Title 47, Title 47: PUBLIC RECORDS

47:1-13. Alteration, correction, revision of records; notation 7. Whenever it shall be necessary to alter, correct or revise the record pertaining to any paper, document or instrument, or the index pertaining to the same, which shall previously have been recorded, filed, register…

47:1-14. Destruction of public records under law 9. No official responsible for maintaining public records or the custodian thereof shall destroy, obliterate or dispose of any paper, document, instrument, or index which shall have been recorded, filed, registered or indexed excep…

47:1-15. References to Bureau of Archives and History 10. Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise, reference is made to the Bureau of Archives and History in the Department of Education or the administr…

47:1-16 Social security numbers, prohibition of display, printing on certain documents publicly recorded. 1. a. No person, including any public or private entity, shall print or display in any manner an individual's Social Security number on any document intended for public recor…

47:1-17 Publishing of certain information by governmental agency prohibited. 2. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to sections 1 through 3 of P.L.2021, c.371 (C.47:1B-1 through C.47:1B-3), a State or local governmental agency shall not knowingly post, repost, publish, or repub…

47:1-2. Instruments to be in English to be entitled to recording or filing No instrument in writing, with or without an acknowledgment, proof, affidavit or certificate attached thereto, required by law to be recorded or filed in the office of any county clerk or register of deeds…

47:1-3. Loose leaf record books in offices of county clerks, registers of deeds and mortgages and surrogates; effect For the purpose of recording, rerecording, recopying or transcribing any or all papers, documents and instruments in writing in the offices of the county clerks an…

47:1-4. Typewritten records in certain offices All papers, documents and instruments in writing authorized or required by law to be recorded in the office of the clerk, registers of deeds and mortgages or surrogate of any county of this state, as well as the record of such papers…

47:1-5. Photographic, data records in certain offices; effect as evidence 47:1-5. All papers, documents and instruments in writing authorized or required by law to be recorded, filed, registered, or indexed in the office of the Secretary of State, clerk, register of deeds and mor…

47:1-6. Maps; requirements prerequisite to filing in certain offices 47:1-6. No map, plat, plan or chart of lands, required or that may be required by law to be filed, or that may be presented to the county clerk, register of deeds and mortgages or surrogate in any county of this…

47:1-7. Classified, analytical or combination indexes in certain offices In the recording of deeds, mortgages, wills or other instruments required or authorized by law to be recorded, the clerk, register of deeds and mortgages, surrogate or other officer required to make the reco…

47:1-8. Rerecording worn, mutilated or obscure records; reindexing; cost 47:1-8. Whenever any records of any deeds, mortgages or other instruments of record in the office of any clerk or register of deeds and mortgages of any county of this State are becoming worn out, mutilated,…

47:1-9. Restoration of worn maps in certain offices; expense The clerks, registers of deeds and mortgages and surrogates of the several counties of this state may, whenever any of the maps on file in their respective offices shall, by public use, become so worn, torn or otherwise…