S3302 • 2026

Establishes requirement that county prosecutor reside in county of appointment during term of appointment and until qualified successor is appointed.

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Sponsor: Corrado, Kristin M.
Last action: 2026-02-02
Official status: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Establishes requirement that county prosecutor reside in county of appointment during term of appointment and until qualified successor is appointed.

What This Bill Does

Establishes requirement that county prosecutor reside in county of appointment during term of appointment and until qualified successor is appointed.
Topic: Judiciary Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-02-02 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee

Official Summary Text

Establishes requirement that county prosecutor reside in county of appointment during term of appointment and until qualified successor is appointed.
Topic:
Judiciary
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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S3302

SENATE, No. 3302

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 2, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes requirement that county prosecutor reside
in county of appointment during term of appointment and until qualified
successor is appointed.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
establishing a residency requirement for county
prosecutors and amending N.J.S.2A:158-1.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� N.J.S.2A:158-1 is
amended to read as follows:

���� 2A:158-1.� There shall be
appointed, for each county, by the governor with the advice and consent of the
senate to serve for a term of 5 years and until the appointment and
qualification of his successor, some fit person who shall have been admitted to
the practice of law in this state for at least 5 years, who shall be known as
the county prosecutor and who, except as otherwise provided by law, shall
prosecute the pleas of the state in such county and shall have all of the
powers and perform all of the duties formerly had and performed by the
prosecutor of the pleas of such county. As the term of the prosecutor of the
pleas of any county shall expire there shall be appointed in his place and
stead such county prosecutor.

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During the term of
appointment, and until the appointment and qualification of a successor, the
county prosecutor shall reside in the county of the appointment.

(cf: P.L.1951 (1st SS), c.344, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill establishes a county
residency requirement for each county prosecutor appointed to the position by
the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.� Under the bill, a
person appointed to the position of county prosecutor, shall, for the term of
the appointment and until the appointment and qualification of a successor,
reside in the county of the appointment.