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NJ Rev Stat § 2A:66-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:66-2 - Effect of new or supplemental certificate

2A:66-2. Effect of new or supplemental certificate  If it shall appear by the new or supplemental certificate made pursuant to such order that the action or determination in question was actually had, made or taken, but was accidentally or inadvertently omitted from the record, the new or supplemental certificate made pursuant to such order shall have the same force and effect as if the facts therein certified had been contained in the original record, and the record before the court shall be considered as amended by such new or supplemental certificate. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:66-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:66-3 - Assessment of property by court; lien of assessment; exception

2A:66-3. Assessment of property by court; lien of assessment; exception  If, in a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ to review an assessment for a local or public improvement, the assessment is set aside or reversed only as to the plaintiff in such proceeding, and the property in which such assessment was assessed is in fact liable to assessment in respect to the purpose for which such assessment was made, the superior court shall, upon application for that purpose, determine for what sum such property is liable to be assessed, and by its judgment fix the amount of such assessment. The assessment so fixed shall be and remain a first lien upon such property and collectible in the same manner as the balance of the original assessment. This section shall not apply to any assessment set aside or reversed more than three years prior to the making of the application. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:66-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:66-5 - Burden of proof on attorney general

2A:66-5. Burden of proof on attorney general  In any proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ instituted by the attorney general, by virtue of his office, to ascertain by what right a person holds any public office, he shall, at the trial, prove affirmatively all the facts alleged in the complaint and not admitted in the answer. The defendant shall not be required to offer evidence until such facts are proven, and then only to controvert the same. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:66-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:66-6 - Who may institute

2A:66-6. Who may institute  A proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ may also be instituted as of right against any person for usurping, intruding into or unlawfully holding or executing any office or franchise in this state, by any person who, under the former practice, would have the requisite interest to exhibit an information in the nature of a quo warranto with the leave of court. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:66-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:66-7 - Judgment

2A:66-7. Judgment  If, in a proceeding instituted pursuant to section 2A:66-6 of this title, the defendant shall be found guilty of usurping or intruding into or unlawfully holding or executing any such office or franchise, the court may give judgment of ouster against him and fine him. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:66-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:66-8 - Who may institute

2A:66-8. Who may institute  A proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ may be instituted as of right against any person for usurping, intruding into or unlawfully holding or executing any municipal office or franchise in this state, by any person who believes himself lawfully entitled to such office or franchise. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:66-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:66-9 - Bond of plaintiff

2A:66-9. Bond of plaintiff  Upon filing the complaint, the plaintiff shall execute a bond to the defendant in the amount of $200 and with such surety or sureties as the court may require, conditioned to prosecute such action diligently and to pay costs to the defendant if he shall be entitled thereto. The bond shall be approved by a superior court judge and filed. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:66-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:66-10 - Time to answer; extension

2A:66-10. Time to answer; extension  If the bond mentioned in section 2A:80-9 of this title has not been filed at the time the defendant is served, the defendant's time to answer shall not begin to run until such bond is filed. For good cause the court may, in any case, grant the defendant further time to answer, which shall not, without the consent of the plaintiff, exceed 10 days where there has been personal service. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:66-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:66-11 - Affidavit annexed to answer

2A:66-11. Affidavit annexed to answer  The answer of each defendant shall have annexed to it his affidavit stating that the allegations in the answer are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, and that the answer is not filed for the purpose of delay. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:66-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:66-12 - Determination of title; judgment and enforcement thereof

2A:66-12. Determination of title; judgment and enforcement thereof  The title of plaintiff to the office or franchise in question shall be determined in the proceedings. If it is determined that the plaintiff has title thereto, he shall have judgment establishing his title and ousting the defendant, and upon the entry of such judgment he shall be entitled at once to enter, possess and enjoy such office or franchise. Upon the entry of such judgment, the court may order the defendant to surrender immediately such office or franchise, with all the books, papers and insignia thereof, to the plaintiff. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:66-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:66-13 - Appeal not to affect entry of plaintiff; bond

2A:66-13. Appeal not to affect entry of plaintiff; bond  No appeal or other proceeding shall affect the right of the plaintiff to immediate entry into such office or franchise in accordance with the judgment of the court or order entered in conformity therewith, provided the plaintiff, upon his entry, shall give bond to the defendant in such sum and with such surety as the court may approve, conditioned to repay to the defendant so much of the emoluments of the office or franchise during the plaintiff's incumbency therein to which the defendant may be adjudged to be entitled, as well as the costs of the defendant, in the event of the reversal of the judgment of ouster of the defendant. Such bond shall be approved by a superior court judge and filed. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:66-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:66-14 - Certificate on recount of votes; prima facie evidence of right to office

2A:66-14. Certificate on recount of votes; prima facie evidence of right to office  If there shall have been a recount of the votes cast at the election at which the plaintiff and defendant claim to have been elected, the certificate given by a judge of the superior court of the result of such recount pursuant to statute shall be prima facie evidence of the right of the person holding the same to the office and to a judgment accordingly. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-1 - Construction of chapter

2A:67-1. Construction of chapter  This chapter shall be liberally construed so as to secure, as far as possible, the liberty of the citizen. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-2 - Chapter not generally applicable to habeas corpus ad testificandum

2A:67-2. Chapter not generally applicable to habeas corpus ad testificandum  No provision of this chapter shall apply to the writ of habeas corpus when used to bring a prisoner before a court as a witness, unless it is expressly made applicable thereto. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-3 - Issuance of writ without application

2A:67-3. Issuance of writ without application  When the superior court shall have evidence from any judicial proceeding had before it that a person within this state is illegally confined or restrained of his liberty, such court shall issue a writ of habeas corpus for his relief, although no application be made for such writ. If the writ is granted by the court on its own motion, no fee shall be allowed. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-4 - Prisoner not to be removed except in certain cases

2A:67-4. Prisoner not to be removed except in certain cases  No person committed to a prison or in the custody of an officer or other person for a criminal or supposed criminal matter shall be removed from such prison or custody into the custody of any other officer or person, except: a. By habeas corpus or other legal writ or process; or b. Where he is delivered to a constable or other inferior officer in accordance with law; or c. Where he is sent by order of a court, judge or magistrate to a workhouse or house of correction; or d. Where he is removed to another place, within the county, for his trial or discharge in due course of law; or e. In case of sudden fire or infection or other necessity. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-5 - Penalty for signing and executing warrant for removal contrary to chapter

2A:67-5. Penalty for signing and executing warrant for removal contrary to chapter  If, after such commitment mentioned in section 2A:67-4 of this title, a person shall make out, sign or countersign a warrant for the removal of any person, so committed, contrary to this chapter, he and the officer or person obeying or executing the same shall, for every such offense, forfeit to the person aggrieved the sum of $500 to be recovered in a civil action. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-6 - Sending citizen as prisoner out of State for offense committed within State; action for damages; punishment; disqualification; exceptions

2A:67-6. Sending citizen as prisoner out of State for offense committed within State; action for damages; punishment; disqualification; exceptions  2A:67-6. For preventing illegal imprisonment of citizens of this State in prisons out of this State, no citizen of this State who is an inhabitant or resident thereof, shall be sent as a prisoner to any place whatsoever out of this State, for any crime or offense committed within this State, and every such imprisonment is hereby declared to be illegal unless such transfer of such person to a place of confinement outside the State is accomplished pursuant to the provisions of any interstate compact approved by the Legislature for such purpose and to which the State is signatory.  If any such citizen shall be so imprisoned, except as provided for herein by compact, he may, for every such imprisonment, maintain, by virtue of this chapter, an action at law in the Superior Court for the damages sustained thereby, against the person by whom he shall be so committed, detained, imprisoned, sent prisoner or transported contrary to the true intent and meaning of this chapter, and against any person who shall frame, contrive, write, seal, sign, or countersign any warrant or writing for such commitment, detainer, imprisonment or transportation, or who shall advise, aid or assist in the same or any of them. In such action the plaintiff may recover penal as well as compensatory damages but in any case the damages shall not be less than $1,500.00.  Any person who shall knowingly frame, contrive, write, seal, sign or countersign any warrant for such commitment, detainer, or transportation, or shall so commit, detain, imprison or transport any person contrary to this chapter, or advise, aid or assist therein, shall be fined or imprisoned at hard labor, or both, at the discretion of the court before which the conviction shall be had and shall in addition thereto, from thenceforth be disqualified from holding any office or trust or profit under this State.  Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the sending of a citizen of this State or person at any time resident therein, who has committed any treason, felony or misdemeanor in another state of the United States or in any foreign country, to such other state or foreign country having jurisdiction of such offense, for the purpose of being tried therefor.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1973,c.16; 1991,c.91,s.111.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-7 - Discharge on criminal charge not extended to discharge on civil process

2A:67-7. Discharge on criminal charge not extended to discharge on civil process  Nothing in this chapter shall extend to discharge out of prison any person in custody by virtue of a judgment, order or process in any civil cause unless by virtue of the proceedings had for that purpose under authority of this chapter. A discharge, under this chapter, from imprisonment under a criminal charge shall not have the effect of discharging from prison a person imprisoned by virtue of any civil judgment, order or process but the person so discharged shall be kept in custody in such civil cause until discharged by proceedings had for that purpose. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-8 - Warrant in lieu of writ; arrest of person having custody of person detained

2A:67-8. Warrant in lieu of writ; arrest of person having custody of person detained  A judge of the superior court may, when it shall appear by satisfactory proof that anyone is held in illegal confinement or custody and there is good reason to believe that he will be taken out of the state or suffer some irreparable injury before he can be relieved by the issuance of a habeas corpus, issue a warrant under his hand and seal reciting the facts and directed to any sheriff, constable or other person, commanding him to take the prisoner and forthwith bring him before the court to be dealt with according to law. If the proof shall also be sufficient to justify an arrest of the person having the prisoner in his custody, as for a criminal offense committed in the taking or detaining of the prisoner, the warrant may also contain an order for the arrest of such person for such offense. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-9 - Service of warrant; return

2A:67-9. Service of warrant; return  Any officer or person to whom the warrant mentioned in section 2A:67-8 of this title shall be directed shall execute the same by bringing the prisoner named therein, and the person who detains him, if so commanded by the warrant, before the court or judge issuing the same. Thereupon the person detaining such prisoner shall make a return in like manner and the like proceedings shall be had as if a writ of habeas corpus had been issued in the first instance. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-10 - Proceedings against person detaining prisoner

2A:67-10. Proceedings against person detaining prisoner  If the person having the prisoner in his custody shall be brought before the superior court, as for a criminal offense, he shall be examined, committed, bailed or discharged in like manner as in other criminal cases of like nature. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-11 - Limitation of action for offenses against chapter

2A:67-11. Limitation of action for offenses against chapter  No person shall be liable to an action for any offense against this chapter unless the action is commenced against such person so offending within 2 years after the offense is committed; but if the person aggrieved shall be in prison, by reason of such wrongful act, then within 2 years after the decease of such party while in prison or his deliverance out of prison whichever shall happen first. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-12 - Witnesses, production of prisoners or inmates as

2A:67-12. Witnesses, production of prisoners or inmates as  Upon the issuance of a writ by any court of competent jurisdiction of the United States or of another state, requiring the production before it of any prisoner or inmate of a penal or correctional institution in the state of New Jersey, as a witness in a criminal case or for prosecution as a defendant charged with crime, the keeper or person in charge of such institution, with the consent and approval of the attorney general, upon such conditions as the attorney general shall prescribe, shall produce or cause to be produced the inmate or prisoner according to the requirements of said writ. The attorney general shall require the return of the prisoner or inmate to the institution from which taken, immediately upon the conclusion of such prosecution or testimony, and shall require the authorities of the demanding jurisdiction to pay or indemnify the keeper or person in charge of such institution for all expenses incurred. He shall decline to honor such writs when in his opinion the same would not be in the furtherance of justice. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-13 - Who may prosecute writ.

2A:67-13 Who may prosecute writ.  2A:67-13. Except as provided in N.J.S.2A:67-14, a person may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus, in accordance with this chapter, to inquire into the cause of the person's imprisonment or restraint, if the person is: a. committed, detained, confined, or restrained of liberty, within this State, for a criminal or supposed criminal matter; b. in custody by virtue of civil process issued out of a court in this State; c. committed, detained, confined, or restrained of liberty, within this State, under any pretense; d. in confinement on a charge of a criminal offense, which is of a bailable nature, for the purpose of posting bail; or e. confined in a psychiatric facility, for the purpose of determining whether the person is in need of commitment to treatment. f. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2013, c.103) g. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2013, c.103) h. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2013, c.103) If sufficient cause appears, the complaint may be filed and the writ may be prosecuted by another on behalf of the person entitled to prosecute the writ. amended 2013, c.103, s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-14 - Who may not prosecute writ

2A:67-14. Who may not prosecute writ  The persons hereinafter specified shall not be entitled to prosecute writ of habeas corpus: a. Any person committed or restrained of his liberty by virtue of any process issued by any court of the United States, or any judge thereof, in cases where such court or judge has or shall have acquired exclusive jurisdiction. b. Any person committed or restrained of his liberty by virtue of a final judgment of a competent tribunal of civil or criminal jurisdiction or by virtue of any process issued pursuant thereto, but no order of commitment for an alleged contempt, or upon contempt proceedings, to enforce the rights or remedies of a party or any process issued upon such order shall be deemed a final judgment or a process issued pursuant to a final judgment within the meaning of this section. c. Any person in custody or restrained of his liberty for any capital crime plainly and specially expressed in the warrant or commitment, unless the judge to whom the application is made, as an act of discretion, shall direct the issuance of the writ. d. Any person in custody or restrained of his liberty on any civil process who does not show either that he has, prior to applying for the writ, exhausted the other remedies available to him in the courts of this state to secure his release or that such remedies are or will be ineffective to protect his rights. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-15 - Power and authority to issue writ

2A:67-15. Power and authority to issue writ  The power and authority to issue writs of habeas corpus shall be and reside in: a. The superior court and each judge thereof. b. Each county judge, who shall have concurrent jurisdiction in his county with the judges of the superior court to grant such writ in all criminal cases where a person may be confined in prison or detained in custody, and to hear and determine the same in like manner as though the application had been made before a judge of the superior court. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:67-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:67-16 - Application by complaint; contempts; verification

2A:67-16. Application by complaint; contempts; verification  Application for the writ shall be made, by complaint, either by the party for whose relief it is intended or by some person in his behalf, and shall be duly verified. The complaint shall allege (a) the facts concerning the commitment, confinement or restraint of the person for whose relief the action has been instituted; (b) the place of such confinement or restraint; (c) the name of the person who has custody over him or by whom he is confined or restrained; (d) the cause or pretense of such confinement or restraint, if known; and (e) if the confinement or restraint is alleged to be illegal, in what the alleged illegality consists. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344