New Jersey § 56:1-1

§ 56:1-1.

Any person conducting or transacting business and using the designation “and company,”

or “& Co.,” as a part of a firm or partnership name, shall file a statement in the

office of the clerk of the county within which such business is conducted or transacted,

and a duplicate thereof for filing in the office of the Secretary of State, as provided

in section 56:1-3 of this Title. Such statement shall be duly executed and sworn to before some person authorized

by the laws of this State to administer oaths, and shall state the nature of the business

and the full names and residences of all persons who are members of such firm or partnership

and if, the members of said firm or partnership or any of them are or is not resident

in this State, such statement shall contain a power of attorney constituting the county

clerk of the county, his successors in office, the true and lawful attorney of said

nonresident partner or partners upon whom all original process in an action or legal

proceeding against said firm or partnership may be served and therein he or they shall

agree that such original process, which may be served on the county clerk, shall be

of the same force and validity as if served upon said nonresident partner or partners

and that the authority thereof shall continue in force so long as the firm or partnership

does business in this State under said name.