Legal Research Home > New Jersey Lawyer > Public Records > New Jersey Public Records Laws Section 47:1-2. Instruments to be in English to be entitled to recording or filing.

No instrument in writing, with or without an acknowledgment, proof, affidavit or certificate attached thereto, required by law to be recorded or filed in the office of any county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, shall be received for record or filing in any of such offices, unless such instrument, acknowledgment, proof, affidavit or certificate is written or printed in the English language.

Last modified: October 22, 2006