N.J. Stat. § 26:8-44
Indexing, tabulation and preservation of records by State registrar
New Jersey · New Jersey Statutes Title 26 — Health and Vital Statistics · Status: effective
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26:8-44. The State registrar shall cause all certificates of marriages and civil unions and marriage and civil union licenses received to be alphabetically indexed and shall cause to be transcribed or otherwise recorded from the certificates such of the vital facts appearing thereon as the department may deem necessary or useful.
The certificates of marriage and civil union shall be so tabulated as to present in separate and distinct classes the record of each county or registration district of over 5,000 inhabitants, which record shall be preserved as a public record and the original certificates shall be preserved in the archives of the department.
Amended 1965, c.78, s.62; 2006, c.103, s.47.