{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-7-11","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 52:7-11","heading":"Commission; term; application; renewal.","body":"2.\tCommission; Term; Application; Renewal.\na.\tThe State Treasurer may commission so many notaries public as the State Treasurer deems necessary to commission. Notaries public shall hold their respective offices for a term of five years.\nb.\tAn applicant for commission as a notary public shall make application to the State Treasurer on a form prescribed by the State Treasurer and endorsed by a member of the Legislature. Renewals shall be made in the same manner as the original application. All applications shall be submitted electronically.\nThe application form shall provide a notice to the applicant that a notary public who is not licensed as an attorney-at-law shall not use or advertise the title of lawyer or attorney-at-law, or equivalent terms, in any language, which mean or imply that the notary public is licensed as an attorney-at-law in the State of New Jersey or in any other jurisdiction of the United States.  The application form shall also state that a notary public who advertises the notary public's services in any language is required to provide with such advertisement a notice in the language of the advertisement which contains the following statement or translation of the following statement if the advertisement is not in English:  \"I am not an attorney licensed to practice law and may not give legal advice about immigration or any other legal matter or accept fees for legal advice.\"\nc.\tThe State Treasurer shall collect a nonrefundable fee of $25 for each commission or renewal. In collecting the fee, the State Treasurer shall accept the use of a credit card, debit card, or electronic funds transfer.\nL.1979, c.460, s.2; amended 2021, c.179, s.3.","path":["TITLE 52 STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS"],"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":"4a55f28715772d72f66a2ae98e1e4379ff293399bbf42d4304c2e7024fb4b7ee","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-7-10.23","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-7-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}