Eliminates fee for filing certified copy of name change order.

A1967

ASSEMBLY, No. 1967

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Lopez, Assemblyman Guardian, Assemblywomen
Drulis, Reynolds-Jackson and Assemblyman Freiman

SYNOPSIS

���� Eliminates fee for filing certified copy of name
change order.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act

concerning the fee for filing a certified copy
of a name change order and amending P.L.1987, c.435.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 11 of P.L.1987,
c.435 (C.22A:4-1a) is amended to read as follows:

���� 11.� For services herein
enumerated the State Treasurer shall collect the following fees:

���� a.��� For filing any original
business certificate for which no other fee is fixed by statute or regulation,
$125.

���� For filing any change or
amendment to a previously filed document for which no other fee is fixed by
statute or regulation, $75.

���� For issuing any certificate or
filing any other document for which no other fee is fixed by statute or
regulation, $25.00, except that the provisions of this subsection shall not
apply to:

���� (1)� certificates of
appointments for gubernatorial appointees;

���� (2)� documents filed by public
bodies under the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act,"
P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.);

���� (3)� financial disclosures
filed by State officials;

���� (4)� oaths of office;

���� (5)� resignation of office
holders;

���� (6)� documents filed by other
State government entities indexed in the department's miscellaneous file.

���� b.��� For certification or
exemplification of any document on file, $25.00.

���� c.��� For certification or
exemplification of any signature on file, including the issuance of a
certificate for proving a document outside the United States, also known as an
apostille, $25.00; except that in cases of adoption of a child, the fee for an
apostille shall be $5.00.

���� d.���
[
For filing a
certified copy of an order of change of name, $50.00.
]
Deleted by amendment P.L.��� ,
c.��� �(pending before the Legislature as this bill).

���� e.��� For a paper copy of any
document on file, up to $0.10 per letter size page or smaller and up to $0.15
per legal size page or larger.� If a roll of microfilm images is requested, the
State Treasurer shall collect a fee of $1.00 for each image on the microfilm
roll.� If a microfiche copy of a microfiche is requested, $3.00.

���� f.���� For filing a proof of
publication, $10.00.

(cf: P.L.2010, c.75, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

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Under current law, a $50 fee is charged for filing a
certified copy of an order for change of name.� Many New Jersey residents seek
a change of name each year for reasons including marriage and divorce.

����� This bill eliminates the fee for filing a certified
copy of a name change order in this State.