2020 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers
Section 52:7-18 - Name change by notary, filing of statement.
52:7-18 Name change by notary, filing of statement.
9. After a notary public adopts a name different from that which he used at the time he was commissioned, and before he signs his name to any document which he is authorized or required to sign as notary public, he shall make and sign a statement in writing and under oath, on a form prescribed and furnished by the State Treasurer, setting out the circumstances under which he has adopted the new name. The statement shall set forth whether the new name has been adopted through marriage or by a change of name proceeding or otherwise, and such other information as the State Treasurer shall require.
The statement shall be filed in the office of the State Treasurer and in the office of the clerk of the county where he qualified as a notary public and in the office of the clerk of any county in which he may have filed a certificate of his commission and qualification.
Such statement, or a certified copy thereof, shall be evidence of the right of said notary public to continue to exercise the powers and privileges and perform the duties of a notary public in his changed and new name.
L.1979, c.460, s.9; amended 2014, c.48, s.7.
