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New Jersey Public Records Search
New Jersey public records are kept by state agencies, the courts and county offices. RecordsDirectory.com lists the official statewide record offices for New Jersey and has a page for each of its 21 counties (combined 2024 population estimate: 9,500,851).
🏛 New Jersey Record Offices at a Glance
| State vital records office | New Jersey Department of Health – Vital Statistics and Registry Source: nj.gov ↗ |
| Sex offender registry | New Jersey Sex Offender Internet Registry (NJ State Police) Source: njsp.njoag.gov ↗ |
| Courts | New Jersey Courts |
| Land records | In New Jersey, deeds, mortgages and other land records are recorded by the County Clerk or county Register of Deeds. |
| Divorce | Divorce cases in New Jersey are heard by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Family Part, in each county. |
| Probate | Wills and estates in New Jersey are handled by the County Surrogate's office and the Superior Court. |
| Counties | Most New Jersey court, land and probate records are kept at the county level, so RecordsDirectory.com lists New Jersey records county by county. |
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