Due to computer maintenance, our office will be closed on Friday, August 31st, 2018.
Category Archives: News & Public Service Announcements
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.
CHANGE IN OFFICE HOURS: November 22nd – 24th
CHANGE IN OFFICE HOURS: Due to computer maintenance, our office will be closed at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017. Recordings will not be done after 12:30 p.m. on this day.
Our office will also be closed Thursday, November 23rd – Friday, November 24th in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
CHANGE IN OFFICE HOURS: November 3rd
Due to computer maintenance, our office will be closed at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, November 3rd, 2017. Recordings will not be done after 3:30 p.m. on this day.
New Content: The Register’s Report Spring 2017 (Volume 1, Issue 4)
The Register’s Report Spring 2017 (Volume 1, Issue 4) is now available online.
Change in Office Hours: May 17th, 18th & 19th
Due to computer problems/upgrades, our office will be closed at 2:00 p.m. on May 17th, 18th & 19th.
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
How people can secretly steal your property in New Jersey
Bishop Frank Garris Jr. knew something wasn’t right when he tried to do a walk-through of the Newark church he had just closed on.
He wanted to inspect the property, but the alarm at Clinton Avenue Presbyterian Church wouldn’t shut off – even after Garris entered the code to do so. Read More
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
