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Code · New Jersey · Title 40A — Municipalities and Counties · Chapter 9

40A:9-83. Term of office of register of deeds and mortgages

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The register of deeds and mortgages shall be elected by the legal voters of the county for a term of 5 years. He shall be commissioned by the Governor and his commission shall be issued and bear date on January 1 next following his election, or if such date falls upon a Sunday, then on the following day.
L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1973, c. 57, s. 1, eff. March 15, 1973.
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