N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:47-3

A certified copy of any judgment establishing the existence of an instrument relating to real property shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk or register of deeds, as the case may be, of the county wherein the real property is situate. Such record shall, from and after the date thereof, be notice, and a certified copy of such record shall be received in evidence as fully as the original deed or instrument would be if produced or proven.