38:25-5 - Honorable discharges of veterans recorded without cost - New Jersey Statutes

38:25-5.     Honorable discharges of veterans recorded without cost 
     38:25-5.  Each county clerk, or the register of deeds in counties having the same, shall record, without costs, when delivered to him for that purpose, in large and bound books of good paper to be provided for that purpose, and carefully preserved and indexed, and to be called and backed "honorable discharges of veterans," the honorable discharge or the certificate in lieu of an honorable discharge, and the record of service or notice of separation showing the record of service, as issued by the proper governmental agency of the Federal Government, of any soldier, sailor, marine or nurse who has or may hereafter serve in the army, navy, marine or air corps of the United States, or of any member of the American Merchant Marine during World War II who is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits. 

    Amended 1948,c.153; 1991,c.389,s.18.