New Jersey Statutes Title 46. Property .46 § 19-6

Whenever any instrument of writing, purporting to be acknowledged or proved before a commissioner of deeds for New Jersey residing in another state, is presented for record, the county recording officer to whom such instrument is presented shall ascertain whether or not the name of the person signing his name as such commissioner appears in the last list of the foreign commissioners of deeds for New Jersey furnished him by the secretary of state pursuant to section 52:6-22 of the title State Government, Departments and Officers, and, if such name does not appear on such list the county recording officer shall immediately inform the person presenting such instrument for record of such fact.