Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:8-42

  • district: means a registration district as constituted by this article. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • registrar: means the local registrar of vital statistics of any district. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • State registrar: means the State registrar of vital statistics. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
26:8-42. The local registrar who receives the certificate of a marriage or the certificate of a civil union within the district under his jurisdiction, the license for which was issued in another registration district, shall, within 5 days after receipt of the marriage or civil union certificate, copy the names of the persons married or the partners in a civil union couple; the date of marriage or civil union; the place of marriage or the civil union and the marriage or civil union license number upon a form provided by the State registrar and transmit it by mail to the officer legally designated to receive certificates of marriage or civil union in the registration district in which the license was issued.

Amended 1950, c.118; 1965, c.78, s.60; 2006, c.103, s.45.