N.J.A.C. 4A:5-1.2 Disabled veterans preference
N.J.A.C. 4A:5-1.2, Disabled veterans preference. A person is entitled to disabled veterans preference (abbreviated as "DV") if he or she: 1. Receives or is entitled to receive, under United States Veterans Full text with 1 recorded amendment.
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
Ten percent is the threshold. A person receiving, or entitled to receive, United States Veterans Administration compensation for a service connected disability of 10 percent or more, arising out of service that qualifies under 4A:5-1.1, has disabled veterans preference, abbreviated DV. Three other people can hold it without having served. The spouse of someone entitled to DV preference qualifies, but only while that person is not employed by any jurisdiction operating under Title 11A, and only if the spouse waives any preference of their own for the duration of that employment. An unremarried surviving spouse of a person entitled to DV preference qualifies. So does a parent or surviving spouse of someone who would have been entitled to veterans preference but died in service. Where more than one survivor could claim through the same person, one of them using the preference suspends the right of the others for as long as the first is employed by a Title 11A jurisdiction.
Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:5-1.2. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.
(a) A person is entitled to disabled veterans preference (abbreviated as "DV") if he or she: #
1. Receives or is entitled to receive, under United States Veterans Administration guidelines, compensation for service connected disability of 10 percent or more arising out of military or naval service as provided in N.J.A.C. 4A:5-1.1(b); #
2. Is the spouse of a person entitled to disabled veterans preference who: #
i. Is not employed by any jurisdiction operating under Title 11A, New Jersey Statutes; and #
ii. Waives any right to preference for the duration of the spouse's employment; #
3. Is the surviving spouse of a person entitled to disabled veterans preference and has not remarried; or #
4. Is a parent or surviving spouse of a person who would have been entitled to veterans preference under N.J.A.C. 4A:5-1.1 but who died while in service. The use of the preference by one such survivor shall suspend the right of any other so long as the first individual who uses the preference is employed by any jurisdiction operating under Title 11A, New Jersey Statutes. #
Amendment history
Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 1 recorded change.
1 editorial correction (punctuation and cross-reference updates)
- AmendedR.2003 d.113