Rule 7:7-11 Use of Acting Judges Pursuant to Standing Assignment Judge Order

(a) As to any pretrial application made when court is not in session for the issuance of a telephonic arrest warrant, R. 7:2-1(e); for the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), R. 5:7A; for the issuance of a search warrant, R.3:5-3(b) or R. 7:5-1(a); or for the setting of bail, R. 3:26-2(a) and R. 7:4-2(a), if no judge of that court is able to hear the application, an acting judge may be contacted pursuant to a standing order entered by the Assignment Judge that prescribes the sequence in which resort is made to any acting judges.

(b) An acting judge handling an application pursuant to paragraph (a) of this rule should make a record of the reason the application is not being handled by the court to which the application was first submitted.