New Jersey § 47:3-8
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 47:3-8, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 47:3-8.
Every certified duplicate copy of a report of audit filed with the director of the
Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury, pursuant to section
40:4-8 of the Revised Statutes, 1 shall be retained in the files of the said director for a ten-year period, following
which it shall be destroyed except as otherwise herein provided. At the conclusion of the ten-year period the director shall notify the clerk of
the board of chosen freeholders or the clerk of the municipality, as the case may
be, in writing that the said duplicate copy is subject to destruction, unless the
county or municipality desires the same for its permanent files, in which case the
director shall deliver the same to the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders or
the clerk of the municipality, and shall secure therefor a written receipt. In case any county or municipality does not desire to receive such duplicate copy,
or fails to advise the director within ninety days after the receipt of the said written
notice, the said director shall notify the head of the archives and history bureau
of the Department of Education that unless said bureau desires to receive said duplicate
copy it will be destroyed. 1
Repealed; see, now, N.J.S.A. § 40A:5-6.
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