New Jersey Statutes Appendix - Former Title 3A Administration of Estates Decedents and Others 3A § 13-1

A payment by a resident or citizen of this state to a fiduciary appointed in another state, of, or on account of, a debt due to his decedent, ward or trust, made before letters are granted in this state, shall be as valid and effectual as if made to a fiduciary duly appointed in this state. The foreign fiduciary may, before letters are granted in this state, release and discharge real or personal estate from a mortgage, judgment or other lien or encumbrance held by his decedent, ward or trust, with like effect as if he had received letters in this state.