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.

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