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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:5-35

  • clerk: means the clerk of a municipality or of a board of chosen freeholders. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • local unit: means any county, municipality, special district or any public body corporate and politic created or established under any law of this State by or on behalf of any one or more counties or municipalities, or any board, commission, department or agency of any of the foregoing having custody of funds, but shall not include a school district. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:5-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The local unit may require such bonds, or any of them, to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county and a copy of any bond so recorded, certified by the county clerk, shall be received in evidence in all the courts of this State and be as good and available in law as if the original bond were produced and proved.

L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.