New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL
Chapter 50 - NOTARY PUBLIC RULES
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 17:50-1.11 - Journal requirement
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) A notary public shall maintain a journal of all notarial acts performed.
(b) For each notarial act, the notary public shall record in the journal:
(c) If a notary public's journal is lost or stolen, the notary public shall notify the State Treasurer within 10 days of the loss or theft at http://www.nj.gov/treasury/revenue/revgencode.shtml (select Notary application).
(d) The notary public shall:
(e) On resignation from, or the revocation or suspension of, a notary public's commission, the notary public shall either:
(f) On the death or adjudication of incompetency of a current or former notary public, the notary public's personal representative or guardian or any other person knowingly in possession of the journal shall, within 45 days, write to the State Treasurer at
http://www.nj.gov/treasury/revenue/revgencode.shtml for instructions on how to send or transmit the journal securely.
(g) In lieu of maintaining a journal, a notary public who is an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in this State, who is employed by an attorney-at-law, or who is employed by, or acting as an agent for, a title insurance company licensed to do business in this State pursuant to P.L. 2001, c. 210 (N.J.S.A. 17:22A-26et seq.), may maintain a record of notarial acts in the form of files regularly maintained for the attorney's law practice or the title insurance company's business activities, as the case may be.