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N.J. Stat. § 41:2-1 (2026)

Officials authorized to take oaths

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41:2-1. All oaths, affirmations and affidavits required to be made or taken by law of this State, or necessary or proper to be made, taken or used in any court of this State, or for any lawful purpose whatever, may be made and taken before any one of the following officers:

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or any of the justices or judges of courts of record of this State;

Masters of the Superior Court;

Municipal judges;

Mayors or aldermen of cities, towns or boroughs or commissioners of commission governed municipalities;

Surrogates, registers of deeds and mortgages, county clerks and their deputies;

Municipal clerks and clerks of boards of chosen freeholders;

Sheriffs of any county;

Members of boards of chosen freeholders;

Clerks of all courts;

Notaries public;

Commissioners of deeds;

Members of the State Legislature;

Attorneys-at-law and counsellors-at-law of this State;

Certified court reporters, as defined in section 10 of P.L.1940, c.175 (C.45:15B-10).

This section shall not apply to official oaths required to be made or taken by any of the officers of this State, nor to oaths or affidavits required to be made and taken in open court.

Amended 1951, c.302, s.1; 1953, c.39, s.1; 1953, c.428, s.3; 1964, c.165, s.1; 1968, c.169; 1970, c.182; 1983, c.495; 1986, c.124; 2007, c.73.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2015–2021 · leading case: State v. James Buckner (074390), 121 A.3d 290 (N.J. 2015).
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State v. James Buckner (074390), 121 A.3d 290 (N.J. 2015). “But the dissent’s far-reaching connotation finds no support in the text of the Constitution, which simply says that judges “shall be retired” and subject to “pensioning.” The Judicial Article does not foreclose recall on a limited or temporary basis -- either expressly or by…”
James Matthews & Roberta Matthews v. U.S. Bank, Nat'l Ass'n, etc., 197 So. 3d 1140 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016). “” Additionally, each affidavit is notarized by a New Jersey Notary Public, Dawn Rodrigues, who states that the document was “[s]wom to or affirmed and signed before me this 13 day of April 2014.”
Barbara Mclaren, Etc. Vs. the Ups Store, Inc. (l-0919-20, Mercer Cnty. & Statewide) (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2021). “N.J.S.A. 41:2-1 lists those "officers" empowered to administer oaths and take affidavits; notaries public are included, along with justices of the Supreme Court, judges, mayors, surrogates, sheriffs and clerks of court.”
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