New Jersey Statutes 52:7-10.19. Validity of notarial acts
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:7-10.19
- 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
a. Except as otherwise provided in section 9 of P.L.2021, c.179 (C. 59:7-10.4), the failure of a notarial officer to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified in P.L.1979, c.460 (C. 52:7-10 et seq.), as amended and supplemented by P.L.2021, c.179 (C. 59:7-10.1 et al.), does not invalidate a notarial act performed by the notarial officer.
b. The validity of a notarial act under P.L.1979, c.460 (C. 52:7-10 et seq.), as amended and supplemented by P.L.2021, c.179 (C. 59:7-10.1 et al.), does not prevent an aggrieved person from seeking to invalidate the record or transaction that is the subject of the notarial act or from seeking other remedies available by law and as provided in P.L.1979, c.460 (C. 52:7-10 et seq.), as amended and supplemented by P.L.2021, c.179 (C. 59:7-10.1 et al.).
c. P.L.1979, c.460 (C. 52:7-10 et seq.), as amended and supplemented by P.L.2021, c.179 (C. 59:7-10.1 et al.), shall not validate any purported notarial act performed by an individual who does not have the authority to perform notarial acts.
L.2021, c.179, s.28.