N.J. Stat. § 50:3-16.15
Application for a license for Areas Nos. 2 and 3 shall be made to the department on a form prescribed by the department by the owner of the vessel to be licensed or the master or captain of the vessel acting for the owner, which application shall state, under oath, that the boat or vessel is wholly owned bona fide by a legally domiciled resident or residents of this State, or entities incorporated in this State, who have been such for 12 months next preceding the making of the application, and shall contain a provision that the holder of the license applied for thereby consents to the agreements to be set forth in the license as prescribed by section 14 of P.L. 1966, c.52 (C.50:3-16.14). The oath may be administered by any member of the department and shall be in writing signed by the person making the oath in the presence of the person administering it.
N.J.S. § 50:3-16.15