{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-8-56","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:8-56","heading":"Fee for registering birth or death.","body":"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.\nAmended 1948, c.285, s.1; 1963, c.81, s.7; 1983, c.275, s.14; 2003, c.221, s.23.","path":["TITLE 26 HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"2bc8084b7497236925e8e1cf0dd459432c4788e726a68e1688be515a9b6ea502","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-8-55","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-8-57"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}