Authorizes attorneys, county clerks and deputy county clerks who validates affidavit, acknowledge, proof, oath, or affirmation to affix seal indicating authority to perform validation.

New Jersey's A358 bill authorizes attorneys, county clerks, and deputy county clerks to optionally use a seal when validating affidavits, acknowledgments, proofs, oaths, or affirmations. The seal would indicate their official authority to perform these validations under state law. Validations done this way would have the same legal effect as those performed by notary publics. The bill makes this sealing optional for these professionals, not mandatory.