New Jersey A 2972: Permits municipalities to provide information on property tax bills concerning amount of local tax dollars saved through shared services.

Bill Text

A2972 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2972 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ERIK PETERSON

District 23 (Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren)

SYNOPSIS

���� Authorizes attorney-at-law who validates affidavit, 
acknowledgment, proof, oath, or affirmation to affix seal indicating that he is 
attorney-at-law. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act 
concerning attorneys-at-law and supplementing chapter 14 of Title 46 of the 
Revised Statutes.

���� Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a. A person licensed to 
practice law in this State who validates an affidavit, acknowledgment, proof, 
oath, or affirmation taken before him in accordance with the provisions of 
chapter 14 of Title 46 of the Revised Statutes or R.S.41:2-1 may, but shall not 
be required to, affix a seal to the document indicating that he is an 
attorney-at-law of the State of New Jersey and, as such, is authorized by 
statute to perform such validations. 

���� b.��� Validation of an 
affidavit, acknowledgment, proof, oath, or affirmation by an attorney-at-law 
pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall have the same force and effect 
as validation and the affixing of a seal by a notary public. 

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would authorize an 
attorney-at-law who validates an affidavit, acknowledgment, proof, oath, or 
affirmation to affix a seal to the document indicating that he is an 
attorney-at-law.

���� Under the bill, a person 
licensed to practice law in this State who validates an affidavit, 
acknowledgment, proof, oath, or affirmation taken before him in accordance with 
the provisions of chapter 14 of Title 46 of the Revised Statutes or R.S.41:2-1 
may, but would not be required to, affix a seal to the document indicating that 
he is an attorney-at-law of the State of New Jersey and, as such, is authorized 
by statute to perform such validations. 

���� The bill specifies that the 
validation of an affidavit, acknowledgment, proof, oath, or affirmation by an 
attorney-at-law in accordance with the bill would have the same force and 
effect as validation by a notary public.