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Recording a Deed or Document in Passaic County, NJ
Passaic County (population 524,118) records real-property documents through the Passaic County Clerk, Registry Division. Below is what it costs and how to submit. Filing a memorandum of contract? We record it with the county for $199, notary included — no trip to the courthouse.
Passaic County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Passaic County Clerk, Registry Division
- Mailing address
- Passaic County Clerk, Registry Division, 401 Grand Street, Room 113, Paterson, NJ 07505
- Phone
- (973) 881-4777
- Recording hours
- Mon–Fri 8:30 a.m.–4:15 p.m.; arrive by 4:00 p.m.
- Checks payable to
- Passaic County Clerk
- Electronic recording
- Available via New Jersey County Recording
Passaic County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $45.00 for the first page
- Additional pages
- $10.00 per page
- Other fees
- $20.00 without county cover sheet; $6.00 per name over 5; certified copy $10.00 first page, $2.00 each additional
- Transfer tax on deeds
- Realty Transfer Fee, paid to the County Clerk at recording; graduated rates from $4.00 per $1,000 of consideration. Sales over $1,000,000 fall under the revised graduated fee of P.L. 2025, c. 69 (from July 10, 2025)
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Passaic County Clerk, Registry Division before you mail a check.
What Passaic County requires
- Cover sheet
- Official Passaic County cover sheet required on all documents (since May 1, 2017); $20.00 extra without it
Checked against official Passaic County and New Jersey sources on October 6, 2026: passaiccountynj.org. Part of Jurably’s open recording-fee dataset.
Can you e-record in Passaic County?
Yes. Passaic County accepts electronic recording through New Jersey County Recording, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Passaic County, New Jersey
- Prepare the document so it meets Passaic County's formatting rules (above): legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank space the recorder reserves for its stamp.
- Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment. Most deeds and affidavits do.
- Submit electronically through New Jersey County Recording, or by mail to Passaic County Clerk, Registry Division.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Passaic County Clerk.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Passaic County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Passaic County property are searchable at Passaic County Board of Taxation – Assessment Records Search (MOD-IV, statewide taxrecords-nj.com system); note NJ assessments are administered at the municipal level under county board oversight. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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