New Jersey Statutes 47:1-16. Social security numbers, prohibition of display, printing on certain documents publicly recorded
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 47:1-16
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. Whenever a document is presented for public recording with any county recording authority and that document displays a person’s Social Security number, the recording authority shall delete, strike, obliterate or otherwise expunge that number prior to recording the document.
The fact that such a document is recorded without deleting, striking, obliterating or otherwise expunging that Social Security number shall not render the document invalid, void, voidable or in any way defective.
c. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to a document originating with any court or taxing authority, any document that when filed by law constitutes a non-consensual lien against an individual, any publicly recorded document that is required by law to contain a Social Security number, or any document filed with or recorded by a County Surrogate.
d. The county recording authority shall not be liable for any claims arising from a violation of this act.
L.2005,c.99,s.1.