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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 41:2-17

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: includes "affirmation. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • 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
  • 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
  • territory: extends to and includes any territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
41:2-17. Officers authorized to administer or take; jurat; certificate.

Any oath, affirmation, or affidavit required or authorized to be taken in any suit or legal proceeding in this State, or for any lawful purpose whatever, except official oaths and depositions required to be taken upon notice, when taken out of this State, may be taken before any notary public of the state, territory, nation, kingdom, or country in which the same shall be taken, or before any officer who may be authorized by the laws of this State to take the acknowledgment of deeds in such state, territory, nation, kingdom, or country; and a recital that he or she is such notary or officer in the jurat or certificate of such oath, affirmation, or affidavit, and his or her official designation annexed to his or her signature, and attested under his or her official seal, shall be sufficient proof that the person before whom the same is taken is such notary or officer.

amended 2021, c.179, s.33.