N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 15, ch. 3 - RECORDS RETENTION

  1. Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§ 15:3-1.1 to 15:3-1.6)
  2. Subchapter 2 - RECORDS RETENTION (§ 15:3-2.1 to 15:3-2.7)
  3. Subchapter 3 - STANDARDS FOR MICROFILMING OF PUBLIC RECORDS (§ 15:3-3.1 to 15:3-3.18)
  4. Subchapter 4 - IMAGE PROCESSING OF PUBLIC RECORDS (§ 15:3-4.1 to 15:3-4.11)
  5. Subchapter 5 - REGISTRATION OF IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS (§ 15:3-5.1 to 15:3-5.8)
  6. Subchapter 6 - STORAGE OF PUBLIC RECORDS (§ 15:3-6.1 to 15:3-6.6)
  7. Subchapter 7 - NEW JERSEY PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT (PARIS) GRANTS (§ 15:3-7.1 to 15:3-7.13)
  8. Subchapter 8 - RECORDS DISASTER RECOVERY AND TRIAGE (RECORDS DIRECT) GRANTS (§ 15:3-8.1 to 15:3-8.9)
  9. Subchapter 9 - RULES REGARDING ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS AFFECTING REAL PROPERTY IN THE OFFICES OF NEW JERSEY COUNTY CLERKS AND REGISTERS OF DEEDS AND MORTGAGES (§ 15:3-9.1 to 15:3-9.13)

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N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 15, ch. 3
CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
R.2017 d.067, effective 3/17/2017.
See: 48 N.J.R. 2225(a), 49 N.J.R. 770(c).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
The rules in Chapter 3, Records Management, were formerly codified at N.J.A.C. 6:66. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:146-2, the Bureau of Records Management Services in the Division of the State Library in the Department of State and the Archives Section in the Bureau of Law, Archives and Reference Services in the Division of the State Library, Archives and History in the Department of Education, were transferred to the Division of Archives and Records Management in the Department of State, effective 6/24/1983. See: 15 N.J.R. 818(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 3, Records Management, expired on 5/20/1986 and was adopted as new rules by R.1986 d.238, effective 7/7/1986. See: 18 N.J.R. 820(b), 18 N.J.R. 1401(b).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 3, Records Management, expired on 7/7/1991. In accordance with N.J.A.C. 1:30-4.4(f), the rules proposed for readoption with amendments were adopted as new rules by R.1991 d.452, effective 8/19/1991. See: 23 N.J.R. 1912(b), 23 N.J.R. 2519(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 3, Records Management, expired on 8/19/1996.
Chapter 3, Records Retention, was adopted as new rules by R.1996 d.590, effective 12/16/1996. See: 28 N.J.R. 3513(a), 28 N.J.R. 5183(a). Chapter 3, Records Retention, expired on 12/16/2001.
Chapter 3, Records Retention, was adopted as new rules by R.2003 d.357, effective 9/2/2003. See: 35 N.J.R. 2437(a), 35 N.J.R. 4084(a).
Subchapter 7, New Jersey Public Archives and Records Infrastructure Support (Paris) Grants, was adopted as new rules by R.2004 d.477, effective 12/20/2004. See: 36 N.J.R. 4000(a), 36 N.J.R. 5688(a).
Subchapter 8, Records Disaster Recovery and Triage (Records Direct) Grants, was adopted as new rules by R.2004 d.478, effective 12/20/2004. See: 36 N.J.R. 4003(a), 36 N.J.R. 5691(a).
Chapter 3, Records Retention, expired on 9/2/2008.
Chapter 3, Records Retention, was adopted as new rules by R.2009 d.280, effective 9/21/2009. See: 41 N.J.R. 2443(a), 41 N.J.R. 3461(a).
Subchapter 9, Rules Regarding Electronically Submitted Documents Affecting Real Property in the Offices of New Jersey County Clerks and Registers of Deeds and Mortgages, was adopted as new rules by R.2014 d.165, effective 11/3/2014. See: 46 N.J.R. 1677(a), 46 N.J.R. 2177(a).
Subchapter 5, Certification of Image Processing Systems, was renamed Registration of Image Processing Systems by R.2015 d.105, effective 6/15/2015. See: 47 N.J.R. 91(b), 47 N.J.R. 1345(b).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 3, Records Retention, was scheduled to expire on 9/21/2016. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 3, Records Retention, was readopted as R.2017 d.067, effective 3/17/2017. See: Source and Effective Date. See, also, section annotations.

CHAPTER AUTHORITY:

N.J.S.A. 22A:4-4.2, 46:26A-1 et seq., 46:26C-1 et seq., 47:2-3 through 8, 47:3-15 through 32, and 47:3-26 et seq.

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