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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-11 - Sale of bonds.

40A:66-11 Sale of bonds.
11. Bonds of the municipal shared services energy authority may be sold by the municipal shared services energy authority at public or private sale, and at a price or prices the municipal shared services energy authority shall determine subject to the provisions of the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c. 313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.).
L.2015, c.129, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-12 - Filing of copy of bond resolution for public inspection, publication.

40A:66-12 Filing of copy of bond resolution for public inspection, publication.
12. The municipal shared services energy authority may cause a copy of any bond resolution adopted by it to be filed for public inspection in its office and in the office of the clerk of the governing body of each member municipality, and may thereupon cause to be published, in a newspaper published or circulating in each member's community, a notice stating the fact and date of this adoption and the places where the bond resolution has been filed for public inspection, the date of the first publication of the notice, and that any action or proceeding in any court questioning the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution, or the validity of any covenants, agreements, or contract provided for by the bond resolution, shall be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of the notice. If the notice shall at any time be published and if no action or proceeding questioning the validity of the establishment of the municipal shared services energy authority or the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution referred to in the notice, or the validity of any covenants, agreements, or contract provided for by the bond resolution shall be commenced or instituted within 20 days after the first publication of the notice, then all residents and taxpayers and owners of property in each of the member municipalities, and all other persons whatsoever, shall be forever barred and foreclosed from instituting or commencing any action or proceeding in any court, or from pleading any defense to any action or proceedings, questioning the validity of the establishment of the municipal shared services energy authority, the validity or proper authorization of the bonds, or the validity of the covenants, agreements, or contracts, and the municipal shared services energy authority shall be conclusively deemed to have been validly established and to be authorized to transact business and exercise powers as an authority pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.), and the bonds, covenants, agreements, and contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms and tenor.
L.2015, c.129, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-13 - Bond, obligation, coupon fully negotiable.

40A:66-13 Bond, obligation, coupon fully negotiable.
13. The provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, any bond or other obligation issued pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall be fully negotiable for the purposes of the negotiable instruments law under Title 12A of the New Jersey Statutes, and each holder or owner of a bond or other obligation, or of any coupon appurtenant thereto, by accepting the bond or coupon shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed that the bond, obligation, or coupon is and shall be fully negotiable for the purposes of the negotiable instruments law under Title 12A of the New Jersey Statutes.
L.2015, c.129, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-14 - No liability for bonds, obligations, certain.

40A:66-14 No liability for bonds, obligations, certain.
14. Neither the members of the municipal shared services energy authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State, and bonds or other obligations issued by the municipal shared services energy authority pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State, of any local unit, of any county, or of any municipality, except for member municipalities guaranteeing the bonds in accordance with the provisions of section 18 of P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-18), and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability, or obligation of the State of any local unit, of any county, or of any municipality, either legal, moral, or otherwise, and nothing in P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall be construed to authorize the municipal shared services energy authority to incur any indebtedness on behalf of, or in any way, to obligate the State or any county or municipality.
L.2015, c.129, s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-17 - Appointment of receiver.

40A:66-17 Appointment of receiver.
17. If the bond resolution of the municipal shared services energy authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds shall provide that the holders of the bonds of the series shall be entitled to the benefits of section 15 of P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-15), and shall further provide that any trustee appointed pursuant to that section or having the powers of a trustee shall have the powers provided by this section, then the trustee, whether or not all of the bonds of the series have been declared due and payable, shall be entitled as of right to the appointment of a receiver of the assets of the authority, and the receiver may enter upon and take possession of the assets of the authority and, subject to any pledge or contract with the holders of the bonds, shall take possession of all monies and other property derived from or applicable to the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, or reconstruction of the assets of the authority, and proceed with the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, or reconstruction which the municipal shared services energy authority is under any obligation to do, and operate, maintain, and reconstruct the utility system and fix, charge, collect, enforce, and receive the service charges and all system revenues thereafter arising subject to any pledge thereof or contract with the holders of the bonds relating thereto and perform the public duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the municipal shared services energy authority in the same manner as the municipal shared services energy authority itself might do, and under the direction of the court.
L.2015, c.129, s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-18 - Guaranty of bonds.

40A:66-18 Guaranty of bonds.
18. For the purpose of aiding the municipal shared services energy authority in the planning, undertaking, acquisition, construction, financing, or operation of any electric supply project authorized pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.), a member municipality may, by ordinance of its governing body, in the manner provided for adoption of a bond ordinance as provided in the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq. and with or without consideration and upon those terms and conditions as may be agreed to by and between the member municipality and the authority, unconditionally guaranty the punctual payment of the principal of, and interest on, all or a portion of any bonds of the authority. Any guaranty of the bonds of the authority made pursuant to this section shall be evidenced by endorsement thereof on the bonds, executed in the name of the member municipality and on its behalf by the officer thereof as may be designated in the ordinance authorizing the guaranty, and the municipality shall be obligated to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds in the same manner and extent as in the case of bonds issued by it. Any ordinance authorizing the guaranty shall be treated as a security agreement and shall be subject to the provisions of the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.). Any guaranty of bonds of the authority may be made, and any ordinance authorizing the guaranty may be adopted, notwithstanding any statutory debt or other limitations, including particularly any limitation or requirement under or pursuant to the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq., but the principal amount of the bonds so guaranteed, shall, after their issuance, be included in the gross debt of the member municipality for the purpose of determining the indebtedness of the municipality under or pursuant to the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq. The principal amount of the bonds guaranteed and included in gross debt shall be deducted and declared to be a deduction from gross debt under the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq.:
a. after the issuance of the bonds until the end of the fiscal year beginning next after the completion of acquisition or construction of the facility to be financed from the proceeds of the bonds; and
b. in any annual debt statement filed pursuant to the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq. as of the end of the fiscal year or any subsequent fiscal year if the revenues or other receipts or monies of the authority in that year are sufficient to pay its expenses of operation and maintenance in the year, and all amounts payable in the year on account of the principal of, and interest on, all guaranteed bonds, and all bonds of the authority issued under P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.).
L.2015, c.129, s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-20 - Compliance.

40A:66-20 Compliance.
20. The authority formed pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall comply with the provisions of P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) and all applicable federal and State laws. Nothing in P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall be construed to require regulation of an authority or its members as an electric public utility as defined under R.S.48:2-13. Wholesale sales and purchases by the authority shall not subject the authority or its members to the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities as a public utility pursuant to Title 48 of the Revised Statutes. A municipality that is a member of the authority shall continue to be subject to all laws of the State.
L.2015, c.129, s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-21 - Exemption from levy, sale.

40A:66-21 Exemption from levy, sale.
21. All property of the authority within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution of a court of competent jurisdiction and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the authority nor shall any judgment against the authority be a charge or lien upon its property, provided, however, that nothing in this section shall apply to or limit the rights of the holder of any bonds to pursue any remedy for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by the authority on its system, revenues, or other monies.
L.2015, c.129, s.21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-22 - Investment of funds.

40A:66-22 Investment of funds.
22. Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions of public bodies, and agencies thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, monies, or other funds belonging to them or within their control, in any bonds of the authority, and the bonds shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits.
L.2015, c.129, s.22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-23 - Public property; tax exemption.

40A:66-23 Public property; tax exemption.
23. Every electric supply project or facility within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members that is owned by the authority, including any pro rata share of any property within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members that is owned by the authority in conjunction with any other person or public agency and used in connection with the generation, transmission, and production of electric power and energy, and all other property of the authority within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members, is hereby declared to be public property and devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose, and the property within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members, the authority and its income shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any subdivision of the State. All bonds of the authority are hereby declared to be issued by a political subdivision of the State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be a public instrumentality in the bonds, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom and all service charges, funds, revenues, and other monies pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the bonds, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation except for transfer, inheritance and estate taxes, and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death.
L.2015, c.129, s.23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-24 - Pledge, covenant with bond holders.

40A:66-24 Pledge, covenant with bond holders.
24. The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds issued pursuant to a bond resolution of the authority, that the State will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the municipal shared services energy authority to acquire, construct, operate, and participate in one or more electric supply projects and facilities for the generation, production, and transmission of electric power and energy at wholesale, to fix, establish, charge, and collect charges, fees, and payments, and to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds or other obligations, will not in any way impair the rights or remedies of these holders, and will not modify in any way the exemptions from taxation provided for in P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) until the bonds, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of these holders, are fully met and discharged.
L.2015, c.129, s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-25 - Payment of funds to authority.

40A:66-25 Payment of funds to authority.
25. All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to the municipal shared services energy authority a good and sufficient undertaking with those sureties as shall be approved by the authority to the effect that the bank or banking institution shall faithfully keep and pay over to the order of or upon the warrant of the authority or its authorized agent, all funds as may be deposited with it by the authority and agreed interest thereon, at times or upon demands as may be agreed with the authority or in lieu of these sureties, deposit with the authority or its agent or any trustee therefor or for the holders of any bonds, as collateral, the securities as the authority may approve. The deposits of the authority may be evidenced or secured by a depository collateral agreement in a form and upon terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the authority and the bank or banking institution.
L.2015, c.129, s.25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-26 - Annual audit.

40A:66-26 Annual audit.
26. The municipal shared services energy authority shall cause an annual audit of its accounts to be made, and for this purpose shall employ a certified public accountant licensed pursuant to the laws of the State. The audit shall be completed and filed with the authority within four months after the close of its fiscal year and a certified duplicate thereof shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs within five days after the original report is filed with the authority.
L.2015, c.129, s.26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-27 - Filing of copy of bond resolution.

40A:66-27 Filing of copy of bond resolution.
27. The municipal shared services energy authority shall file a copy of each bond resolution adopted by it with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, together with a summary of the dates, amounts, maturities, and interest rates of all bonds issued pursuant thereto.
L.2015, c.129, s.27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:66-28 - Certain municipal powers unaffected.

40A:66-28 Certain municipal powers unaffected.
30. The powers granted under P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall not limit the powers of a municipality to enter into a shared service agreement or contract, or to establish a separate legal entity pursuant to State law or otherwise to carry out their powers under applicable statutory provisions, nor shall the powers granted under P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) limit the powers reserved to a municipality by State law.
L.2015, c.129, s.30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:1-1 - Oath of allegiance; form

41:1-1. Oath of allegiance; form
Every person who is or shall be required by law to give assurance of fidelity and attachment to the Government of this State shall take the following oath of allegiance:
"I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey, and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the Governments established in the United States and in this State, under the authority of the people So help me God."
Amended by L.1949, c. 21, p. 67, s. 1, eff. April 12, 1949; L.1971, c. 217, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:1-2 - Persons required to take oath of allegiance

41:1-2. Persons required to take oath of allegiance
The governor for the time being of this state, and every person who shall be appointed or elected to any office, legislative, executive or judicial, under the authority of this state, or to any office in the militia thereof, and every counselor, solicitor and attorney at law, shall, before he enters upon the execution of his trust, office or duty, take and subscribe the oath of allegiance prescribed by section 41:1-1 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:1-3 - Oath of allegiance; persons required to take; form

41:1-3. Oath of allegiance; persons required to take; form
Every person who shall be elected, or appointed to any public office in this State or in any county, municipality or special district other than a municipality therein, or in any department, board, commission, agency or instrumentality of any thereof, and is required to take and subscribe an oath of office shall, before he enters upon the execution of his said office take and subscribe the oath of allegiance set forth in R.S. 41:1-1 and, in addition, (a) any specially prescribed official oath, or (b) if no text is specially prescribed for such oath of office, the following official oath of office:
"I, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully, impartially and justly perform all the duties of the office of according to the best of my ability. So help me God."
Amended by L.1949, c. 22, p. 68, s. 1; L.1962, c. 202, s. 1, eff. Dec. 18, 1962; L.1971, c. 217, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:1-4 - Oath taken with hand on instead of kissing scriptures

41:1-4. Oath taken with hand on instead of kissing scriptures
It shall not be necessary to the solemnity or obligation of an oath administered in any court of justice or any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, in this state, for the person taking the oath to kiss the holy scriptures, but the taking of such oath, while the hand shall be held upon the book, shall answer all the purposes and requirements of the law, any usage or custom to the contrary heretofore notwithstanding. If any persons so sworn shall swear falsely they shall be guilty of perjury as though the book had been kissed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:1-5 - Swearing with uplifted hand instead of kissing and touching book; when authorized

41:1-5. Swearing with uplifted hand instead of kissing and touching book; when authorized
Every person who shall be permitted or required to take an oath in any case, where, by law, an oath is allowed or required, may take the same with the ceremony of lifting up the hand and swearing by the ever-living God, instead of that of touching and kissing the book of the gospels; and every person who is or shall be empowered and required to tender and administer an oath in the usual form, shall be and is empowered and required, on request of the party to be sworn, to administer the same in the manner herein prescribed.
An oath, which shall be administered and taken agreeably to the mode prescribed in this section shall be as good and effectual as if the same had been administered and taken in the usual form of laying the hand on and kissing the gospels.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:1-6 - Affirmations and declarations; when authorized; forms; legal effect

41:1-6. Affirmations and declarations; when authorized; forms; legal effect
Every person, permitted or required to take an oath in any case, where, by law, an oath is allowed or required, and who shall allege that he is conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, shall, instead of an oath, be permitted to make solemn affirmation or declaration in one of the following forms, to wit:
"I, , do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm": or,
"I, , do declare, in the presence of Almighty God, the witness of the truth of what I say":
Either of which forms shall be as good and effectual in law, as an oath taken in the usual form. In the affirmation or declaration, the words "so help me God" , at the close of the usual oath, shall be omitted.
Every person empowered and required to tender and administer an oath in the usual form, is empowered and required to tender and administer the affirmation or declaration prescribed by this section, when requested so to do by any such scrupulous person.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:1-7 - Seal not necessary to validity of oath or affidavit

41:1-7. Seal not necessary to validity of oath or affidavit
It shall not be necessary to the validity or sufficiency of any oath, affirmation or affidavit, made or taken before any of the persons named in section 41:2-1 of this title, that the same shall be certified under the official seal of the officer before whom made.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-1 - Officials authorized to take oaths.

41:2-1 Officials authorized to take oaths.
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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-2 - Oaths to witnesses in examinations before legislature or committees; perjury

41:2-2. Oaths to witnesses in examinations before legislature or committees; perjury
The president of the senate, the speaker of the general assembly and the chairman of a committee of the whole, or of any select or standing committee of either house of the legislature, are respectively empowered to administer oaths and affirmations to witnesses, in any matter or case under their examination; and any person who shall willfully or corruptly swear or affirm falsely touching any matter or thing material to the point in question, whereto he shall be thus examined, shall be deemed guilty of perjury and punished accordingly.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-3 - Oaths administered by notaries public in financial institution matters.

41:2-3 Oaths administered by notaries public in financial institution matters.
41:2-3. Oaths administered by notaries public in financial institution matters.
a. A notary public who is a stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent of a financial institution or other corporation may administer an oath to any other stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation.
b. A notary public employed by a financial institution may follow directions or policies of the employer which provide that during the hours of the notary public's employment by the financial institution the notary public shall not administer oaths except in the course of the business of the employer.
As used in this section, "financial institution" means a State or federally chartered bank, savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union.
Amended 1997, c.340.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-3.1 - County detectives and investigators may administer oaths

41:2-3.1. County detectives and investigators may administer oaths
County detectives and investigators attached to the office of the county prosecutor in the several counties of this State are hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths; provided, however, that such oaths are administered only in relation to a matter involving a violation or an attempted violation of the criminal laws of this State.
L.1939, c. 276, p. 697, s. 1. Amended by L.1953, c. 39, p. 753, s. 2, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-3.2 - State detectives, investigators, certain, administration of oaths.

41:2-3.2 State detectives, investigators, certain, administration of oaths.
1. State detectives and investigators assigned to the Division of Criminal Justice or the Division of State Police may administer oaths, if the oaths are administered only in relation to a matter involving a violation or an attempted violation of the criminal laws of this State.
L.1982, c.221, s.1; amended 2017, c.280.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-4 - Duty to administer oath of allegiance

41:2-4. Duty to administer oath of allegiance
Any court of judicature or any commissioned officer of the United Army, Navy or Marine Corps shall administer the oath of allegiance to such person as shall be by law required to take the same in such court; provided, that when said oath of allegiance shall be taken before a commissioned officer there shall be a recital that he is such commissioned officer including a recital of his rank and official designation as such and that the person taking such oath is in the military or naval service of the United States.
Amended by L.1944, c. 59, p. 118, s. 1, eff. April 4, 1944.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-5 - Oath of allegiance when official oath required; recital where taken before commissioned officer

41:2-5. Oath of allegiance when official oath required; recital where taken before commissioned officer
It shall be lawful for every court, body corporate, judge, magistrate, any commissioned officer of the United States Army, Navy or Marine Corps or other person, before whom it is or shall be incumbent for any person, elected or appointed to office, to take his official oath, to administer at the same time the oath of allegiance to such person, if he is or shall be required by law to take the same; provided, that when said official oath shall be taken before a commissioned officer there shall be a recital that he is such commissioned officer including a recital of his rank and official designation as such and that the person taking such oath is in the military or naval service of the United States.
Amended by L.1944, c. 59, p. 119, s. 2; L.1953, c. 39, p. 753, s. 3, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-6 - Oath of allegiance when official oath not required

41:2-6. Oath of allegiance when official oath not required
Except as otherwise provided, where the oath of allegiance is or shall be required by law, without any official or other oath, the same may be administered by any justice, judge or magistrate of any court of this State, who shall administer the oath of allegiance to any person who shall apply to take the same.
Amended by L.1953, c. 39, p. 753, s. 4, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-7 - Oath of office and of allegiance of governor

41:2-7. Oath of office and of allegiance of governor
The Chief Justice, or any associate justice of the Supreme Court, or any member of the Senate, shall be and is hereby authorized to administer the oaths of office and allegiance to the Governor, elect or acting, which oaths, if the Legislature be in session, shall be administered in the presence of the Senate and General Assembly at such place as they may designate.
Amended by L.1953, c. 39, p. 753, s. 5, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-10 - Oaths of office; administration

41:2-10. Oaths of office; administration
41:2-10. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, any associate justice thereof, any judge of the Superior Court or judge of the tax court may administer the oaths of office and of allegiance to any person appointed to the office of Clerk of the Supreme Court, Clerk of the Superior Court, Secretary of State or Attorney General, and the aforesaid justices and judges and the Governor and members of the Legislature may administer the oaths of office and of allegiance to any person elected or appointed to any other elective or appointive office as to which no other provision is made by law.
Amended 1953,c.39,s.6; 1983,c.408; 1988,c.80,s.1; 1991,c.365.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-11 - Oaths of office and of allegiance; recital where taken before commissioned officer

41:2-11. Oaths of office and of allegiance; recital where taken before commissioned officer
The county clerk of each county or any commissioned officer of the United States Army, Navy or Marine Corps may administer the oath of office and allegiance to every person chosen or appointed as a coroner in or for said county; provided, that when said oaths of office and allegiance have been administered by a commissioned officer there shall be a recital that he is such commissioned officer including a recital of his rank and official designation as such and that the person taking such oath is in the military or naval service of the United States.
Amended by L.1944, c. 59, p. 119, s. 3; L.1948, c. 145, p. 872, s. 1; L.1953, c. 39, p. 754, s. 7, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-12 - Enrollment by county clerk of names of persons taking oaths before him

41:2-12. Enrollment by county clerk of names of persons taking oaths before him
The county clerk shall enroll the name of every person to whom he shall administer the oaths mentioned in section 41:2-11 of this Title, together with the time of administering the same, to be by him filed in his office, and shall transmit, within twenty days after administering such oath, a copy of the enrollment to the Secretary of State to be by him filed in his office.
Amended by L.1953, c. 39, p. 754, s. 8, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-13 - Judge to act in absence of county clerk

41:2-13. Judge to act in absence of county clerk
41:2-13. If the county clerk be absent, removed or dead, then any judge of the Superior Court may administer the oaths of office and allegiance to the persons, or any of them, required to take the same in and by section 41:2-11 of this Title. The judge shall report the name of the person to whom said oaths were administered, and the date thereof, to the said clerk or his successor, who shall enroll the same and transmit a copy of such enrollment to the Secretary of State, as is directed by section 41:2-12 of this Title.
Amended 1953,c.39,s.9; 1991,c.91,s.406.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-14 - Oaths of office of notaries, etc.

41:2-14. Oaths of office of notaries, etc.
41:2-14. In case of the absence, removal, death, or any other disability of the county clerk of any county, any judge of the Superior Court may administer the oaths of office and allegiance to commissioners of deeds, notaries public or other persons required to take the same before such clerk, and any official's oath so administered shall be as effectual in law as if taken in the manner prescribed by law.
Amended 1953,c.39,s.10; 1991,c.91,s.407.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-15 - Oath of office and of allegiance of county clerk

41:2-15. Oath of office and of allegiance of county clerk
41:2-15. Any judge of the Superior Court or any commissioned officer of the United States Army, Navy or Marine Corps may administer the oaths of office and allegiance to the person who shall be elected or appointed county clerk; and the clerk shall thereupon enroll his own name and the time of his being sworn into office, and transmit a copy of such enrollment to the Secretary of State to be by him filed in his office; provided, that when said oaths of office and allegiance have been administered by a commissioned officer there shall be a recital that he is such commissioned officer including a recital of his rank and official designation as such and that the person taking such oath is in the military or naval service of the United States.
Amended 1944,c.59,s.4; 1953,c.39,s.11; 1991,c.91,s.408.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-17 - Officers authorized to administer or take; jurat; certificate.

41:2-17 Officers authorized to administer or take; jurat; certificate.
41:2-17. Officers authorized to administer or take; jurat; certificate.
Any oath, affirmation, or affidavit required or authorized to be taken in any suit or legal proceeding in this State, or for any lawful purpose whatever, except official oaths and depositions required to be taken upon notice, when taken out of this State, may be taken before any notary public of the state, territory, nation, kingdom, or country in which the same shall be taken, or before any officer who may be authorized by the laws of this State to take the acknowledgment of deeds in such state, territory, nation, kingdom, or country; and a recital that he or she is such notary or officer in the jurat or certificate of such oath, affirmation, or affidavit, and his or her official designation annexed to his or her signature, and attested under his or her official seal, shall be sufficient proof that the person before whom the same is taken is such notary or officer.
amended 2021, c.179, s.33.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-18 - President of council, vice president, or president pro tem., of proprietors may administer oaths

41:2-18. President of council, vice president, or president pro tem., of proprietors may administer oaths
The president of the council of proprietors of West Jersey, or, in his absence, the vice president or president pro tempore, may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses, touching any dispute or controversy that may come before said council for their adjudications.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-19 - Deputy surveyors to take depositions, etc.

41:2-19. Deputy surveyors to take depositions, etc.
Deputy surveyors of the western division of New Jersey may take depositions or affirmations of citations being duly served, as also, in relation to corner lines and boundaries of land, wherein they are called to survey or resurvey, which depositions or affirmations they are hereby authorized to administer.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2-20 - Effect of oaths administered under sections 41:2-18 or 41:2-19

41:2-20. Effect of oaths administered under sections 41:2-18 or 41:2-19
All oaths and affirmations authorized to be administered by either section 41:2-18 or 41:2-19 of this title shall have the same force and effect as if they had been taken before a justice of the peace of the proper county. The officer administering any such oath or affirmation shall cause the name of the witness and the purpose for which he was sworn or affirmed to be entered on the journals of the council of proprietors.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2A-1 - Judicial officers

41:2A-1. Judicial officers
The Chief Justice and each Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, each judge of the Superior Court and each judge of the tax court, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe the oath of allegiance prescribed by R. S. 41:1-1, and the oath of office required to be taken by judicial officers.
L. 1948, c. 335, s. 1;amended 1951,c.350; 1971,c.217,s.8; 1981,c.428,s.1; 1988,c.80,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2A-3 - Administration by judges

41:2A-3. Administration by judges
Any justice of the Supreme Court may administer the oath to a person appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and any justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Superior Court or judge of the tax court may administer the oath to a person appointed a judge of the Superior Court or judge of the tax court. Any judge of the Superior Court or judge of the tax court may administer the oath to a person appointed a judge of a municipal court and any surrogate, deputy surrogate or special deputy surrogate.
L. 1948, c. 335, s. 3; amended 1953,c.39,s.14; 1981,c.428,s.2; 1988,c.80,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2A-4 - Subscription, filing

41:2A-4. Subscription, filing
The oaths shall also be subscribed by the judicial officer taking the oaths and, if the judicial officer is a Supreme Court Justice, judge of the Superior Court or judge of the tax court, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
L. 1948, c. 335, s. 4; amended 1981,c.428,s.3; 1988,c.80,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:2A-6 - Form of oath

41:2A-6. Form of oath
The Chief Justice, the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, the judges of the Superior Court, the judges of the tax court, the judges of the municipal courts and the surrogates, deputy surrogates and special deputy surrogates shall, before entering upon the execution of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath:
"I..........................................., do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of this State and the Constitution of the United States, and will perform the duties of my office, faithfully, impartially and justly, to the best of my ability. So help me God."
L. 1951, c. 351, s. 1; amended 1981,c.428,s.4; 1988,c.80,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:3-1 - False swearing, affirmation of declaration; perjury

41:3-1. False swearing, affirmation of declaration; perjury
If any person shall willfully and corruptly swear, affirm or declare falsely, in or by any oath, affirmation, declaration or affidavit, required to be made or taken by any statute 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, such person shall be deemed guilty of perjury and punished accordingly.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits › Section 41:3-2 - Subornation of oaths, affirmations or affidavits made or taken out of state

41:3-2. Subornation of oaths, affirmations or affidavits made or taken out of state
If any oath, affirmation or affidavit made or taken under authority of section 41:2-17 of this title, or any material part thereof, shall be untrue, any person who shall use or offer the same for any purpose whatever, knowing the same to be untrue, shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof suffer the same punishment as if convicted of subornation of perjury, and shall be subject to the same disabilities.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Partnerships and Partnership Associations › Section 42:1A-2 - Definitions relative to partnerships

42:1A-2. Definitions relative to partnerships
2. As used in this act:
"Business" includes every trade, occupation, and profession.
"Debtor in bankruptcy" means a person who is the subject of:
(1) an order for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or a comparable order under a successor statute of general application; or
(2) a comparable order under federal, state, or foreign law governing insolvency.
"Distribution" means a transfer of money or other property from a partnership to a partner in the partner's capacity as a partner or to the partner's transferee.
"Foreign limited liability partnership" means a partnership that:
(1) is formed under laws other than the laws of this State; and
(2) has the status of a limited liability partnership under those laws.
"Limited liability partnership" means a partnership that has filed a statement of qualification under section 47 of this act and does not have a similar statement in effect in any other jurisdiction.
"Partnership" means an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit formed under section 10 of this act, predecessor law, or comparable law of another jurisdiction.
"Partnership agreement" means the agreement, whether written, oral, or implied, among the partners concerning the partnership, including amendments to the partnership agreement.
"Partnership at will" means a partnership in which the partners have not agreed to remain partners until the expiration of a definite term or the completion of a particular undertaking.
"Partnership interest" or "partner's interest in the partnership" means all of a partner's interests in the partnership, including the partner's transferable interest and all management and other rights.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited partnerships, limited liability company, or other limited liability entity, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
"Property" means all property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein.
"State" means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
"Statement" means a statement of partnership authority under section 15, a statement of denial under section 16, a statement of dissociation under section 37, a statement of dissolution under section 43, a statement of qualification under section 47 of this act, or a statement of foreign qualification under section 51 of this act, or an amendment or cancellation of any of the foregoing.
"Transfer" includes an assignment, conveyance, lease, mortgage, deed, and encumbrance.
L.2000,c.161,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 42 - Partnerships and Partnership Associations › Section 42:1A-3 - Explanation of knowledge, notice; giving, receiving notice

42:1A-3. Explanation of knowledge, notice; giving, receiving notice
3. a. A person knows a fact if the person has actual knowledge of it.
b. A person has notice of a fact if the person:
(1) knows of it;
(2) has received a notification of it; or
(3) has reason to know it exists from all of the facts known to the person at the time in question.
c. A person notifies or gives a notification to another by taking steps reasonably required to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not the other person learns of it.
d. A person receives a notification when the notification:
(1) comes to the person's attention; or
(2) is duly delivered at the person's place of business or at any other place held out by the person as a place for receiving communications.
e. Except as otherwise provided in subsection f. of this section, a person other than an individual knows, has notice, or receives a notification of a fact for purposes of a particular transaction when the individual conducting the transaction knows, has notice, or receives a notification of the fact, or in any event when the fact would have been brought to the individual's attention if that person had exercised reasonable diligence. The person exercises reasonable diligence if it maintains reasonable routines for communicating significant information to the individual conducting the transaction and there is reasonable compliance with the routines. Reasonable diligence does not require an individual acting for the person to communicate information unless the communication is part of the individual's regular duties or the individual has reason to know of the transaction and that the transaction would be materially affected by the information.
f. A partner's knowledge, notice, or receipt of a notification of a fact relating to the partnership is effective immediately as knowledge by, notice to, or receipt of, a notification by the partnership, except in the case of a fraud on the partnership committed by or with the consent of that partner.
L.2000,c.161,s.3.