New Jersey · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Somerset County, NJ
Somerset County (population 345,361) records real-property documents through the Somerset County Clerk – Land Records 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.
Somerset County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Somerset County Clerk – Land Records Division
- Mailing address
- Somerset County Clerk, 20 Grove Street, P.O. Box 3000, Somerville, NJ 08876-1262
- Phone
- (908) 231-7000
- Checks payable to
- Somerset County Clerk
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile
Somerset County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- Deed: $40.00 first page
- Additional pages
- $10.00 each additional page; $10.00 marginal notation
- Other fees
- $3.00 surcharge per document (County Homelessness Trust Fund Act); $20.00 additional fee if cover sheet/electronic synopsis is missing
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Somerset County Clerk – Land Records Division before you mail a check.
What Somerset County requires
- Page formatting
- 8.5x11 white paper, black legible print, statewide NJ margin/legibility standards apply
- Submission & return
- Recorded original mailed to Record & Return address on document
Can you e-record in Somerset County?
Yes. Somerset County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Somerset County, New Jersey
- Prepare the document so it meets Somerset 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 Simplifile, or by mail to Somerset County Clerk – Land Records Division.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Somerset County Clerk.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Somerset County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Somerset County property are searchable at Somerset County Board of Taxation – Assessment Records Search (MOD-IV, statewide taxrecords-nj.com system). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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