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N.J. Ct. R. 7:2-5
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Rule 7:2-5 Defective Warrant or Summons; Amendment
Rule 7:2 — Process
Rule Text
No person arrested under a warrant or appearing in response to a summons shall be discharged from custody or dismissed because of any technical insufficiency or irregularity in the warrant or summons, but the warrant or summons may be amended to remedy any such technical defect.
Amendment history: Source-R. (1969) 7:2, 7:3-1, 3:3-4(a). Adopted October 6, 1997 as Rule 7:2-4 to be effective February 1, 1998; redesignated as Rule 7:2-5 July 28, 2004 to be effective September 1, 2004./em>