New Jersey Statutes Title 54. Taxation 54 § 5-11

The governing body of each municipality shall from time to time by resolution, designate an official of the municipality to make examinations of its records as to unpaid municipal liens and to certify the result thereof. The official so designated, and each new incumbent of the office, shall thereafter be vested with the power to make official certificates of searches for municipal liens until a new official has been designated for the purpose, and no other official than the one so designated shall make any such official certificate.No personal liability shall attach or be chargeable to the official so designated.