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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Any person authorized to solemnize marriages or civil unions may administer oaths to the parties applying to be married or to enter into a civil union or, in the case of persons applying to be married or to enter into a civil union pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2011, c. 179 (C.37:1-17.3), to one of the contracting parties and to the attorney-in-fact for the other contracting party, and may require them, or either of them, to make true answers to any inquiries made by him in order to ascertain whether, in his judgment, any legal impediment to the proposed marriage or civil union exists.
Any person who willfully makes false answers to any such inquiries shall, if the answers are reduced to writing, signed by the person making the same and attached to the certificate of marriage or civil union, be deemed guilty of perjury pursuant to N.J.S.2C:28-1.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Jersey Statutes Title 37. Marriages and Married Persons 37 § 1-16 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nj/title-37-marriages-and-married-persons/nj-st-sect-37-1-16/
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