Rule Text
Appeals shall be taken in accordance with R. 3:23, 3:24, and 4:74-3, and in extraordinary cases and in the interest of justice, in accordance with R. 2:2-3(c).
Amendment history: Source – R. (1969) 7:8-1. Adopted October 6, 1997 to be effective February 1, 1998; amended July 28, 2004 to be effective September 1, 2002; amended July 19, 2012 to be effective September 4, 2012; amended August 5, 2022 to be effective September 1, 2022.
Plain-English Summary (for reference only — not a substitute for the rule text above)
This summary is not the rule. The rule text controls.
If you lose your case in municipal court, you have the right to appeal the decision to a higher court. This means you can ask another court to review what happened and decide if the outcome was correct.
Most appeals follow specific sets of rules depending on the type of case. Criminal and quasi-criminal cases follow one set of rules, while civil cases follow another. In rare situations where serious injustice may have occurred, there is a separate process that allows for an appeal even outside the normal rules.