• General Information
• List of Fees

 
 

1.   All fees under New Jersey Law are payable in advance of filing or recording.

2.   Make check payable to: Erma Gormley, County Clerk.

3.   A filed document is retained by the Clerk’s office. A recorded document is returned by mail within several days. Make sure your name and address are on the document(s) and accompanying letter of transmittal to ensure return of your document(s). Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your original document(s).

4.   All documents sent in for recording must be legible, or they will be returned unrecorded.

5.   If you are unsure of the exact fee you will be charged for your recording, send a check in blank, limited to a higher stated amount (e.g., Not more than $40.00).

6.   Informal acknowledgement of the recorded transaction can be furnished free of charge, providing that (a) a copy of the document is enclosed along with a postage-paid, self-addressed envelope, or (b) a postage-paid, self-addressed postcard is enclosed.

7.   All names must be typed or printed beneath all signatures.

8.   Regarding Mortgages – mortgages submitted for recording must contain the following:

- Names of mortgagor and mortgagee
- Property address description and boundaries
- Date and amount of the mortgage
- When and how payable, and rate of interest
- Signed with names typed beneath
- Signatures must be acknowledged

When recording a cancellation of mortgage, the cancellation clause must appear on the original mortgage. If mortgage is a bank or corporation, cancellation must be signed by one officer (i.e., president or vice president, or their respective assistant; secretary, treasurer, cashier, or their respective assistant).

Names and titles must be typed under signatures. Seal may be affixed. If mortgagee is an individual, his signature may be notarized or witnessed by an attorney. Legible seal or name of bank must be typed in cancellation.

9.   Regarding Deeds – the New Jersey Realty Transfer Fee must be paid when “A deed is offered for recording.” For computation of the tax, exemptions, etc., see: RS 46:15-5 et seq.
All deeds must contain (on the first page of the document) the words “Prepared By” followed by the name and signature of the person who drafted the deed.

If new construction, the deed must state “NEW CONSTRUCTION” on the face of the document.

The post office address, including street and house number of the grantee(s), must be marked upon the face of the deed or the address of the principal office of corporate grantees. Care must be exercised to distinguish between a municipal address and a postal address.

10.  Indexing each name over five names is $6.00 per name.

11.  For fees and costs not listed on our Website under “FEES,” please call 973-579-0900 for additional information.
   

FEE SCHEDULE (in Alpha order) Revised: November 2007
AGREEMENT (MEMORANDUM, TRUST, ETC.)
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
AIRCRAFT LIEN				$ 7.50
BANK MERGER				$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
BUILDING CONTRACTS				$ 25.00
	Discharge of same			$ 15.00
	Each reference/notation in discharge			$ 5.00
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION				$ 25.00
	(Note: Religious Corp’s only)
CERTIFICATE OF TAX SALE
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
	Cancellation of same			$ 20.00
CERTIFICATE OF TAX SALE (REDEMPTION)
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
	Each mortgage reference			$ 10.00
CERTIFICATE OF TRADE NAME
	Original & 3 copies provided to customer (cash only)			$ 50.00
	For each [additional] true copy requested			$ 2.00
	Dissolution – original and copy provided (cash only)			$ 25.00
CONDO LIEN (DISCHARGE)
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
	Each mortgage reference			$ 10.00
CONSTRUCTION LIEN CLAIM				$ 15.00
	Discharge (one reference included)			$ 20.00
		Each additional reference		$ 5.00
	Amended construction lien (one reference included)			$ 20.00
		Each additional reference		$ 5.00
	Notice of unpaid balance (NUB)			$ 15.00
	Discharge of NUB (one reference included)			$ 20.00
		Each additional reference		$ 5.00
	Bond to release CLC			$ 25.00
COPIES
	Per page			$ 2.00
	Certification of a document			$ 5.00
COUNTY CLERK’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY OF NOTARY OR ATTORNEY				$ 5.00
COUNTY IDENTIFICATION CARD - includes photo (cash only)				$ 20.00
DEEDS (Note that a transfer tax also must be paid, not listed)
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
	Tax abstract			$ 10.00
DEEDS – CEMETERY (no realty transfer fee)
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
DISCLAIMER				$ 15.00
EASEMENT
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
FINAL JUDGMENT
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
	Each notation			$ 10.00
IN REM
	See “MUNICIPALITY RECORDINGS”
	(For In Rems, there is a $10 fee for each reference/notation)
HOSPITAL AND PHYSICIAN LIENS				$ 15.00
	Discharge of same (each)			$ 15.00
LIS PENDENS
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
	Discharge (any)			$ 30.00
	To foreclose			$ 30.00
	Notation			$ 10.00
	Annulling notice of lis pendens			$ 10.00
MAPS, per sheet				$ 55.00
MORTGAGE
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
MORTGAGE CANCELLATION (per recording)				$ 20.00
MORTGAGE DISCHARGE, ASSIGNMENT, POSTPONEMENT, SUBORDINATION, RELEASE, PARTIAL RELEASE, MODIFICATION
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
	Each mortgage reference			$ 10.00
MUNICIPAL RECORDINGS				$ 8.00
	Applies to In Rems and any documents recorded by a municipality except the following: cancellations of mortgage, cancellations of tax sale certificate, and notices of settlement all of which are charged their standard respective recording fees
NOTARIES PUBLIC OF NEW JERSEY
	Oath of office			$ 15.00
	Qualification – for or from another county			$ 15.00
	Filing a change of name			$ 25.00
	Filing a change of address			N/C
NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACTION
	Deficiency Notice – first page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
	Notation			$ 10.00
	Discharge			$ 7.50
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
	Buyer to Seller			$ 20.00
	Contract (buyer-seller) & mortgage commitment			$ 40.00
ORDER OF DISMISSAL IN PART
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
	Each notation			$ 10.00
PARTNERSHIPS				$ 50.00
PHYSICIAN’S DIPLOMA				$ 25.00
POWER OF ATTORNEY & REVOCATION
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
	Each book & page reference			$ 10.00
RELEASE OF LIEN OF FRANCHISE TAX
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
RIGHT OF WAY
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
STIPULATION THAT MORTGAGE BE PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION LIEN CLAIM
	First page			$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
	Each construction lien reference			$ 10.00
TAX LIEN
	Federal tax lien and release of same			$ 25.00
	Anti-terrorism			$ 25.00
TRANS TAX WAIVER (NJ COLLATERAL TAX)				$ 15.00
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (RS 12A9-403 et seq)
	Finance statement			$ 25.00
	Financing statement with assignment			$ 25.00
	Amendment, partial release, termination & assignment			$ 25.00
	Continuation of financing statement			$ 25.00
VACATION OR DEDICATION OF ROAD				$ 30.00
	Each additional page			$ 10.00
VENDOR’S LICENSE				N/C
VETERAN’S DISCHARGE
	Recording plus one certified copy			N/C
	Each additional copy			$ 6.00
WARRANT TO SATISFY JUDGMENT				$ 6.00
WRIT OF EXECUTION				$ 9.00
WARRANT OF EXECUTION
	To file			$ 9.00
	To satisfy			$ 6.00