46:16-9 - Copies of deeds or instruments recorded in other states, territories or District of Columbia - New Jersey Statutes

46:16-9.  Copies of deeds or instruments recorded in other states, territories or District of Columbia    When any deed or instrument of the nature or description set forth in section 46:16-1 of this title shall have been recorded in the public records of  any state of the United States, territory thereof or the District of Columbia,  or any county thereof, in accordance with the laws of such state, territory or  district, and any person shall, for the purpose of making title to any real  estate or other property in this state, or of manifesting such title, desire to  have the same recorded in this state, the county recording officer of any  county of this state in which such real estate or other property may be  situate, upon an exemplified copy of the record of such deed or instrument and  of the certificates of acknowledgment or proof thereof being filed in his  office, exemplified and attested as a true copy in the manner required by the  laws of the state, territory or district in which the same shall have been the  theretofore recorded, may record such copy, together with the exemplifications  thereof, in the proper books of record in his office, whether or not the  acknowledgment or proof or certificate of the same contains any errors or  imperfections, or does or does not conform in all respects with the  requirements of the laws of this state.

    Any record made under authority of this section, shall thereafter have the same effect as to notice, and any such record or certified copies thereof shall  be received in evidence in the same manner, as if the original deed or instrument had been duly acknowledged or proved, certified and recorded instead  of such exemplified copy.