N.J. Stat. § 9:3-51: Judgments of adoption; records.

15. The clerk of the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part shall promptly file all judgments of adoption and shall maintain an alphabetical index of all judgments of adoption entered each year pursuant to P.L.1977, c.367 (C.9:3-37 et seq.), all of which records shall be sealed and thereafter shall be made accessible only by court order or as otherwise provided by law.

L.1977, c.367, s.15; amended 1991, c.91, s.194; 1993, c.345, s.14; 2014, c.9, s.1.