{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-18-38","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:18-38","heading":"Operation and effect of docketed judgment in general","body":"A judgment docketed in the Superior Court in the manner herein provided shall, from the time of its docketing, operate as though it were a judgment obtained in an action originally commenced in the Superior Court other than in the Special Civil Part.\nL.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.56.","path":["TITLE 2A ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"093e5ee1e88ec99e2d278c89e080109e33212f1ae72deaf2b84e7bccd04a11cf","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-18-37","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-18-39"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}