New Jersey § 52:7-10
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 52:7-10, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 52:7-10.
Notification Regarding Performance of Notarial Act on Electronic Record; Selection
of Technology; Acceptance of Tangible Copy of Electronic Record. a. A notarial officer may select one or more tamper-evident technologies to perform
notarial acts with respect to electronic records. A person may not require a notarial officer to perform a notarial act with respect
to an electronic record with a technology that the notarial officer has not selected. b. Before a notary public performs the notary public's initial notarial act with respect
to an electronic record, the notary public shall notify the State Treasurer that the
notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records
and identify the technology that the notary public intends to use. If the State Treasurer has established standards for approval of technology pursuant
to section 29 of P.L.2021, c. 179 ( C.52:7-10.20 ), the technology must conform to those standards. If the technology conforms to the standards, the State Treasurer shall approve the
use of the technology. c. A county clerk, a register of deeds and mortgages, and a county surrogate shall
accept for recording a tangible copy of an electronic record containing a notarial
certificate as satisfying any requirement that a record accepted for recording be
an original, if the notarial officer executing the notarial certificate certifies
that the tangible copy is an accurate copy of the electronic record.
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