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New Jersey Administrative Law Decisions

This is a full-text archive of Administrative Law decisions in the state of New Jersey.  It contains opinions issued by the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law, and from individual departments and commissions dating from October, 1997. Also included are decisions from 1982 to 1991 (The New Jersey Administrative Reports, 1st Series). Please note that documents from the NJAR 1d include both the initial and final decisions in a case, while the documents issued from 1997 forward have initial and final decisions issued as separate documents

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Database last updated on Fri Jul 19 15:48:50 EDT 2024

SEARCH THE N.J. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW INITIAL DECISIONS

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LIST ALL (Initial and Final) DECISIONS BY AGENCY

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FIND A DOCUMENT BY DOCKET NUMBER

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NOTE: All OAL docket numbers start with a three letter department code, then between three and six numbers, a dash, and a two letter year code. For example: eds8604-96 is a valid docket number. The dash before the year code is mandatory. Do not include any spaces between characters.

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SEARCH FOR CASES BY JUDGE OR PARTY NAME

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NOTES FOR USERS:

We have a large number of final decisions available for viewing or download.  For technical reasons, we are only able to make them available in Adobe Acrobat format.  Click Here for listings of these decisions with links. In addition, note that at the top of each initial decision, there is a link to any related final (as well as other related initial decisions) that we have. A good search strategy is to search the initial decisions for a case you want, and then use the initial decision's links to get to the final decisions.

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INITIAL v. FINAL DECISIONS:  Most decisions issued by the Office of Administrative Law are not final administrative decisions, but are "Initial Decisions." These are subject to review by the head of the transmitting agency, who may adopt, reject, or modify the initial decision within 45 days of receipt. N.J.S.A. 52:14B-10(c).  Certain matters, such as Special Education cases ("EDS docket numbers), are final administrative decisions.  The status of a decision as initial or final is stated at the top of each document.