Court filing · Essex County
File papers at the Essex County courthouse without going
Filed in person in Newark the next business day, from $175; same-day filing is available when your papers reach us by 10 AM, price quoted. The court fee is added at cost, and the stamped copy comes back to you as a scan the day it's filed.
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Send the requestFor filings at the Essex County Superior Court, a runner prints your papers, waits at the Civil Division window in Newark, pays the fee and sends you the stamped copy the same day it's filed.
Essex County filing window
Essex County Hall of Records
Civil customer service, Room 201
465 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
Civil Division: 973-776-9300 ext. 56800
Call 973-776-9300 to confirm hours before you go. Court listings disagree on the exact room here, so we confirm it before each run.
Price in Essex County
From $175 to file in person, next business day. Same-day filing is available when the papers reach us by 10 AM; price quoted. The court fee is added at cost.
Starting rates. Your exact price is quoted after we confirm a local notary/runner, before you pay.
Nothing is charged when you send the request: we email your quote, and you pay online once you accept it. Start a request
Essex County, Essex vicinage
Essex County is in North Jersey. Civil papers for cases venued here go to the window in Newark. We pick up signed originals anywhere in the county, from Newark, East Orange, Irvington, Bloomfield, Montclair, West Orange, Livingston, Belleville and the rest.
Court fees, deadlines and how to pay the clerk are on the New Jersey filing locations page.
Nearby courthouses
- Passaic County, Paterson
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- Hudson County, Jersey City
- Union County, Elizabeth
- Morris County, Morristown
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Before you send
- Send the final, signed PDF. Some clerks want an ink signature on paper filings, so the desk checks before the run.
- We print two sets: one to file and one for the clerk to stamp "filed" and hand back.
- Court fees are paid at the window to "Treasurer, State of New Jersey" and billed to you at cost.
- A motion is generally filed and served at least 16 days before the hearing date it asks for.
- You get a scan of the stamped copy the same day it's filed.
- Serving the other parties is a separate job unless you add it.
- We file the papers you send. We don't review them for legal content or give legal advice.
- If you are representing yourself, you are responsible for the content and accuracy of the documents you give us to file, and any mistakes in them are yours to correct. MCC Solutions does not guarantee any legal outcome.
Prefer to talk?
Call the desk and we'll take the request by phone.
Questions
Where do I file civil papers in Essex County?
At the Superior Court Civil Division in the Essex County Hall of Records, Civil customer service, Room 201, 465 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102. The court lists the civil office phone as 973-776-9300 ext. 56800. Court listings disagree on the exact room, so we confirm the window before each run.
Can you pick up my originals in Essex County first?
Yes. We collect signed originals anywhere in Essex County, including Newark, East Orange, Irvington, Bloomfield, and take them to Newark the same trip. Add the pickup address on the form.
Which vicinage is Essex County in?
Essex County is part of the Essex vicinage of the Superior Court. Civil cases venued in the county are filed with its Civil Division in Newark.
Will you read my motion before filing it?
No. We aren't lawyers and don't review documents for legal content. We file them at the Newark window as sent, and tell you the clerk's reason if anything is turned away.
Essex County filing offices
What gets filed where in Essex County
Before a run in Essex County, match the paper to the office. The judiciary lists these separate filing offices for the county.
- Small claims and Special Civil Part
- Essex County Hall of Records, Civil Customer Service (same street address as the Civil Division)
465 Dr. M. L. King, Jr. Boulevard, Room 201, Newark, NJ 07102
973-776-9300 ext. 56800
Takes Essex County small claims (to $5,000), Special Civil Part cases (to $20,000) and landlord-tenant complaints. - Family Division, Dissolution Unit
- Essex County Wynona Lipman Family Courthouse
Family Division Dissolution Unit
350 University Avenue, Room 650, Newark, NJ 07102
973-776-9300 ext. 57040 - Family Division, Non-Dissolution Unit
- Essex County Wynona Lipman Family Courthouse
Family Division Non-Dissolution Unit
350 University Avenue, Room 340, Newark, NJ 07102
973-776-9300 ext. 57045 - Uncontested probate
- Essex County Surrogate's Office
495 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Newark, NJ 07102
973-621-4901
Wills and administrations go here; the Essex Surrogate is also deputy clerk of the Chancery Division, Probate Part. - Deeds and mortgages (Register)
- Essex County Register of Deeds and Mortgages, Hall of Records, Room 130
465 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
973-621-4960 - Property tax appeals
- Essex County Board of Taxation
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Justice Complex, 495 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Room 230, Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 395-8525
Due April 1, or May 1 after a town-wide revaluation or reassessment. - Vicinage administration
- Essex vicinage (Vicinage 5), Assignment Judge's office: Essex County Historic Courthouse, 470 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Newark, NJ 07102. Main line 973-776-9300.
Sources for the Essex County figures: Essex County Special Civil Part (CN 10150, rev. 5/23/2022); Small claims guide (CN 10290); Special Civil Part FAQ (CN 11482); Landlord-tenant filing kit (CN 13377); Essex County Family Division (NJ Courts directory); Essex County Surrogate (NJ Courts, Jan. 27, 2026); Monmouth County Surrogate, What We Do; Essex County Register of Deeds and Mortgages; Essex County Board of Taxation (nj.gov, September 2026); NJ Division of Taxation, appeals; Essex Assignment Judge (NJ Courts directory). Read in November 2026; Essex County offices do move, so confirm by phone first.