New Jersey Statutes Title 40A. Municipalities and Counties 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.