Rule 1:18B-1. Obligation to Report

(a) General Every Supreme Court justice, Superior Court judge, Tax Court judge, and Municipal Court judge shall annually submit a financial reporting statement to the Supreme Court. This reporting requirement applies to both sitting judges and retired judges who have been recalled to active judicial service.

(b) Form of Report The annual judicial financial reporting statement shall be in a form promulgated by the Administrative Director and approved by the Supreme Court. It shall cover the judge, the judge=s spouse, and the judge=s dependent children residing in the same domicile.

(c) To Whom to Submit Report The annual judicial financial reporting statements are to be submitted to the Supreme Court in care of the Administrative Director of the Courts. Supreme Court justices, Superior Court judges, and Tax Court judges shall submit their reporting statements directly to the Administrative Director. Municipal Court judges shall submit their reporting statements to their Assignment Judge, who in turn will forward the reporting statements to the Administrative Director.

(d) Date By Which to Submit Report The annual judicial financial reporting statements for each calendar year must be submitted to the Administrative Director, or in the case of a Municipal Court judge to his or her Assignment Judge, no later than May 15 of the following year.

(e) Requests for Extension of Time to Submit Report A judge may for good cause request an extension of time, not to exceed sixty days, within which to submit a judicial financial reporting statement. Such requests shall be in writing to the Administrative Director of the Courts, or in the case of a Municipal Court judge to his or her Assignment Judge.

(f) Failure to Submit Report or to Submit Complete Report If by May 15 a judge has not submitted either a fully completed judicial financial reporting statement for the preceding calendar year or a written request for an extension pursuant to paragraph (e), the Administrative Director, or in the case of a Municipal Court judge his or her Assignment Judge, shall inform the judge in writing that he or she has not satisfied the requirements of this Rule. In the case of a Municipal Court judge the Assignment Judge shall forward a contemporaneous copy of that notice to the Administrative Director. If the judge does not submit the required reporting statement within fifteen days of such notice, the Administrative Director shall refer the matter to the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct.