N.J.A.C. 4A:2-4.2 Time for appeal
N.J.A.C. 4A:2-4.2, Time for appeal. An appeal shall be made in writing to the Civil Service Commission no later than 20 days from the employee's receipt of written notification from the appoin Full text with 1 recorded amendment, 4 citing decisions.
Current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 14, July 20, 2026. Reviewed as of July 26, 2026.
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In plain language
Twenty days from receiving the written notice of termination or return to a former permanent title, in writing, to the Civil Service Commission. That is the deadline and there is no discretion built into it. The one relief valve is for the situation where the appointing authority never gave the notice 4A:2-4.1 requires: then the appeal must be filed within a reasonable time instead, with no fixed count of days. That relief depends on the notice actually being absent rather than merely late, and a late notice carries its own consequence under 4A:2-4.1, so establishing which of the two happened is the first thing to do.
Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:2-4.2. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.
(a) An appeal shall be made in writing to the Civil Service Commission no later than 20 days from the employee's receipt of written notification from the appointing authority of the termination from service or return to a former permanent title. #
(b) If the appointing authority fails to provide the notice as specified in N.J.A.C. 4A:2-4.1, an appeal must be filed within a reasonable time. #
Amendment history
Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 1 recorded change.
- AmendedR.2015 d.18647 N.J.R. 1689(a); 47 N.J.R. 2966(a)
How this rule has been applied
4 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:2-4.2. The list below is citations to those decisions, not the decisions. We have not written summaries for this section. A citation with no summary is deliberate: we do not paraphrase a decision we have not read. Nothing here is legal advice.
Civil Service Commission final determinations (3)
- In re Joyce Maldonado, Berkeley Twp, CSC Dkt. No. 2014-1502013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 934
- In re Ginger Ferrell New Lisbon Developmental Center Department of Human Services, CSC Docket No. 2013-13352013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 370Docket 2013-1335
- Sansalone v. Vineland Developmental Center92 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 22
Office of Administrative Law initial decisions (1)
- In re Drummond2006 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 629Docket CSV 6845-05