New Jersey Statutes Title 52. State Government, Departments and Officers 52 § 7-10.20

(1) prescribe the manner of performing notarial acts regarding tangible and electronic records;

(2) include provisions to ensure that any change to or tampering with a record bearing a certificate of a notarial act is self-evident;

(3) include provisions to ensure integrity in the creation, transmittal, storage, or authentication of electronic records or signatures;

(4) prescribe the process of granting, renewing, conditioning, denying, suspending, revoking, or otherwise limiting a notary public commission and assuring the trustworthiness of an individual holding a commission as notary public;

(5) include provisions to prevent fraud or mistake in the performance of notarial acts; and

(6) provide for the administration of the examination under section 7 of P.L.2021, c. 179 (C.52:7-10.3) and the course of study under section 6 of P.L.2021, c. 179 (C.52:7-10.2).

(1) the most recent standards regarding electronic records promulgated by national bodies, such as the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization and the National Association of Secretaries of State;

(2) standards, practices, and customs of other jurisdictions that substantially enact the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, as embodied in P.L.1979, c. 460 (C.52:7-10 et seq.), as amended and supplemented by P.L.2021, c. 179 (C.52:7-10.1 et al.); and

(3) the views of governmental officials and entities and other interested persons.