The Law Mind

Entry Of Satisfaction Of Judgments And Decrees

D.N.J. L.Civ.R. 79.3

Satisfaction of a money judgment recovered in this District, or registered in this District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1963, shall be entered by the Clerk, as follows: (a) Upon the filing of a warrant of satisfaction executed and acknowledged by (1) the judgment- creditor or his or her attorney of record; or (2) the assignee of the judgment-creditor, with evidence of the assignment. (b) Upon the filing of a warrant of satisfaction executed by the United States Attorney, if the judgmentcreditor is the United States. (c) Upon the registration of a certified copy of a satisfaction of the judgment entered in another district.
Official source: https://www.njd.uscourts.gov/sites/njd/files/CompleteLocalRules.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-23