22-10 Presence of Defendant at Hearing
- 3:22-11 Determination; Findings and Conclusions; Judgment; Supplementary Orders Deadlines
- 3:22-12 Limitations Deadlines
- 3:22-13 Notice Requirements in Petitions for Post-Conviction Relief
- 3:22-2 Grounds
- 3:22-3 Exclusiveness of Remedy; Not Substitute for Appeal or Motion
- 3:22-4 Bar of Grounds Not Raised in Prior Proceedings; Bar of Second or Subsequent Petitions; Exceptions
- 3:22-5 Bar of Ground Expressly Adjudicated
- 3:22-6 Indigents; Waiver of Fees; Assignment of Counsel, and Grant of Transcript; Assigned Counsel May Not Withdraw
- 3:22-6A Notifying Court of Assignment; Filing of Appearance Deadlines
- 3:22-7 Docketing; Service on Prosecutor; Assignment for Disposition
- 3:22-8 Contents of Petition; Verification
- 3:22-9 Amendments of Pleadings; Answer or Motion by Prosecutor Deadlines
Part 3 · Appeals From Judgments of Conviction in Courts of Limited
- 3:23-1 Exclusive Method of Review
- 3:23-2 Appeal; How Taken; Time Deadlines
- 3:23-3 Notice of Appeal; Contents
- 3:23-4 Duties of Clerks of the Trial Court and Superior Court, Law Division
- 3:23-5 Relief Pending Appeal
- 3:23-6 Transmittal of Recognizance or Cash Deposit
- 3:23-7 Dismissal of Appeal
- 3:23-8 Hearing on Appeal Deadlines
- 3:23-9 Prosecuting Attorney Defined
Part 3 · Appeals From Orders in Courts of Limited Criminal Jurisdiction
Part 3 · Consolidated Dispositions
Part 3 · Bail
- 3:26-1 Right to Bail Before Conviction Deadlines
- 3:26-2 Authority to Set Bail Deadlines
- 3:26-3 Bail for Witness Deadlines
- 3:26-4 Form and Place of Deposit; Location of Real Estate; Record of Recognizances, Discharge and Forfeiture Thereof
- 3:26-5 Justification of Sureties
- 3:26-6 Forfeiture Deadlines
- 3:26-7 Exoneration
- 3:26-8 Bail Sufficiency; Source Hearing
Part 3 · Pretrial Intervention ProgramsGuidelines for Operation of Pretrial Intervention in New Jersey
Part 3 · Statement of Reasons for Disposition of Motion or Application
Part 3 · Summons or Warrant Upon Complaint
Part 3 · Fees for Expungement of Records
Part 3 · Proceedings Before the Committing Judge; Pretrial Release
- 3:4-1 Procedure After Arrest Deadlines
- 3:4-2 First Appearance After Filing of Complaint Deadlines
- 3:4-3 Hearing as to Probable Cause on Indictable Offenses Deadlines
- 3:4-4 Proceedings in Arrest Under Uniform Fresh Pursuit Law
- 3:4-5 Effect of Technical Insufficiency or Irregularity in the Proceedings
Part 3 · Search Warrants
Part 3 · The Grand Jury
- 3:6-1 Summoning the Grand Jury
- 3:6-10 Discharge; Continuance of Term Deadlines
- 3:6-11 Impanelment and Judicial Supervision of State Grand Jury
- 3:6-2 Objections to Grand Jury and Grand Jurors Deadlines
- 3:6-3 Supervising and Charging the Grand Jury
- 3:6-4 Foreperson; Deputy Foreperson
- 3:6-5 Clerk
- 3:6-6 Who May Be Present; Record and Transcript Deadlines
- 3:6-7 Secrecy of Proceedings
- 3:6-8 Finding and Return of Indictment; No Bill
- 3:6-9 Finding and Return of Presentment Deadlines
Part 3 · Indictment and Accusation
- 3:7-1 Entitling of Papers
- 3:7-10 Execution of Service; Return Deadlines
- 3:7-2 Use of Indictment or Accusation
- 3:7-3 Nature and Contents of Indictment or Accusation; Timing of Supplemental Indictment Deadlines
- 3:7-4 Amendment of Indictment or Accusation
- 3:7-5 Bill of Particulars Deadlines
- 3:7-6 Joinder of Offenses
- 3:7-7 Joinder of Defendants
- 3:7-8 Issuance of Warrant or Summons Upon Indictment or Accusation
- 3:7-9 Form of Warrant and Summons