2A:67-22 - Contents of return;  verification

2A:67-22.  Contents of return;  verification
    The return shall set forth, fully and explicitly, whether the defendant has  or has not the party in his power or custody or under his restraint and, if he  has, the authority and true cause of the confinement or restraint.

    If a party is detained by virtue of any writ, warrant or other written authority, a copy thereof shall be annexed to the return.

    If the party, upon whom the writ shall have been served, shall have had the  party in his power or custody or under his restraint, but shall have transferred such custody or restraint to another, the return shall set forth fully the facts relating thereto.

    The return shall be verified unless the same is made by a public officer in  his official capacity.
 
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.