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40A:9-72.    Transfer of records and moneys of county clerk to successor in office 
     40A:9-72. The county clerk, at the expiration of his term of office or other termination thereof, or his executor or administrator, if said county clerk shall die during said term, shall, in the presence of a Superior Court judge, transfer the official records, documents, books, papers or writings and all moneys deposited or held by or for him as such official to his successor in office. Upon said transfer the successor in office shall sign and acknowledge a receipt therefor. The Superior Court judge shall certify to such transfer and the certificate together with the receipt shall forthwith be filed in the office of the Secretary of State under the direction of the judge. 

  L.1971, c.200, s.1; amended 1991,c.91,s.396. 
 
40A:9-73  Powers of county clerk.
 

40A:9-73. a. A county clerk while in office may perform all the duties and exercise the powers pertaining to the office of notary public or commissioner of deeds and upon certifying to any acknowledgment or affidavit shall affix to his signature the designation "county clerk".

b.After the adoption of a resolution by the county governing body pursuant to subsection a. of R.S.26:8-11, the county clerk may act as the local registrar for a registration district so choosing pursuant to R.S.26:8-1 within the county on such terms and conditions as the county governing body deems appropriate.

L.1971, c.200, s.1; amended 2005, c.261, s.2.