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The County Clerk is responsible for recording and maintaining records in Ocean County.
Recording Fees
Effective May 1, 2017, a cover sheet or an electronic synopsis will be required with all land documents submitted for recording. An additional fee of $20.00 will be charged for documents submitted without it.
The Homelessness Trust Fund fee has been included in the various Recording Fees
DEED: (Transfer Fee Must be paid when deed is recorded)
Right of Way - Easements - Final Judgments
COMPUTE FEE: $30 First Page, Plus $10 Abstract Fee
FIRST PAGE $45
EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE (ONE SIDE) $10
MARGINAL NOTATION $10
Aerial and Utility Pole Easements - Contracts for Sale of Property - Power of Attorney - Lease - Agreements - Cemetery Deeds - Options - General Releases
FIRST PAGE $35
EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE (ONE SIDE) $10
MARGINAL NOTATION $10
Mortgage, Lis Pendens
FIRST PAGE $35
EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE (ONE SIDE) $10
Mortgage Discharge, Assignments, Postponement, Subornation, Releases, Discharge of Lis Pendens
FIRST PAGE $45
EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE (ONE SIDE) $10
EACH ADDITIONAL BOOK AND PAGE $10
Tax Sale Certificates (Except by Municipality)
FIRST PAGE $35
Recording, Redemption or Assignments
FIRST PAGE $45
EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE (ONE SIDE) $10
EACH ADDITIONAL MARGINAL NOTATION $10
Notice of Settlement
MORTGAGE COMMITMENT $25
CONTRACT OF SALE $25
Federal Tax Lien and Release $30
Mortgage Cancellation $25
EACH ADDITIONAL BOOK AND PAGE $20
Subdivision Maps: $55
Inheritance Tax Waiver $15
Construction Lien $15
NOTICE OF UNPAID BALANCE & DISCHARGE $15
MARGINAL NOTATION $5
BOND $25
Trade Name, Firms, Partnership $50
DISSOLUTION $25
Physician's & Hospital Liens - Recording, Discharge
$15
Veterans Discharge & Fireman's Exemption-No Fee
Certified Copy of Veteran's Discharge & Fireman's Exemption Certificate-No Fee
Exemplification, Any Instrument $10
Road Vacation & Dedications $30
Indexing Any Recorded Instruments in Excess of 5 Names
EACH NAME $6
Uniform Commercial Code
UCC 1 WITHOUT ASSIGNMENT $25
UCC 1 WITH ASSIGNMENT $25
UCC 3 CONTINUATION $25
AMENDMENT STATEMENT $25
PARTIAL RELEASE STATEMENT $25
TERMINATION $25
ASSIGNMENT $25
REQUEST FOR UCC SEARCH (Each Name) $25
COPY OF ANY FILED STATEMENT (Each Page) $1
Re-recording of a Recorded Document
$30 first page, plus $10 each page after
$10 per book & page or reference
The realty transfer tax fees must be paid at the time of recording and are as follows:
$2 per $500 of consideration in excess of $150,000;
$3.35 per $500 of consideration not in excess of $150,000 but not more than $200,000;
$3.90 per $500 of consideration in excess of $200,000 but not more than $350,000.
For considerations in excess of that amount, see the New Jersey treasury's website.
Reduced rates apply to senior citizens, blind or disabled persons and on property that is low/moderate-income housing.
A Doc-Drop box is located in front of the Ocean County Courthouse, Curbside, Washington Street. All real estate ownership/transfer documents can be placed in a sealed envelope and placed in the drop box 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Documents will be processed on the next regular business day.
Document Formatting Requirements
* Real property documents should be submitted on 8.5 x 11 inch white paper or 8.5 x 14 inch white paper.
* Documents must be in English or accompanied by an English translation.
* Document must be acknowledged according to Title 46 of the New Jersey revised statutes.
* Names should be printed beneath all signatures contained in the document.
* The name of the person who prepared the deed should be provided.
* If the transfer is of real property upon which there is new construction, the words "NEW CONSTRUCTION" in upper case lettering shall be printed clearly at the top of the first page. An affidavit by the grantor stating that there is new construction upon the property shall be appended to the deed.
If the transfer is subject to any fee, it must have the following: a statement of true consideration, the acknowledgment, the proof of the execution, or an appended affidavit by one of the parties to the deed or that party's legal representative.
A document submitted for recording may be accompanied by a cover sheet. The form for a separate cover sheet is available at every recording office and on a website maintained by the Division of Archives and Records Management. The cover sheet shall include: the nature of the document, the date of the document, the names of the parties to the document and any other names by which the document is to be indexed, the lot and block number or other real property tax designation or a statement that the information is unavailable, the consideration for the conveyance, and the mailing address of the grantee. For an assignment, release, or satisfaction of mortgage, state the book and page number or the document identifying number.
If a cover sheet or electronic synopsis is not provided by the submitter, the recording office will charge an additional $20.
The mailing address of the grantee is required. If the real property has been subdivided, the reference shall be preceded by the words "part of." If no lot and block or account number has been assigned to the real property, the deed shall state the fact. If the document is an assignment, release, or satisfaction of mortgage or an agreement representing a mortgage, it should state the book and page number or the document identifying number of the mortgage to which it relates if the mortgage has been given a number.
The following forms are available on the Ocean County Clerk's website: RTF-1 Realty Transfer Tax Affidavit of Consideration or Exemption, RTF-1EE Realty Transfer Tax Affidavit of Consideration for use by buyers, and Realty Transfer Fees.