Failure of clerk to register; penalty

N.J. Stat. § 4:20-21
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A township clerk who shall fail to enter or register an agreement or certificate such as is referred to in section 4:20-19 of this Title, within two weeks after it is made and delivered to him with a tender of the fees, shall forfeit five dollars ($5.00) to be recovered, with costs of action, by a civil action by any person who shall sue for it. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 44, s. 54.
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