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N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.1A Intergovernmental transfers

N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.1A, Intergovernmental transfers. An intergovernmental transfer is the movement of a permanent employee between governmental jurisdictions operating under Title 11A, New Jersey Statutes, or Full text with 6 recorded amendments, 45 citing decisions, cited by 11 other rules.

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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

Two different things carry this name. One is a permanent employee moving between jurisdictions operating under Title 11A. The other is an appointment by a Title 11A jurisdiction within one year of the effective date of a layoff for economy or efficiency that separated the employee from a different Title 11A jurisdiction. Either way it takes written consent from the sending jurisdiction where there is one, the receiving jurisdiction and the employee, plus approval by the Chairperson or designee. The receiving jurisdiction may waive its residency ordinance to take you, although transferring police officers and firefighters must maintain New Jersey residency. You move to a title substantially at the same level, and an existing open competitive or promotional list in the receiving jurisdiction is not a bar to the transfer. Uniformed staff meet two extra limits. Permanent law enforcement and firefighter employees are eligible only for transfer to the corresponding entry-level title in the receiving jurisdiction. And a law enforcement officer, sheriff's officer or county correction officer may waive accumulated sick leave and seniority rights, which reaches into promotional, layoff and demotional rights under 4A:4-7.4.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.1A. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

Moving to another jurisdiction and keeping what you have earned

An intergovernmental transfer moves a permanent employee between governmental jurisdictions that both operate under Title 11A, or lets such a jurisdiction appoint you within one year of the effective date of a layoff for economy or efficiency that separated you from another Title 11A jurisdiction. It needs written consent from the sending jurisdiction where there is one, the receiving jurisdiction and you, plus the approval of the Chairperson. Four yeses. Nothing obliges any jurisdiction to give one.

What travels with you by default is substantial. Accumulated seniority or service is retained for determining promotional, layoff and demotional rights and sick and vacation leave entitlements. Continuous permanent service accumulated before the transfer counts as continuous permanent service in the new jurisdiction when layoff seniority is computed. Unused sick leave keeps accumulating without limit across the move, and continuous service for vacation accrual spans the two jurisdictions.

Then there is the waiver, and it is the part to read twice. A law enforcement officer, including a sheriff's officer and a county correction officer, may optionally waive accumulated sick leave and seniority rights, which requires written consent from the receiving jurisdiction, the officer and the Chairperson. Waiving is not a formality. Those officers do not retain seniority for promotional, layoff or demotional rights or sick and vacation leave entitlements, sick leave starts accruing from the effective date of the transfer, the pre-transfer service stops counting toward layoff seniority, and the vacation continuous service bridge between jurisdictions closes. Firefighters are in that position under the rule whether or not any waiver is signed.

Residency is negotiable up to a point. The receiving jurisdiction may waive its residency ordinance or resolution when it consents, but transferring police officers and firefighters must maintain New Jersey residency, and a transferring employee who is not a New Jersey resident and moves to a receiving jurisdiction following a layoff of more than seven days is subject to the State residency requirement.

Level is where uniformed employees lose most. You are moved to a title substantially at the same level, and if the title differs from the one you held permanently, the receiving jurisdiction asks the Chairperson to approve it against four criteria: substantially similar duties, education and experience requirements that are the same or similar with the new mandatory requirements no higher, no special skills or licence or certification requirements that were not also mandatory in the former title, and the ability to do the new work with minimal training. But permanent employees in law enforcement and firefighter titles are eligible only for transfer to the corresponding entry-level title in the receiving jurisdiction. Rank does not move with you.

A current open competitive or promotional list in the receiving jurisdiction is not a bar to the transfer, and where a jurisdiction has agreed to a transfer into a title for which such a list exists, it may petition the Commission for a waiver of the costs of the selection process. Beyond those points the rules leave the decision to the two employers, so whether a transfer happens at all is a matter of their willingness rather than your entitlement.

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Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team. Every statement here traces to the rules cited on this page. It is not legal advice, and a collective agreement may change how these rules apply to you.

(a) An intergovernmental transfer is the movement of a permanent employee between governmental jurisdictions operating under Title 11A, New Jersey Statutes, or the appointment of an employee, by a governmental jurisdiction operating under Title 11A, within one year of the effective date of a layoff for reasons of economy or efficiency in which the employee is separated from service from another governmental jurisdiction operating under Title 11A. #

1. Non-permanent employees serving in entry-level law enforcement titles who were appointed from an eligible list and who have completed the required Police Training Commission training course may intergovernmentally transfer upon consent of the sending and receiving jurisdictions, but will be required to complete the full 12-month working test period with the receiving jurisdiction. #

(b) An intergovernmental transfer shall require the consent in writing of the sending jurisdiction, if any, the receiving jurisdiction, and the affected employee, and the approval of the Chairperson or designee. #

1. The receiving jurisdiction may waive its residency ordinance or resolution in consenting to receive a transferring employee, provided, however, transferring police officers and firefighters must maintain their New Jersey residency. See N.J.S.A. 40A:14-9.8 and 40A:14-122.8. A transferring employee, other than a police officer or firefighter, who is not a New Jersey resident and transfers to a receiving jurisdiction following a layoff of more than seven days, is subject to the New Jersey residency requirement at P.L. 2011, c. 70. #

2. The optional waiver of accumulated sick leave and seniority rights by a law enforcement officer, including a sheriff's officer and a county correction officer, shall require the consent in writing of the receiving jurisdiction, the affected employee, and the Chairperson or designee. #

(c) A transferred employee shall be moved to a title substantially at the same level. #

1. The existence of an open competitive or promotional list in the receiving jurisdiction shall not be a bar to the transfer. #

2. Where the title to which the employee is transferring is different from that held on a permanent basis in the sending jurisdiction, or from that held on a permanent basis prior to the effective date of a separation from service due to layoff, as the case may be, the receiving jurisdiction shall request that the Chairperson or designee approve the title, based on the following criteria: #

i. The title(s) shall have substantially similar duties and responsibilities; #

ii. The education and experience requirements for the title(s) are the same or similar and the mandatory requirements of the new title shall not exceed those of the former title; #

iii. There shall be no special skills, licenses, certification, or registration requirements for the new title which are not also mandatory for the former title; and #

iv. Any employee in the former title can, with minimal training and orientation, perform the duties of the new title by virtue of having qualified for the former title. #

(d) Permanent employees serving in law enforcement and firefighter titles shall be eligible only for an intergovernmental transfer to the corresponding entry-level title in the receiving jurisdiction. #

(e) See N.J.A.C. 4A:4-2.15, Rating of examinations, for the calculation of seniority in a promotional examination situation when an employee has had an intergovernmental transfer; N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.7, Priority of eligible lists, for the priority of an open competitive list with regard to an intergovernmental transfer; N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.4, Retention of rights, for the retention of seniority following intergovernmental transfers; N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.2, Vacation leave, 1.3, Sick leave, and 1.9, Administrative leave, for paid leave entitlements following an intergovernmental transfer; N.J.A.C. 4A:6-3.5, SCOR: Intergovernmental transfers, for SCOR entitlements following an intergovernmental transfer; N.J.A.C. 4A:8-2.3, Exercise of special reemployment rights, for intergovernmental transfers following a separation of service due to layoff; N.J.A.C. 4A:8-2.4, Seniority, for the affect of intergovernmental transfers on seniority for layoff purposes; and N.J.A.C. 4A:10-2.2, Failure to appoint from complete certification, for the consequences of a receiving jurisdiction's failure to appoint from an open competitive list when an intergovernmental transfer is effected. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 6 recorded changes.

  1. AmendedR.2019 d.072
    51 N.J.R. 191(b); 51 N.J.R. 1115(a)
  2. AmendedR.2017 d.142
    49 N.J.R. 492(a); 49 N.J.R. 2239(a)
  3. AmendedR.2014 d.099
    45 N.J.R. 500(a); 46 N.J.R. 260(a); 46 N.J.R. 1331(c)
  4. AmendedR.2012 d.089
    44 N.J.R. 6(a); 44 N.J.R. 1335(a)
  5. AmendedR.2007 d.358
    39 N.J.R. 2680(a); 39 N.J.R. 4923(b)
  6. New ruleR.2001 d.420
    33 N.J.R. 2567(a); 33 N.J.R. 3895(b)

How this rule has been applied

45 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.1A. 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 (45)
  • In re Salerno, Marlboro, CSC Docket No. 2025-6212025 N.J. CSC LEXIS 82Docket 2025-621
  • In re Bellamy, Hudson Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2024-22032024 N.J. CSC LEXIS 186Docket 2024-2203
  • In re Akel et al., Police Sergeant (PM4594C), Middletown Twp., CSC Docket Nos. 2022-1490 and 2022-14852022 N.J. CSC LEXIS 43Docket 2022-1490 and 2022-1485
  • In re McNair et al., Cnty. Corr. Police Sergeant (PC4825C), Hudson Cnty., CSC Docket Nos. 2022-1636 and 2022-1641 (Consolidated)2022 N.J. CSC LEXIS 254Docket 2022-1636 and 2022-1641
  • In re Bandurski, Police Sergeant (PM4564C), Hopatcong, CSC Docket No. 2022-13842022 N.J. CSC LEXIS 133Docket 2022-1384
  • In re Angelus, Principal Biologist Mosquito Control, Office of Mosquito Control, Dep't of Envtl. Prot., CSC Docket No. 2022-4272021 N.J. CSC LEXIS 359Docket 2022-427
  • In re Hearon, Fair Lawn, CSC Docket No. 2021- 17892021 N.J. CSC LEXIS 229Docket 2021-
  • In re Klymenko, Borough of Roselle, CSC Docket No. 2020-13842020 N.J. CSC LEXIS 30Docket 2020-1384
  • In re Watts, Police Officer (S9999U), Pennsauken Twp., CSC Docket No. 2019-32972019 N.J. CSC LEXIS 528Docket 2019-3297
  • In re Watts, Police Officer (S9999U), Pennsauken Twp., CSC Docket No. 2019-13012019 N.J. CSC LEXIS 171Docket 2019-1301
  • In re Rodriguez, Police Officer, Egg Harbor City, CSC Docket No. 2019-1392019 N.J. CSC LEXIS 189Docket 2019-139
  • In re Plis, Police Officer, Lacey Twp., CSC Docket No. 2019-4432019 N.J. CSC LEXIS 163Docket 2019-443
  • In re Grippaldi, State Parole Bd., CSC Docket No. 2019-3182019 N.J. CSC LEXIS 49Docket 2019-318
  • In re Galletta, Cnty. Corr. Officer, Passaic Cnty. Sheriff's Office, CSC Docket No. 2019-3442018 N.J. CSC LEXIS 663Docket 2019-344
  • In re Gonzales, Borough of Highlands, CSC Docket No. 2018-28722018 N.J. CSC LEXIS 363Docket 2018-2872
  • In re Laielli, et al., Fire Fighter, Ventnor, CSC Docket Nos. 2018-274 et al. (Consolidated)2018 N.J. CSC LEXIS 114Docket 2018-274
  • In re Koob et al, Fire Fighter, Ventnor, CSC Docket Nos. 2018-15632018 N.J. CSC LEXIS 113Docket 2018-1563
  • In re Santiago, Police Officer, Ringwood, CSC Docket No. 2018-14592018 N.J. CSC LEXIS 98Docket 2018-1459
  • In re Osadacz, Twp. of Aberdeen, CSC Docket No. 2017-39182017 N.J. CSC LEXIS 504Docket 2017-3918
  • In re Willhouse, Police Sergeant (PM1193T), Delanco Twp., CSC Docket No. 2016-14572015 N.J. CSC LEXIS 23Docket 2016-1457
  • In re Morales, City of Bayonne, CSC Dkt. No. 2015-31152015 N.J. CSC LEXIS 256
  • In re Dombrowski, Borough of North Arlington, CSC Docket No. 2015-29062015 N.J. CSC LEXIS 379Docket 2015-2906
  • In re DeBonis, Police Officer, City of Hackensack, CSC Docket No. 2015-12542014 N.J. CSC LEXIS 760Docket 2015-1254
  • In re Moore, Passaic Cnty., CSC Dkt. No. 2015-5352014 N.J. CSC LEXIS 870
  • In re Morrison, Police Officer, Borough of Woodland Pk., CSC Docket No. 2014-25012014 N.J. CSC LEXIS 426Docket 2014-2501
  • Police Officer. In re Rory P. Chapin, Police Officer City of Hackensack, CSC Dkt. No. 2014-21072014 N.J. CSC LEXIS 14
  • In re Taylor, Voorhees Twp. Police Dept., CSC Dkt. No. 2014-12012013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 1086
  • In re Beale et al, Sussex County, CSC Docket Nos. 2014-3992013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 1040Docket 2014-399
  • In re Daniels, Long Beach Township, CSC Docket No. 2014-1282013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 721Docket 2014-128
  • In re Richard Calo, Essex Cnty. Sheriff's Office, CSC Dkt. No. 2013-30472013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 611
  • Police Department. In re Pawel Wcislo, Twp. of Marlboro, CSC Dkt. No. 2013-32532013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 663
  • Mercer. In re Debra Torres, Mercer Cnty. Prosecutor's Office, CSC Dkt. No. 2013-28852013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 570
  • In re Shawnna Bailey, Morris Cnty., CSC Dkt. No. 2013-24152013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 467
  • In re Justyna Halat and Scott Maloney, Rahway, CSC Dkt. Nos. 2013-29842013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 597
  • CSC Dkt. No. 2013-28952013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 637
  • In re Diane M. Cannatella, Dep't of Human Servs., CSC Dkt. No. 2013-28342013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 623
  • In re Diane M. Cannatella, Dep't of Human Servs., CSC Dkt. No. 2013-28342013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 623
  • In re Cincilla et al, Police Officer (Special), Trenton, CSC Docket Nos. 2013-12382013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 349Docket 2013-1238
  • In re Cincilla et al, Police Officer (Special), Trenton, CSC Docket Nos. 2013-12382013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 349Docket 2013-1238
  • In re Hisham Sheikh, Bergen County Sheriff's Office, CSC Dkt. No. 2013-2002013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 100
  • Borough. In re Robert Scarborough, Borough of Woodlynn, CSC Dkt. No. 2013-17972013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 24
  • In re Michael Ott, Town of Hammonton, CSC Dkt. No. 2013-15432013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 146
  • In re Reilly, Clark Public Library, CSC Dkt. No. 2013-16122013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 122
  • Assistant Purchasing Agent. In re Lisa Jackson, City of East Orange, CSC Dkt. No. 2012-30492013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 134
  • In re Joseph P. Keely, Rockaway Twp., CSC Dkt. No. 2013-2752013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 107

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