{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-12-5","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2B:12-5","heading":"Additional municipal judges.","body":"Additional municipal judges.  a.  With the written consent of the Assignment Judge of the vicinage, a county or municipality may:\n(1)  increase the number of judgeships of the municipal court, or\n(2)  appoint one or more temporary municipal judges.\nb.  A temporary judge is an additional judge of the municipal court appointed to meet a special need of limited duration.  The procedure for appointment of temporary municipal judges shall be the same as that for other municipal judges, but each term of a temporary judge shall not exceed one year.\nL.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.4.","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":"0d3f64375dc0c566baa5c6d7c0a574c64e5415a992f5a413fa5d8dd506e9c739","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-12-4","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2b-12-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}