{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-75-34","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:75-34","heading":"Procedure where incumbent resigns; where incumbent contests recall; incumbent's petition","body":"If the incumbent shall resign within three days after the certificate of notice shall have been served upon him, these proceedings shall be modified accordingly, and the election of his successor shall proceed as herein provided.\nIf the incumbent shall desire to contest his recall, he shall file with the  clerk, at least fifteen days before the recall election, an incumbent's petition signed by at least fifteen per cent of the legal voters of the municipality in the following form:\n\"To the clerk of .......................... (insert name of municipality): You are hereby  requested to place on the ballot at the recall election to be held on  the ........ day of .................. , 19 ..... , as provided in your certificate of  notice dated the ........ day of ................... , 19 ..... , the question of the  recall of .......................... (name of incumbent), as follows:\nIf you are in favor of the recall of ........................ (name of incumbent), mark a  cross (X) or plus (+) in the square opposite the word YES. If you are not in  favor of his recall, mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square opposite the  word NO.\n]  YES           \"Shall ..................... (name of incumbent)\n[ ] NO           be removed from  the office of commissioner by recall?'\nAnd for so doing this petition shall be your sufficient warrant.\nName.                                     Street Address.\n.................................... ......................................\n.................................... ......................................\n.................................... ......................................\nI join in the above petition. ......................................\n(Insert name of incumbent.)\nDated:\n............................\nState of New Jersey,     )  ss.\nCounty of .............  )\n.............................. , being duly sworn according to law, says: That he is one of the  signers of the above petition, and that he knows that the signatures thereon  are in the handwriting of the signers, and to the best of his knowledge and  belief are the signatures of the persons purporting to sign the same.\nSubscribed and sworn to        )\nbefore me this ...........            )  ................................\"\nday of .............. , 19 ........   )","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":"279bc22f776a1295839ec5e3d389461bf3e975b8d6a68422cca64cf702554f6d","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-75-33","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-75-35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}