New Jersey § 2a:13-10
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 2a:13-10, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2a:13-10.
The county clerk of any county in which any such attorney-at-law shall have filed
his autographed signature and certificate, as provided in section 1 of this act, 1 shall, upon request, subjoin to any certificate of proof, acknowledgment or affidavit
signed by the attorney, a certificate under the clerk's hand and seal stating that
the attorney-at-law was at the time of taking such proof, acknowledgment or affidavit
duly commissioned and sworn and residing in this State, and was as such an officer
of this State duly authorized to take and certify said proof, acknowledgment or affidavit
as well as to take and certify the proof or acknowledgment of deeds for the conveyance
of lands, tenements or hereditaments and other instruments in writing to be recorded
in this State; that said proof, acknowledgment or affidavit is duly executed and
taken according to the laws of this State; that full faith and credit are and ought
to be given to the official acts of the attorney-at-law, and that the county clerk
is well acquainted with the handwriting of the attorney-at-law and believes the signature
to the instrument to which the certificate is attached is his genuine signature. 1
N.J.S.A. § 2A:13-9.
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What does New Jersey Statutes § 2a:13-10 cover?
Section 2a:13-10 is part of the New Jersey Statutes, the codified statutory law of New Jersey. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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