New Jersey Statutes Title 46. Property .46 § 16-6

Where an instrument affecting real estate within this state has been, prior to May thirteenth, one thousand nine hundred and seven, duly recorded as a release, and it is desired that such instrument shall also be recorded as a conveyance, a certified copy of the previous record of such instrument may, upon the payment of the fees allowed by law for the recording thereof, be recorded as a deed or conveyance in like manner and with the like force and effect as if the original instrument were thus rerecorded, and the county recording officer shall receive such certified copy and shall rerecord and index the same precisely as and with like force and effect as if the original instrument were offered for rerecording, and the record of such rerecorded instrument shall have the same force and effect for all purposes as if the original instrument were thus rerecorded.