Part 6 · General Provisions; Rules of Administration

Rule 6:12-3. Supporting Personnel

Amended July 19, 2012 (current)

(a) Officers' Bonds; Fiscal Accounts All officers executing writs issued out of the Special Civil Part upon which money may be collected shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, file in the office of the clerk a bond in such sum and form as prescribed by the Administrative Director of the Courts. Such officers shall maintain such fiscal records, subject to such audit, as the Administrative Director of the Courts prescribes.

(b) Substitution for Officer Deceased or Otherwise Unable to Act When an officer dies or becomes incapacitated or for any other reason is unable to act, the court shall by order appoint another officer on the approved list of the court to proceed with and complete the execution of all writs which had been delivered to the deceased or incapacitated officer for execution with the same power in all things yet to be done as the officer would have had, had the executions been delivered to the officer originally and had the officer done what was done by the officer's predecessor, except that the officer shall not be liable for any error or default of the officer to whom the executions were originally delivered.