{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-19-3","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:19-3","heading":"Petition for resolution;  resolution on initiative of board","body":"If a petition signed by at least twenty per cent of the legal voters of the  county shall be presented to the board, requesting such a change of the county  seat from one municipality to another therein named, the board shall pass a  resolution therefor.\nThe board of chosen freeholders may pass such resolution on its own initiative.","path":["TITLE 40 MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES"],"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":"1d0933eed00b9d2614c3c698bd02f9f3724d895cd2277f9ae7dc1cf2fe590180","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-19-2","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-19-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}