New Jersey Statutes Title 52. State Government, Departments and Officers 52 § 6-12

a. The Secretary of State may appoint such number of commissioners resident in each of the States and territories of the United States and the District of Columbia as he may deem expedient, except where the appointments are incompatible with the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the commissioners reside. Persons thus appointed shall be commissioned by the Governor.

b. Each commissioner so appointed shall be designated a “foreign commissioner of deeds for New Jersey,” and may be so described in his appointment and commission or as a “commissioner for taking the acknowledgment or proof of deeds for New Jersey in (such State, territory or district).” He may use either of these designations in his certificates.

c. A person desiring to be appointed and commissioned a foreign commissioner of deeds shall make application to the Secretary of State on a form prescribed by him and endorsed by a member of the Legislature or the Secretary of State or the Assistant Secretary of State. Renewals shall be made in the same manner as the original application. The fees required to be paid for the issuance of any commission to a person appointed as foreign commissioner of deeds for New Jersey shall be paid to the Secretary of State, who shall account to the State Treasurer for the same.