N.J. Stat. tit. 2A, ch. 82

N.J. Stat. tit. 2A, ch. 82
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N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-1 Comparison of signature or writing

In all cases where the genuineness of any signature or writing is in dispute, comparison of the disputed signature or writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the court to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by the witnesses; and such writings and the testimony of witnesses respecting the same may be submitted to the court or jury as evidence of the genuineness or otherwise of the signature or writing in dispute; provided nevertheless that where the handwriting of any person is sought to be disproved by comparison with other writings made by him, not admissible in evidence in the cause for any other purpose, such writings before they can be compared with the signature or writing in dispute, must, if sought to be used before the court or jury by the party in whose handwriting they are, be proved to have been written before any dispute arose as to the genuineness of the signature or writing in controversy. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-3 Defenses to sealed instruments

In any claim upon a sealed instrument, a party may plead and set up, in defense thereto, fraud in the consideration of the contract upon which recovery is sought, or want or failure of consideration, as if the instrument were not sealed. In such cases the seal shall be only presumptive evidence of sufficient consideration, which presumption may be rebutted as if the instrument were not sealed. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-4.1 Recital in record that person was summoned or appeared; estoppel

The recital in the record of any proceeding upon a foreign judgment, including a judgment of any court out of this State, that the defendant, or person sought to be affected by the judgment was summoned or appeared, shall not prevent or estop the defendant or person affected from proving that he was not summoned or did not appear. L.1983, c. 350, s. 1, eff. Sept. 29, 1983.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-4.2 Jurisdiction; burden of proof

In any proceeding upon a foreign judgment, including a judgment of any court out of this State, the plaintiff, or person seeking to enforce the judgment, shall have the burden of proving that the requirements, statutory and otherwise, of the foreign jurisdiction have been met, conferring jurisdiction of the subject matter of the foreign proceeding on the foreign court or tribunal and over the defendant or person sought to be affected by the judgment. L.1983, c. 350, s. 2, eff. Sept. 29, 1983.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-4.3 Limitations of actions; burden of proof

In any proceeding upon a foreign judgment, including a judgment of any court out of this State, the plaintiff, or person seeking to enforce the judgment shall have the burden of proving that the underlying cause of action which gave rise to the awarding of the foreign judgment was commenced in the foreign jurisdiction within the period required by statute of this State for the commencement of a like action in this State. L.1983, c. 350, s. 3, eff. Sept. 29, 1983.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-4.4 Award; interest; penalties

A court, in any proceeding upon a foreign judgment, including a judgment of any court out of this State, may award judgment for the plaintiff, or person seeking to effect the judgment, including any interest on the judgment, but shall not include as a part thereof any penalty, whether of a penal nature or otherwise, imposed in connection with the foreign judgment. L.1983, c. 350, s. 4, eff. Sept. 29, 1983.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-4.5 Judgments governed by Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; inapplicability of act

The provisions of this act shall not be applicable to a foreign judgment governed by the "Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (1968)," P.L.1981, c. 243 (C. 2A:4-30.24 et seq.). L.1983, c. 350, s. 5, eff. Sept. 29, 1983.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-4.6 Severability

If any one or more sections, clauses, sentences or parts of this act shall for any reason be questioned in any court, and shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provisions held unconstitutional or invalid. L.1983, c. 350, s. 6, eff. Sept. 29, 1983.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-4.7 Meaning of "any proceeding upon a foreign judgment, including a judgment of any court out of this state"

As used in this act, "any proceeding upon a foreign judgment, including a judgment of any court out of this State" means a judgment under the Philadelphia Wage and Net Profits Tax Ordinance (City Code Section 19-508). L.1983, c. 350, s. 7, eff. Sept. 29, 1983.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-5 Record used to refresh memory

When a notary public or any other person authorized to protest instruments under the laws of this state is called upon to testify concerning a protest made by him, he may, to refresh his memory, refer to the record thereof kept by him as required by law. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-6 Copies of record of protest as evidence

If it appears that the notary or other officer of this state by whom any bill of exchange or promissory note was protested has died or removed from the state or, after diligent inquiry, his place of residence cannot be discovered, the record deposited in the county clerk's office, as required by section 7:5-5 of the title Bills, Notes and Checks, of the Revised Statutes, or a copy thereof certified by such clerk, shall be received as competent evidence of the matter contained in such record. When the register or other book of any notary public appointed and qualified under the laws of any state of the United States containing a record of the official acts of such notary public by him done in pursuance of his office is, in pursuance of the law of such state, by reason of the death, removal or other disability of the notary public, deposited in the office of the clerk, prothonotary or recorder of deeds of the city, town or county in which the notary public resided at the time of his acting as notary public, a copy of the record or of any part thereof respecting the protesting of any note or bill of exchange protested by the notary public, and the time when, place where and upon whom demand of acceptance or payment was made, with a copy of the notice of nonacceptance or nonpayment (if a copy of the notice shall appear on said record), how the notice of nonacceptance or nonpayment was served, and the time when, or if sent, in what manner, and the time when, and to whom, duly certified under the hand and seal of such clerk, prothonotary or recorder of deeds, or otherwise proved to be truly taken from said record, shall be held and received in all the courts of this state as competent evidence of the facts therein recited, and also of the official character of the notary public. When it shall appear from such record that the said note or bill of exchange had been protested for want of acceptance or payment thereof, and that the said notary public making such protest had duly notified the drawer or indorsers, by mail, of the demand of payment or acceptance and refusal thereof, without specifying the names or the post office address of such drawer or indorsers, the copy of the record certified or proved as aforesaid, shall be held and received in all courts of this state as competent evidence that the drawer and indorsers of such note or bill of exchange were duly notified of such demand and refusal. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-7 Certificate of protest as evidence

The certificate of a notary public of this state or of any other state of the United States, under his hand and official seal accompanying any bill of exchange or promissory note which has been protested by such notary for nonacceptance or nonpayment, shall be received in all the courts of this state as competent evidence of the official character of such notary, and also of the facts therein certified as to the presentment and dishonor of such bill or note and of the time and manner of giving or sending notice of dishonor to the parties to such bill or note. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-13 Presumption of publication of ordinance according to law

Whenever any ordinance of any municipality may come in question or is produced in evidence, the publication thereof according to law shall be presumed to have been had until the contrary is shown. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-17 Certificates of acknowledgment or proof of instruments as evidence of execution thereof

If any instrument heretofore made and executed or hereafter to be made and executed shall have been acknowledged, by any party who shall have executed it, or the execution thereof by such party shall have been proved by one or more of the subscribing witnesses to such instrument, in the manner and before one of the officers provided and required by law for the acknowledgment or proof of instruments in order to entitle them to be recorded, and, when a certificate of such acknowledgment or proof shall be written upon or under, or be annexed to such instrument and signed by such officer in the manner prescribed by law, such certificate of acknowledgment or proof shall be and constitute prima facie evidence of the due execution of such instrument by such party. Such instrument shall be received in evidence in any court or proceeding in this state in the same manner and to the same effect as though the execution of such instrument by such party had been proved by other evidence. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-18 Certification or authentication of instruments not acknowledged or proved; effect as evidence

If any instrument heretofore made and executed or hereafter to be made and executed, although not acknowledged or proved, shall have been certified or authenticated, as to the execution thereof by any party thereto, in any manner which may be prescribed by law in order to entitle such instrument to be recorded in any public office of this state without a certificate of acknowledgment or proof thereof, such certification or authentication shall be and constitute prima facie evidence of the due execution of such instrument by such party. Such instrument shall be received in evidence in any court or proceeding in this state, in the same manner and to the same effect as though the execution of such instrument by such party had been proved by other evidence. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-19 Exemplifications and records of certain foreign deeds or writings as evidence

The exemplification of any deeds or writings relating to estates, real or personal, within the state of New Jersey, proved and certified under the city seal of London or Edinburgh, in the kingdom of Great Britain, or under the seal of the city of Dublin, in the kingdom of Ireland, or under the great seal of any British colony in America, prior to July 4th, 1776, and any of the public books of records or registers of the province of New Jersey, or of either of the divisions thereof, prior to that date, shall be received in evidence in any court of record within this state as fully as if the originals were then and there produced and proved. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-23 Original instruments produced; notice to adverse party

Any party to any cause pending in any court of this state, or to any proceeding in this state, may give, to any opposite party or his attorney at least 10 days before the time appointed for the trial or hearing of such cause or proceeding, notice in writing that such opposite party will be required to produce, at such trial or hearing, the original instead of the record or transcript of the record of any instrument or of any copy of any instrument recorded or registered in any public office of this state pursuant to law, which he may think proper to offer or introduce in evidence at such trial or hearing. After the giving of such notice, no record or transcript of the record of any such instrument or of any such copy of any instrument shall be received in evidence, until proof shall be made, satisfactory to the court or officer before whom such record or transcript is offered, that the original instrument has been lost or unintentionally destroyed, or that after diligent search and inquiry made, such party has been unable to find the original or that such original is without the control of such party and that the production thereof cannot be compelled by due process. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-24 Certifications, notations or records of time of record, etc., of instruments as prima facie proof of date of record, etc., thereof

The certification or notation made, pursuant to law, by any public officer upon any instrument or document which shall have been recorded, registered or filed in his office, setting forth the date and time of day when such instrument shall have been so recorded, registered or filed, or any record kept by any public officer pursuant to law of the date and time of day of the recording, registering or filing of any instrument or document in his office, shall be received in evidence in all courts and proceedings, in this state, as prima facie proof of the date and time of day of the recording, registering or filing of such instrument. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-38 Photographic, photostatic, etc., copies as competent evidence

If any business, institution, member of a profession or calling, or any department or agency of government, in the regular course of business or activity has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing, entry, print, representation or combination thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence or event, and in the regular course of business has caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original, the original may be destroyed in the regular course of business unless its preservation is required by law. Such reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding whether the original is in existence or not and an enlargement or facsimile of such reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection under direction of court. The introduction of a reproduced record, enlargement or facsimile, does not preclude admission of the original. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1964, c. 34, s. 1.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-39 Interpretation and construction

This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose of making uniform the law of those states which enact it. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-40 Short title

This article may be cited as the uniform photographic copies of business and public records as evidence act. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-41 Person against whom claim is asserted; right of examination

Any person against whom a claim is asserted for compensation or damages for personal injuries or death resulting from personal injuries, either under the workmen's compensation act of the state of New Jersey, chapter fifteen of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, or at law, or his insurance carrier, shall be permitted to examine the records of a hospital in reference to such injured or deceased person. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-42 Injured person or claimant; right of examination

Any person who has been injured, or his legal representative, who has asserted, or who is about to assert a claim for compensation or damages for personal injuries or death resulting therefrom, shall be permitted to examine the records of any hospital pertaining to the claim of such injured or deceased person. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-43 Attorneys and agents; application of law

The provisions of sections 2A:82-41 and 2A:82-42 of this title shall apply not only to such claimant, or person against whom such claim has been asserted and his insurance carrier, but also to their respective attorneys and duly authorized agents, subject to reasonable rules and regulations promulgated by any such hospital. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-44 No liability for permitting examination

No hospital, and no officer or employee of any hospital shall be liable in any action for damages in any court by reason of permitting the examination of such hospital's records under the provisions of this article. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-45 Definition of hospital

For the purpose of this article, a hospital shall be defined as any association, corporation or other institution maintaining a hospital for public use in this state, supported in whole or in part by private charity, or owned, operated and maintained by any individual, firm, corporation, municipal or county board or body, or the state of New Jersey. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:82-46 Disclosure of identity of victims of certain crimes under age 18 prohibited.

1. Disclosure of identity of victims of certain crimes under age 18 prohibited. a. In prosecutions for aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact, human trafficking involving sexual activity, a crime involving domestic violence as defined in section 3 of P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-19) which involves sexual activity, endangering the welfare of children under N.J.S.2C:24-4, abuse or neglect of a child pursuant to R.S.9:6-3, or in any action alleging an abused or neglected child under P.L.1974, c.119 (C.9:6-8.21 et seq.), the name, address, and identity of a victim who was under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged commission of an offense shall not appear on the indictment, complaint, or any other public record as defined in P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.). In its place initials or a fictitious name shall appear. b. Any report, statement, photograph, court document, indictment, complaint or any other public record which states the name, address and identity of a victim shall be confidential and unavailable to the public. Unless authorized pursuant to subsection c. of this section, any person who purposefully discloses, releases or otherwise makes available to the public any of the above-listed documents which contain the name, address and identity of a victim who was under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged commission of an offense enumerated in subsection a. of this section shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense. c. The information described in this section shall remain confidential and unavailable to the public unless the court, after a hearing, determines that good cause exists for disclosure. The hearing shall be held after notice has been made to the victim, parents of victim, spouse, partner in a civil union or other person legally responsible for the maintenance and care of the victim, and to the person charged with the commission of the offense, counsel or guardian of that person. d. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the court from imposing further restrictions with regard to the disclosure of the name, address, and identity of the victim when it deems it necessary to prevent trauma or stigma to the victim. L.1989, c.336, s.1; amended 2017, c.205, s.2.
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