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.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2B:12-20
Municipal housing court; jurisdiction
Known as the State Judicial Unification Act
The act spans §§ 2B:10-1 to 2B:9-1 (254 sections).
L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 2003, c.295, s.29.
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