{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-46-42","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:46-42","heading":"Certificate of qualification","body":"In any municipality governed under this act, no person holding a key position in such municipality shall hereafter acquire any protected tenure of office provided by general law unless and until he shall have obtained a certificate of qualification as herein provided.\nL.1950, c. 211, p. 525, s. 4, eff. June 8, 1950.","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":"fcd868b396bb4022377a4ee8eabdbc36c6177b5e5ce119a99e7c4981754fc815","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-46-41","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-46-43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}