{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-41-2-1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 41:2-1","heading":"Officials authorized to take oaths.","body":"All oaths, affirmations and affidavits required to be made or taken by law of this State, or necessary or proper to be made, taken or used in any court of this State, or for any lawful purpose whatever, may be made and taken before any one of the following officers:\nThe Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or any of the justices or judges of courts of record of this State;\nMasters of the Superior Court;\nMunicipal judges;\nMayors or aldermen of cities, towns or boroughs or commissioners of commission governed municipalities;\nSurrogates, registers of deeds and mortgages, county clerks and their deputies;\nMunicipal clerks and clerks of boards of chosen freeholders;\nSheriffs of any county;\nMembers of boards of chosen freeholders;\nClerks of all courts;\nNotaries public;\nCommissioners of deeds;\nMembers of the State Legislature;\nAttorneys-at-law and counsellors-at-law of this State;\nCertified court reporters, as defined in section 10 of P.L.1940, c.175 (C.45:15B-10).\nThis section shall not apply to official oaths required to be made or taken by any of the officers of this State, nor to oaths or affidavits required to be made and taken in open court.\nAmended 1951, c.302, s.1; 1953, c.39, s.1; 1953, c.428, s.3; 1964, c.165, s.1; 1968, c.169; 1970, c.182; 1983, c.495; 1986, c.124; 2007, c.73.","path":["TITLE 41 OATHS AND AFFIDAVITS"],"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":"0d94a0a0cbace78c7e5f32a78ccb3d6ca85343d39168e19c950b1ae46550e20a","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-41-1-7","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-41-2-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}