41:2-17 - Officers authorized to administer or take; jurat; certificate - New Jersey Statutes

41:2-17.  Officers authorized to administer or take;  jurat; certificate    Any oath, affirmation or affidavit required or authorized to be taken in any  suit or legal proceeding in this state, or for any lawful purpose whatever,  except official oaths and depositions required to be taken upon notice, when  taken out of this state, may be taken before any notary public of the state,  territory, nation, kingdom or country in which the same shall be taken, or  before any officer who may be authorized by the laws of this state to take the  acknowledgment of deeds in such state, territory, nation, kingdom or country;   and a recital that he is such notary or officer in the jurat or certificate of  such oath, affirmation or affidavit, and his official designation annexed to  his signature, and attested under his official seal, shall be sufficient proof  that the person before whom the same is taken is such notary or officer.  When,  however, any other certificate is required by law to be annexed to the  certificate of such officer, other than a notary public, for the recording of a  deed acknowledged before him, a like certificate shall be annexed to his certificate of the taking of such oath.