New Jersey Statutes Title 2A. Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice 2A § 49A-8

a. Except as provided in subsection c. of this section, a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim shall be stated in an amount of the money of the claim.

b. A judgment or award on a foreign-money claim is payable in that foreign money or, at the option of the debtor, in the amount of United States dollars which will purchase that foreign money on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate.

c. Assessed costs shall be entered in United States dollars.

d. Each payment in United States dollars shall be accepted and credited on a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim in the amount of the foreign money that could be purchased by the dollars at a bank-offered spot rate of exchange at or near the close of business on the conversion date for that payment.

e. A judgment or award made in an action or distribution proceeding on both (1) a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim and (2) the adverse party's claim, shall be netted by converting the money of the smaller into the money of the larger, and by subtracting the smaller from the larger, and specify the rates of exchange used.

f. A judgment substantially complies with subsection a. of this section, if it is in the following form:

On this day of , 199 , it is ORDERED that judgment be entered in favor of the Plaintiff and against the Defendant in the sum of (insert amount in the foreign money) with interest at the rate of (insert rate - see Section 9 of this act) 1 percent a year from the day of , 199 , or, at the option of the judgment debtor, the number of United States dollars which will purchase the (insert name of foreign money) with interest due, at a bank-offered spot rate at or near the close of business on the banking day next before the day of payment, together with assessed costs of (insert amount) United States dollars.

g. If a contract claim is of the type covered by subsections a. or b. of section 6 of this act,  2 the judgment or award shall be entered for the amount of money stated to measure the obligation to be paid in the money specified for payment or, at the option of the debtor, the number of United States dollars which will purchase the computed amount of the money of payment on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate.

h. A judgment shall be entered and indexed in foreign money in the same manner as other judgments, and has the same effect as a lien. It may be discharged by payment.