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NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-41 - Transmission of marriage and civil union licenses and certificates, power of attorney.

26:8-41 Transmission of marriage and civil union licenses and certificates, power of attorney.  26:8-41. Transmission of marriage and civil union licenses and certificates. Every person or religious society, institution or organization solemnizing a marriage or civil union shall, within 5 days thereafter, transmit the certificate of marriage or civil union and the marriage or civil union license to the local registrar of the registration district in which the marriage or civil union occurs or to the clerk of the county board of health. In the case of marriages or civil unions performed pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2011, c.179 (C.37:1-17.3), the person or religious society, institution or organization solemnizing the marriage or civil union, in addition to transmitting the certificate of marriage or civil union and the marriage or civil union license, shall also transmit the power of attorney. The local registrar or clerk of the county board of health shall stamp every certificate of marriage or civil union so received with the date of its receipt and the name of the registration district in which it is filed. amended 1965, c.78, s.59; 2006, c.103, s.44; 2011, c.179, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-42 - License issued in another registration district, transmission of information on form provided.

26:8-42 License issued in another registration district, transmission of information on form provided.  26:8-42. The local registrar who receives the certificate of a marriage or the certificate of a civil union within the district under his jurisdiction, the license for which was issued in another registration district, shall, within 5 days after receipt of the marriage or civil union certificate, copy the names of the persons married or the partners in a civil union couple; the date of marriage or civil union; the place of marriage or the civil union and the marriage or civil union license number upon a form provided by the State registrar and transmit it by mail to the officer legally designated to receive certificates of marriage or civil union in the registration district in which the license was issued. Amended 1950, c.118; 1965, c.78, s.60; 2006, c.103, s.45.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-43 - Transmission of marriage and civil union certificates and licenses to State registrar.

26:8-43 Transmission of marriage and civil union certificates and licenses to State registrar.  26:8-43. Transmission of marriage and civil union certificates and licenses to State registrar. Each local registrar and the clerk of the county board of health shall, on or before the tenth of each calendar month, or sooner if requested by the department, transmit by mail, express or messenger to the State registrar in an envelope or package marked "vital statistics" all the certificates of marriages and civil unions, marriage and civil union licenses and consents to the marriage or civil union of minors received by them. Amended 1965, c.78, s.61; 2006, c.103, s.46.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-44 - Indexing, tabulation and preservation of records by State registrar.

26:8-44 Indexing, tabulation and preservation of records by State registrar.  26:8-44. The State registrar shall cause all certificates of marriages and civil unions and marriage and civil union licenses received to be alphabetically indexed and shall cause to be transcribed or otherwise recorded from the certificates such of the vital facts appearing thereon as the department may deem necessary or useful. The certificates of marriage and civil union shall be so tabulated as to present in separate and distinct classes the record of each county or registration district of over 5,000 inhabitants, which record shall be preserved as a public record and the original certificates shall be preserved in the archives of the department. Amended 1965, c.78, s.62; 2006, c.103, s.47.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-45 - Cancellation of records of marriages and civil unions declared void.

26:8-45 Cancellation of records of marriages and civil unions declared void.  If a marriage or a civil union has been declared void by the Superior Court in an action instituted for that purpose and the court is satisfied by the proof taken before the final judgment or by affidavit or otherwise after the final judgment that a record of the marriage or civil union is filed with the State registrar, it may order the record to be canceled. It shall not be necessary to make the custodian of the record a party to the cause. The order need only recite that there was a ceremony of marriage or civil union between parties to the cause (naming them), performed on (date) by (naming the officer) and that by a final judgment entered on (date), the marriage or civil union was declared void and may then direct that the said record be canceled.  Amended 1948, c.322, s.1; 1953, c.26, s.58; 1965, c.78, s.63; 2006, c.103, s.48.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-46 - Indorsement of record upon cancellation.

26:8-46 Indorsement of record upon cancellation.  26:8-46. Upon presenting a certified copy of said order to the State Registrar, he shall indorse on the return of the marriage or civil union the following words: "This marriage or civil union declared void by the Superior Court. See order hereto annexed" and shall annex the certified copy to the return.  Amended 1948, c.322, s.2; 1953, c.26, s.59; 2006, c. 103, s.49.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-47 - Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates.

26:8-47 Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates.  26:8-47. Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates. The department shall cause to be prepared blank forms of certificates of marriages or civil unions and marriage or civil union licenses corresponding to the requirements of R.S.37:1-7 and R.S.37:1-17. The forms, together with such sections of the laws concerning marriages or civil unions and such instructions and explanations thereof as the department may deem useful to persons having duties to perform under such laws shall be printed and supplied upon request therefor to the local registrars and to the city clerks of cities of the first class. All certificates of marriages or civil unions and marriage or civil union licenses shall be written upon the said blanks or blanks approved by the department and shall not contain any inquiries or information which concerns the race of an applicant for a marriage or civil union license. Amended 1965, c.78, s.64; 2002, c.88, s.2; 2006, c.103, s.50.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-48 - Amendments to certificate, recording, authentication.

26:8-48 Amendments to certificate, recording, authentication.  26:8-48. A certificate of birth, fetal death, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership or death heretofore or hereafter filed with the State registrar shall not be altered or changed otherwise than by amendments properly signed, dated and witnessed, or as otherwise recorded and authenticated on the NJ-EDRS as prescribed by the State registrar. Amended 1965, c.78, s.65; 2003, c.221, s.21; 2003, c.246, s.20; 2006, c.103, s.51.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-49 - Corrections to birth and fetal death certificates.

26:8-49 Corrections to birth and fetal death certificates.  26:8-49. Corrections to birth and fetal death certificates shall be signed by the person who made the original report or by either of the parents of the child or by any other person having personal knowledge of the matters sought to be corrected which other person shall state such matters on his oath. Corrections may also be signed by any person whose birth report is in error provided substantiating documentary proof, satisfactory to the State registrar or any local registrar, is submitted therewith and noted by said State registrar or local registrar upon the written request for correction. In the case of a correction to the birth record of a member of one of the three New Jersey tribes of American Indians, the Powhatan-Renape Nation, the Ramapough Mountain Indians, or the Nanticoke-Lenni-Lenape Indians, the substantiating documentary proof may include, but shall not be limited to, an affidavit, satisfactory to the State registrar or any local registrar and signed by the chief of the tribe that according to tribal records the person whose certificate is to be amended is a member of the tribe of the chief whose signature appears on the affidavit. Amended 1938, c.174, s.1; 1942, c.225; 1965, c.78, s.66; 1991, c.359.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-50 - Correcting marriage or civil union licenses.

26:8-50 Correcting marriage or civil union licenses.  26:8-50. Correcting marriage or civil union licenses. Correction to marriage or civil union licenses shall be signed by the person who issued the license or his successor in office. Amended 2006, c.103, s.52.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-51 - Corrections to marriage, civil union, domestic partnership certificates.

26:8-51 Corrections to marriage, civil union, domestic partnership certificates.  26:8-51. Corrections to marriage, civil union, domestic partnership certificates. Corrections to marriage, civil union or domestic partnership certificates shall be signed by the person who signed the certificate or by any other person having personal knowledge of the matters sought to be corrected which other person shall state such matters on his oath. Amended 1938, c.174, s.2; 2003, c.246, s.21; 2006, c.103, s.53.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-52 - Correcting death certificates, procedure.

26:8-52 Correcting death certificates, procedure.  26:8-52. Corrections to death certificates shall be signed by the physician, registered professional nurse, county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, funeral director or informant, whose name appears upon the certificate, or shall be otherwise recorded and authenticated on the NJ-EDRS as prescribed by the State registrar; however, any individual having personal knowledge and substantiating documentary proof of the matters sought to be corrected may apply under oath to the county or intercounty medical examiner or the Chief State Medical Examiner in a case in which the certificate was signed by the Chief State Medical Examiner or Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, to have the certificate corrected. The authority to sign or otherwise authenticate corrections or amendments to causes or duration of causes of death is restricted to the physician, Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, or county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner. Upon denial of an application for correction or amendment of a death certificate, a person who has applied to a county or intercounty medical examiner may apply to the Chief State Medical Examiner, who shall exercise discretion to review the matter and amend the certificate or to defer to the decision of the county or intercounty medical examiner. The decision of the county or intercounty medical examiner shall be deemed the final decision by a public officer in the matter unless the Chief State Medical Examiner amends or corrects the death certificate. amended 1965, c.78, s.67; 1983, c.308, s.3; 1996, c.67; 2003, c.221, s.22; 2018, c.62, s.33.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-53 - Acceptance of corrections

26:8-53. Acceptance of corrections  The State department or local registrars may refuse to accept corrections or amendments unless supported by adequate documentary evidence presented at the time the request for correction or amendment is made. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 68.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-54 - Certified copies of corrected certificates

26:8-54. Certified copies of corrected certificates  For all important changes to certificates, the certified copies issued by the state department, state registrar or a local registrar shall show the information as originally given and the corrected data.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-55 - Submitting false certificate; penalty.

26:8-55 Submitting false certificate; penalty.  26:8-55. Any person knowingly submitting a certificate pursuant to this article containing incorrect particulars relating to any birth, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership or death shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $500, which shall be recovered with costs in a summary proceeding in the name of the department. Amended 2003, c.246, s.22; 2006, c.103, s.54.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-56 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-56 - Fee for registering birth or death.

26:8-56 Fee for registering birth or death.  26:8-56. The local registrar shall be paid $1 for each birth or death certificate properly executed, registered, recorded, and promptly returned, or otherwise transmitted through the NJ-EDRS, to the State Registrar. In the case of a death registration, the fee shall be credited to the account within the NJ-EDRS of the political subdivision comprising the registration district. A local registrar shall not receive the fee if compensated by a fixed salary as provided in R.S.26:8-59. Amended 1948, c.285, s.1; 1963, c.81, s.7; 1983, c.275, s.14; 2003, c.221, s.23.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-57 - Fee for reporting no registration of birth or death

26:8-57. Fee for reporting no registration of birth or death  In case no birth or death is registered during any month, the local registrar shall be paid the sum of twenty-five cents for each report to that effect, if such report be made promptly as required by this chapter.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-59 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-59 - Payment of local registrar for certificates or reports

26:8-59. Payment of local registrar for certificates or reports  The treasurer of each incorporated political subdivision comprising a registration district shall upon certification from a local registrar of the number of certificates or reports issued by him during the preceding quarter pursuant to sections 26:8-56, 26:8-57 and 26:8-60 of this Title, make quarterly payments to the local registrar of the fees to which he may be entitled thereunder. The board of health of such political subdivision may, in lieu of such fees, provide that the local registrar shall receive a fixed compensation, to be determined by such body. Amended by L.1954, c. 224, p. 837, s. 1; L.1965, c. 78, s. 70.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-59.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-59.1 - Persons authorized to obtain certification, certified copy of death certificate; accounting for fees.

26:8-59.1 Persons authorized to obtain certification, certified copy of death certificate; accounting for fees.  24. a. Persons authorized to obtain and receive a certification or certified copy of a death certificate from a local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar, subregistrar, or an incorporated political subdivision comprising a registration district, shall include those individuals who establish themselves as one of the following: the parent, legal guardian or other legal representative of the subject of that record; the subject's spouse, child, grandchild or sibling, if of legal age, or the subject's legal representative; an agency of State or federal government for official purposes; a person possessing an order of a court of competent jurisdiction; or a person who is authorized under other emergent circumstances as determined by the commissioner. For the purposes of this section, any employee of a mortuary registered pursuant to P.L.1952, c.340 (C.45:7-32 et seq.), or a funeral director licensed pursuant to that act who is affiliated with a registered mortuary, if the mortuary was recorded on the original certificate of death, shall be construed to be the subject's legal representative and entitled to obtain full and complete copies of death certificates or certifications thereof. b. Any fee charged, by a local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy registrar, subregistrar, or an incorporated political subdivision comprising a registration district, to a funeral home as the legal representative for a person in securing a certified copy of a death certificate shall be in the form of a debit against the account of the funeral home and a credit to the applicable political subdivision within the NJ-EDRS. L.2003,c.221,s.24.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-60 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-60 - Fee for transmitting certificate.

26:8-60 Fee for transmitting certificate.  26:8-60. Each local registrar shall be entitled to receive from the proper disbursing officer of the municipality or county the sum of $1 for each marriage, civil union or domestic partnership certificate properly transmitted to the State Registrar. In any registration district, the body appointing local registrars may, in lieu of fees, provide that officers performing the above service shall receive a fixed compensation to be determined by such body. Amended 1948, c.285, s.2; 1965, c.78, s.71; 1983, c.275, s.15; 2003, c.246, s.23; 2006, c.103, s.55.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-61 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-61 - Fee for cancellation of marriage or civil union record.

26:8-61 Fee for cancellation of marriage or civil union record.  26:8-61. Fee for cancellation of marriage or civil union record. The person procuring the cancellation of a marriage or civil union record pursuant to R.S.26:8-45 and R.S.26:8-46 shall first pay to the State Registrar the sum of $2.00 and the State Registrar shall pay the same over to the State Treasurer. Such fee may be included in the taxable costs in the annulment suit. Amended 1983, c.275, s.16; 2006, c.103, s.56.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-64 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-64 - Search of files, records, fee.

26:8-64 Search of files, records, fee.  26:8-64. a. For any genealogical search of the files and records of births, deaths, marriages, civil unions or domestic partnerships when information required on the application for a certification or certified copy of a vital record, and the correct year only is supplied by the applicant, whether or not a certification or a certified copy is made, the State registrar shall be entitled to a minimum fee of $4, plus a fee of $1 for each additional year searched, which fee shall be paid by the applicant, except as provided by R.S.26:8-63. The fee for each additional copy of the same record ordered at the same time shall be $2. b. For any non-genealogical search of the files and records of births, deaths, marriages, civil unions or domestic partnerships when the exact date of the event is supplied, along with all other information required on the application for a certification or certified copy of a vital record, whether or not a certification or certified copy is made, the State Registrar shall be entitled to a minimum fee of $4, which shall be paid by the applicant, except as provided by R.S.26:8-63. The fee for each additional copy of the same record ordered at the same time shall be $2. c. Conduct without fee upon request for administrative use by any city, state, or federal agency, a search for any New Jersey State census entry. Amended 1952, c.26, s.2; 1957, c.200, s.3; 1965, c.78, s.74; 1983, c.275, s.17; 2003, c.246, s.26; 2006, c.103, s.59.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-65 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-65 - Account of fees received

26:8-65. Account of fees received  The state registrar shall keep a true and correct account of all fees received by him and turn the same over to the state treasurer.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-66 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-66 - Investigation of violation.

26:8-66 Investigation of violation.  26:8-66. The State registrar either personally or by accredited representative, may investigate any case of irregularity or violation of R.S.26:6-1 et seq., R.S.26:8-1 et seq., R.S.37:1-1 et seq., or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.), and every local registrar shall aid him in such investigation. Amended 1965, c.78, s.75; 2006, c.103, s.60.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-67 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-67 - Duty of county prosecutor.

26:8-67 Duty of county prosecutor.  26:8-67. Duty of county prosecutor. When the State registrar shall deem it necessary, he shall report any violation of any provision of R.S.26:6-1 et seq., R.S.26:8-1 et seq., R.S.37:1-1 et seq. or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.), to the county prosecutor, with a statement of the facts and circumstances. Upon such report, the county prosecutor shall forthwith institute and prosecute the necessary proceedings for such alleged violation. Amended 1965, c.78, s.76; 2006, c.103, s.61.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:8-68 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:8-68 - Duty of attorney general; proceedings by local registrar.

26:8-68 Duty of attorney general; proceedings by local registrar.  26:8-68. Upon request of the State registrar, the Attorney General shall assist in the enforcement of the provisions of R.S.26:6-1 et seq., R.S.26:8-1 et seq., R.S.37:1-1 et seq. or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.), or the State registrar may direct that local registrars institute proceedings or civil actions in the name of the State department. Such a proceeding or action may be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction. Amended 1953, c.26, s.60; 1965, c.78, s.77; 2006, c.103, s.62.