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.

Structure New Jersey Revised Statutes

New Jersey Revised Statutes

Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits

Section 41:1-1 - Oath of allegiance; form

Section 41:1-2 - Persons required to take oath of allegiance

Section 41:1-3 - Oath of allegiance; persons required to take; form

Section 41:1-4 - Oath taken with hand on instead of kissing scriptures

Section 41:1-5 - Swearing with uplifted hand instead of kissing and touching book; when authorized

Section 41:1-6 - Affirmations and declarations; when authorized; forms; legal effect

Section 41:1-7 - Seal not necessary to validity of oath or affidavit

Section 41:2-1 - Officials authorized to take oaths.

Section 41:2-2 - Oaths to witnesses in examinations before legislature or committees; perjury

Section 41:2-3 - Oaths administered by notaries public in financial institution matters.

Section 41:2-3.1 - County detectives and investigators may administer oaths

Section 41:2-3.2 - State detectives, investigators, certain, administration of oaths.

Section 41:2-4 - Duty to administer oath of allegiance

Section 41:2-5 - Oath of allegiance when official oath required; recital where taken before commissioned officer

Section 41:2-6 - Oath of allegiance when official oath not required

Section 41:2-7 - Oath of office and of allegiance of governor

Section 41:2-8 - Oath of allegiance of legislators

Section 41:2-10 - Oaths of office; administration

Section 41:2-11 - Oaths of office and of allegiance; recital where taken before commissioned officer

Section 41:2-12 - Enrollment by county clerk of names of persons taking oaths before him

Section 41:2-13 - Judge to act in absence of county clerk

Section 41:2-14 - Oaths of office of notaries, etc.

Section 41:2-15 - Oath of office and of allegiance of county clerk

Section 41:2-17 - Officers authorized to administer or take; jurat; certificate.

Section 41:2-18 - President of council, vice president, or president pro tem., of proprietors may administer oaths

Section 41:2-19 - Deputy surveyors to take depositions, etc.

Section 41:2-20 - Effect of oaths administered under sections 41:2-18 or 41:2-19

Section 41:2A-1 - Judicial officers

Section 41:2A-3 - Administration by judges

Section 41:2A-4 - Subscription, filing

Section 41:2A-5 - Repeal

Section 41:2A-6 - Form of oath

Section 41:3-1 - False swearing, affirmation of declaration; perjury

Section 41:3-2 - Subornation of oaths, affirmations or affidavits made or taken out of state