Newark · Essex County · New Jersey
Find the right Newark or Essex County contact for an assessment, estate or recorded land document. This page also explains a New Jersey transfer fee and links to local sale options, guides and the calculator.
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Useful offices
An assessed value is not a tax balance. The Register’s land-record inquiries are not a payoff or a court-judgment determination. These offices have different jobs; give the office the exact property address and the notice or record in front of you.
Newark · assessment and valuation inquiries
Use the assessor contact listed by the New Jersey Division of Taxation for questions about assessed value or assessment records. This listing is not a tax-payment route and does not confirm the status of a property account.
973-733-3950 · dallessiof@ci.newark.nj.us
Essex County · recording and land-record inquiries
Contact the Register about recorded deeds, mortgages and other land-record questions. The contact listing does not verify a deed, lien, payoff or parcel record; a court judgment is a separate record question.
Hall of Records, Room 130, 465 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Newark, NJ 07102 · 973-621-4960
Essex County · county Surrogate contact for estate questions
NJ Courts lists this as the Essex County Surrogate contact. If a house is part of an estate, call about the estate record and ask which case-specific steps or documents to check. The directory listing does not determine who can sign or whether a particular house can be sold.
495 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Newark, NJ 07102 · 973-621-4901
A New Jersey rule to check
New Jersey charges the seller a realty transfer fee when the deed is recorded. For a sale of $350,000 or less, the fee is figured for each $500: $2 per $500 up to $150,000, $3.35 per $500 from $150,000 to $200,000, and $3.90 per $500 from $200,000 to $350,000. Above $350,000, a higher schedule applies to the whole price. Some New Jersey residents who are 62 or older, blind or disabled may qualify for a reduced rate when they own and live in a one- or two-family home; qualifying low- and moderate-income housing also gets a reduced rate. A seller claiming a reduced rate or exemption must file a sworn form with the deed. A separate graduated percent fee may also apply to a home sale over $1 million, unless the transfer is exempt; its rate is based on the whole price.
Check the sale-price schedule and ask the closing professional to show which fee, reduction or exemption applies to this transaction. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including New Jersey’s realty transfer fee and any applicable graduated percent fee. Your mortgage, liens, back taxes and share of current property taxes are separate.
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The Newark City Assessor contact listed by the NJ Division of Taxation is 973-733-3950. The directory lists that contact for assessment inquiries, not tax payments or a property-specific account balance.
The assessor contact is for assessment and valuation questions; the state directory does not identify it as a payment route or confirm whether taxes are paid. Use the payment contact on the current tax bill or ask Newark for the current tax-collection contact.
The Essex County Register of Deeds and Mortgages handles recording and land-record inquiries. Call 973-621-4960. A records inquiry does not establish a payoff, clear a lien or answer a separate court-judgment question.
NJ Courts lists the Essex County Surrogate’s Office at 973-621-4901. Ask about the estate record and which case-specific documents or steps to check; the directory is a contact listing, not a decision about authority to sell a particular house.
New Jersey charges a realty transfer fee when the deed is recorded, with rates that depend on price. A separate graduated percent fee can apply to a home sale over $1 million. Check the NJ Division of Taxation links above for the transaction’s price band, any qualifying reduced rate or exemption, and the form to file. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including New Jersey’s realty transfer fee and any applicable graduated percent fee. Your mortgage, liens, back taxes and share of current property taxes are separate.