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N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.8 Correction of errors

N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.8, Correction of errors. The Civil Service Commission staff may correct an error at any time during the life of an eligible list. (b) The Chairperson or designee shall determine whe Full text with 1 recorded amendment, 2 citing decisions.

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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

Civil Service Commission staff may correct an error at any time during the life of an eligible list, and a correction can change where somebody ranks. Whether it disturbs certifications or appointments already made is a separate decision, and it belongs to the Chairperson or designee rather than to the staff member fixing the record. Adding a name that was never on the list, as opposed to correcting one that is, runs through 4A:4-3.6, which sets out the five circumstances in which an addition is permitted and who decides its effect.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.8. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) The Civil Service Commission staff may correct an error at any time during the life of an eligible list. #

(b) The Chairperson or designee shall determine whether such correction shall affect any prior appointments or certifications. #

(c) Corrections of errors may result in a change in ranking. See N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.6. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 1 recorded change.

  1. AmendedR.2017 d.142
    49 N.J.R. 492(a); 49 N.J.R. 2239(a)

How this rule has been applied

2 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.8. 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.

Superior Court (1)
  • Nunan v. New Jersey Dept. of Personnel244 N.J.Super. 494; 582 A.2d 1266
Civil Service Commission final determinations (1)
  • In re Brett, et al., Human Serv. Specialist 4 (PC1644U), Monmouth Cnty., CSC Docket Nos. 2018-3551 and 2018-3743 (Consolidated)2018 N.J. CSC LEXIS 497Docket 2018-3551 and 2018-3743

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