2A:18-34. Statement and affidavit filed with clerk; transcript entry of judgment

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The clerk of the Superior Court, shall require that there be filed in his office a statement, signed by the clerk of the Special Civil Part in which the judgment was entered containing:

a. The name of the court,

b. The names of the parties to the action in which the judgment was rendered,

c. The name of the attorney, if any, of the party in whose favor the judgment was rendered,

d. The amount and date of the judgment and

e. The date of issue and return of execution, if any,

f. Which statement shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the party, his attorney or agent, in whose favor the judgment was rendered that, at the time of the filing of the statement a certain stated amount, not less than $10, was still due on the judgment.

Upon the filing of such statement, the clerk of the Superior Court shall enter in his docket a transcript of the judgment in words at length, containing the Special Civil Part in which the judgment was rendered, the style of the action, the names in full of the parties to the action, the name of the attorney, if any, of the party in whose favor the judgment was rendered, the amount recovered with costs, the substance of the return of the officer serving the process, and the amount stated to be due in the affidavit.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.52.