New Jersey § 2a:82-23

§ 2a:82-23.

Title 2A.> Any party to any cause pending in any court of this state, or to any proceeding in

this state, may give, to any opposite party or his attorney at least 10 days before

the time appointed for the trial or hearing of such cause or proceeding, notice in

writing that such opposite party will be required to produce, at such trial or hearing,

the original instead of the record or transcript of the record of any instrument or

of any copy of any instrument recorded or registered in any public office of this

state pursuant to law, which he may think proper to offer or introduce in evidence

at such trial or hearing. After the giving of such notice, no record or transcript of the record of any such

instrument or of any such copy of any instrument shall be received in evidence, until

proof shall be made, satisfactory to the court or officer before whom such record

or transcript is offered, that the original instrument has been lost or unintentionally

destroyed, or that after diligent search and inquiry made, such party has been unable

to find the original or that such original is without the control of such party and

that the production thereof cannot be compelled by due process.