New Jersey Statutes
§ 2B:12-20 — Municipal housing court; jurisdiction.
New Jersey § 2B:12-20
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Bluebook
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2B:12-20 (2026).
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2B:12-20. Municipal housing court; jurisdiction. A municipality in a county of the first class may establish, as a part of its municipal court, a full-time municipal housing court. Municipal housing courts shall have jurisdiction over actions for eviction involving property in the municipality which are transferred to the municipal housing court by the Special Civil Part of the Superior Court. L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 2003, c.295, s.29.
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§ 2B:12-1
Establishment of municipal courts.§ 2B:12-12
Bond or insurance§ 2B:12-13
Powers of administrator§ 2B:12-14
Officers empowered to execute process§ 2B:12-15
Courtrooms and equipment§ 2B:12-16
Territorial jurisdiction.§ 2B:12-17
Jurisdiction of specified offenses§ 2B:12-17.1
Responsibility for notification.§ 2B:12-18.1
Complaints, county, State Police, Statewide, county law enforcement agency, heard in municipal court.§ 2B:12-2
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New Jersey § 2B:12-20, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nj/2B/2B%3A12-20.