{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-43-12","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:43-12","heading":"Substitution of parties in legal action","body":"The new municipality shall be substituted, on its own application, as party  plaintiff or defendant in any suit pending in any court of law or equity, by or  against such old municipality.","path":["TITLE 40 MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES"],"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":"b72b07792eb6edc04400bdabd0d17499f34c7378c2b7a0ab4575572bfb47411a","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-43-11","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-43-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}