{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-12-26","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2B:12-26","heading":"Docketing judgment","body":"Docketing judgment.  A judgment of a municipal court assessing a penalty, fine or restitution may be docketed in the Superior Court by the party recovering the judgment.\nA judgment docketed in the Superior Court shall operate, from the time of the docketing, as though the judgment was obtained in an action originally commenced in the Superior Court.\nAfter a judgment has been docketed in the Superior Court, the municipal court shall not issue an execution or hold proceedings in the case except that the municipal court may grant a new trial or process an appeal.\nIf a new trial is granted or an appeal taken after a judgment is docketed, the Superior Court shall not issue an execution on the judgment pending the final determination of the proceedings.\nSource:  C.2A:8-42, C.2A:8-43, C.2A:8-48, C.2A:8-51, C.2A:8-52, C.2A:8-53 (P.L.1968, c.460, ss. 1,2,7,10,11,12).\nL.1993,c.293,s.1.","path":["TITLE 2B COURT ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL CODE"],"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":"7e6d201663bc34a7f7dfe7bcb96e130a065e00a6d54a0b5d60d77e235f7f6fd4","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-12-25","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-12-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}