New Jersey Statutes 42:2C-22. Delivery to and filing of records by filing office; effective time and date
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 42:2C-22
- 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. A record authorized or required to be delivered to the filing office for filing under this act shall be captioned to describe the record’s purpose, be in a medium permitted by the filing office, and be delivered to the filing office. If the filing fees have been paid, unless the filing office determines that a record does not comply with the filing requirements of this act, the filing office shall file the record and:
(1) for a statement of denial under section 29 of this act, send an acknowledgement confirming the filing and a receipt for the fees to the person who submitted the record; and
(2) for all other records, send an acknowledgement confirming the filing and a receipt for the fees to the person who submitted the record.
b. Upon request and payment of the requisite fee, the filing office shall send to the requester a certified copy of a requested record.
c. Except as otherwise provided in sections 15 and 23 of this act, a record delivered to the filing office for filing under this act may specify a delayed effective date. Subject to section 15, subsection d. of section 18 and section 23 of this act, a record filed by the filing office is effective:
(1) if the record does not specify a delayed effective date, on the date the record is filed as evidenced by the filing office’s endorsement of the date on the record; and
(2) if the record specifies a delayed effective date after the date the record is filed as evidenced by the filing office’s endorsement of the date on the record, on the delayed effective date.
L.2012, c.50, s.22.