N.J.A.C. 4A:5-1.3 Filing for veterans or disabled veterans preference
N.J.A.C. 4A:5-1.3, Filing for veterans or disabled veterans preference. Veterans or disabled veterans preference shall apply prospectively from the date of the initial determination of the Adjutant General of the Department of M Full text with 2 recorded amendments, 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
Eight days is the number to watch. Preference runs prospectively from the date the Adjutant General first determines it, or from the date of a determination on appeal, and it does not reach backward. For eligible lists it applies to every list where the determination arrived no later than eight days before the list issuance date. A determination that lands inside those eight days does not attach to that list. Two situations run on different timing: initial employment in the noncompetitive division, and promotion from the noncompetitive division into the competitive division. For those, the preference takes effect on the date of the determination itself.
Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:5-1.3. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.
(a) Veterans or disabled veterans preference shall apply prospectively from the date of the initial determination of the Adjutant General of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs or the date of the Adjutant General's determination from an appeal, as the case may be. See N.J.A.C. 5A:9-1.4. #
(b) Veterans or disabled veterans preference is effective for all eligible lists for which an eligible has received a determination from the Adjutant General, as provided in (a) above, no later than eight days prior to the list's issuance date. #
(c) For initial employment in the noncompetitive division and for promotion from the noncompetitive division to the competitive division, veterans or disabled veterans preference is effective on the date of the Adjutant General's determination, as provided in (a) above. #
Amendment history
Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 2 recorded changes.
- AmendedR.2008 d.21640 N.J.R. 1407(a); 40 N.J.R. 4521(a)
- Repealed and replacedR.2002 d.8933 N.J.R. 3725(a); 34 N.J.R. 1263(b)
How this rule has been applied
4 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:5-1.3. 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 (4)
- In re Kohler, Constr. Official (M0825E), Lacey Twp., CSC Docket No. 2024-7462024 N.J. CSC LEXIS 175Docket 2024-746
- In re Ouckama, Fire Fighter (M1557T), North Hudson Fire & Rescue, CSC Docket No. 2017-24552017 N.J. CSC LEXIS 684Docket 2017-2455
- In re Freeman-Wright, Nutrition Program Specialist 3 (PS3100A), Dep't of Agric., CSC Docket No. 2017-19292017 N.J. CSC LEXIS 572Docket 2017-1929
- In re James Cullen, Police Captain (PM3586L), CSC Dkt. No. 2012-3352013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 51