New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 51 - PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES BEFORE THE DIVISION OF INSPECTION SERVICES BUS UNIT
Subchapter 2 - PLEADINGS
Section 16:51-2.2 - Formal requirements for pleadings

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 16:51-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The form and size for pleadings shall be as follows:

1. Except where otherwise specifically provided, all pleadings and other papers filed under these rules shall be typewritten or printed, cut or folded to 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size.

2. They shall be double spaced except that quotations may be single spaced and indented.

3. Where larger sheets are required for exhibits, they shall be folded substantially to the size herein prescribed.

4. Any process may be used for the reproduction of typewriting provided all copies are clear and permanently legible.

(b) Signature shall be as follows:

1. All pleadings must be signed in ink by the attorney of record, if any.

2. When a firm acts as attorney of record, the signature shall be in the name of the firm, followed by the signature of the partner or associate acting on behalf of the firm.

3. When a party acts on his own behalf under these rules, signature shall be by the party, except that in the case of a corporation, signature shall be by the attorney duly authorized by the corporation to sign in its behalf.

4. Except for a sole proprietor, no business entity shall appear in a contested case except by an attorney.

5. Beneath the signature of every attorney of record, party or other person appearing on a paper to be filed, there shall be typed, stamped or printed his name and address.

(c) There shall be included at the head of the pleading or on a title page a caption setting forth the name of the Division, the title of the action, the docket number, if known, and the designation of the nature of the pleading.

(d) Description of parties shall be as follows:

1. The title of the action shall include the legal names of all parties.

2. The first pleading of any party shall state the party's address; and, if the party is an entity other than a natural person, there shall also be set forth the state in which, and the law under which, the party was incorporated or otherwise organized.

(e) Designation of persons to whom communications should be sent is as follows:

1. Petitions or other pleadings filed with the Division by or on behalf of any person shall state the name, title, and address of the agent to whom correspondence or communications concerning the matter are to be sent.

2. (No change.)

(f) Attestation and verification shall be as follows:

1. All pleadings initiating a proceeding or otherwise seeking affirmative relief shall be verified, except for those matters brought upon either the Divisions own motion or the motion of the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey.

2. If a party is represented by an attorney, the original of each paper filed shall be signed in ink by the attorney, whose address shall be stated. The signature of the attorney constitutes a certification that the representative:
i. Has read the pleading, document or paper;

ii. Is authorized to file it;

iii. Believes that there is good ground for the document; and

iv. Has not interposed the document for delay.

3. A pleading, document or paper signed as in (f)2 above need not be verified or accompanied by affidavit unless required elsewhere in these rules.

4. The original of each document not signed by an attorney must be:
i. Signed in ink;

ii. Accompanied by the signer's address; and

iii. Verified, if it contains allegations of fact, under oath or affirmation by the person on whose behalf it is filed, or by a duly authorized officer of the corporation on whose behalf it is filed. If the pleading is a complaint petition, at least one complainant must sign and verify the pleading.

(g) Unless otherwise required by the Division, there shall be filed with the Division an original and copy of every pleading.

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