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June 30, 2000
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Prudential Municipal Bond Fund
(File No. 33-10649)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), the registrant hereby certifies (i) that
its Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been
filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) would not have differed from the Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No.
21 and (ii) that the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 was filed
electronically on June 30, 2000.
Prudential Municipal Bond Fund
By: /s/ Deborah A. Docs, Esq.
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Deborah A. Docs, Esq.
Secretary
