Our office will be closing at 12:30pm on December 24 and December 31
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CHANGE IN OFFICE HOURS: November 21
Due to computer maintenance/updates, our office will be closing Wednesday, Nov 21, at 12:30pm.
E-Recording System Currently Down
Our e-recording system is currently down until further notice. We are working to resolve the issue and apologize for any inconvenience this may pose.

Public Service Announcement: Mandatory Cover Sheet
IMPORTANT RECORDING NOTICE
MANDATORY COVER SHEET – EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2017
Dear Recording Customer:
In compliance with P.L. 2011, c. 217 (N.J.S.A.46:26A-5) our office must require a Cover Sheet with all individual land documents submitted for recording effective Monday, May 1, 2017.
If you submit land documents to our office for recording via U.S. Mail, Express Mail, Courier Service or In-Person Over

Public Service Announcement: How to protect your home from scam artists

Legislative Black Caucus Hearings Help Formulate Policy
Essex County’s Register of Deeds and Mortgages told lawmakers too many home owners, many of them elderly, are losing their properties to scams — fake and forged deeds filed and successfully recorded to change ownership illegally — because New Jersey law doesn’t allow the registers to “police” the documents… Read More