35:3-4 Public entity, corporation, individual required to publish, advertise legal notices, applicable law, compliance.
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4. a. A public entity, corporation, or individual required by law or by the order or rule of any court to publish or advertise a legal notice shall publish or advertise the notice in accordance with the applicable law or court order or rule.
b. A public entity, corporation, or individual shall be deemed to satisfy their legal obligations to provide a legal notice upon publication of the notice as required pursuant to P.L.2025, c.72 (C.35:3-1 et al.).
c. Legal notices published on a public entity's Internet website or the Internet website of an online news publication in accordance with P.L.2025, c.72 (C.35:3-1 et al.) shall not be deemed defective if at least one of the following circumstances exist:
(1)there is an error in the content or form of the legal notice published or advertised on a public entity's Internet website or online news publication due to a clerical, administrative, or any other error outside of the control of the public entity, corporation, or individual required by law or court order or rule to publish the legal notice;
(2)there is a temporary outage, technical malfunction, disruption, or service interruption preventing the publishing, posting, or display of a legal notice on the public entity's Internet website or online news publication;
(3)the operator of the public entity's Internet website or the online news publication imposes standard restrictions that prevent access to the website or online news publication;
(4)the public entity's Internet website or the online news publication is subject to a cyberattack or cybersecurity incident, including, but not limited to, ransomware or a data breach, causing the failure to timely or accurately publish the legal notice; or
(5)any other circumstances preventing the publishing, posting, or display of a legal notice on the public entity Internet website or online news publication that are outside of the control of the public entity, corporation, or individual required by law or court order or rule to publish the legal notice.
L.2025, c.72, s.4.