Court filing · Somerset County
File papers at the Somerset County courthouse without going
Filed in person in Somerville 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 requestNeed a motion, answer or other paper filed in person at the Somerset County courthouse? We print your papers, take them to the Civil Division window in Somerville, pay the court fee, and send you a scan of the stamped copy the same day.
Somerset County filing window
Somerset County Courthouse
Civil Division, 1st floor
40 N. Bridge St, Somerville, NJ 08876
Civil Division: 908-332-7700 ext. 13710
Call 908-332-7700 to confirm hours before you go.
Price in Somerset 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
Somerset County, Somerset/Hunterdon/Warren vicinage
Somerset County is in Central Jersey. Civil papers for cases venued here go to the window in Somerville. We pick up signed originals anywhere in the county, from Franklin Township, Bridgewater, Hillsborough, Somerville, Basking Ridge (Bernards), Bound Brook, Branchburg, Montgomery and the rest.
Court fees, deadlines and how to pay the clerk are on the New Jersey filing locations page.
Nearby courthouses
- Hunterdon County, Flemington
- Morris County, Morristown
- Union County, Elizabeth
- Middlesex County, New Brunswick
- Mercer County, Trenton
All 21 filing locations · Court filing and courthouse runs · Process serving
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 Somerset County?
At the Superior Court Civil Division in the Somerset County Courthouse, Civil Division, 1st floor, 40 N. Bridge St, Somerville, NJ 08876. The court lists the civil office phone as 908-332-7700 ext. 13710.
Can you pick up my originals in Somerset County first?
Yes. We collect signed originals anywhere in Somerset County, including Franklin Township, Bridgewater, Hillsborough, Somerville, and take them to Somerville the same trip. Add the pickup address on the form.
Which vicinage is Somerset County in?
Somerset County is part of the Somerset/Hunterdon/Warren vicinage of the Superior Court. Civil cases venued in the county are filed with its Civil Division in Somerville.
Do you check my papers or give legal advice?
No. We file what you send, as you send it. If the Somerville clerk won't accept something, we tell you why and return any court fee that wasn't spent.
Somerset County filing offices
What gets filed where in Somerset County
The Civil Division window above takes Law Division papers. Other Somerset County filings go to different counters, and some to a different building entirely.
- Small claims and Special Civil Part
- Somerset County Courthouse, Civil Division (same street address as the Civil Division)
40 North Bridge Street, First Floor, Somerville, NJ 08876
908-332-7700 ext. 13710
For claims up to $20,000 (small claims up to $5,000) and landlord-tenant cases venued in Somerset County. - Family Division
- Somerset County Courthouse
Family Case Management Office
PO Box 3000, Somerville, NJ 08876
908-332-7700 ext. 13730 - Uncontested probate
- Somerset County Surrogate's Office
20 Grove St., P.O. Box 3000, Somerville, NJ 08876
908-231-7003
Wills and administrations go here; the Somerset Surrogate is also deputy clerk of the Chancery Division, Probate Part. - Deeds and mortgages
- Somerset County Clerk, Records Room, Administration Building
20 Grove St, Somerville, NJ 08876
908-231-7007 - Property tax appeals
- Somerset County Board of Taxation
27 Warren Street, 4th Floor, PO Box 3000, Somerville, NJ 08876
(908) 541-5713
Due April 1, or May 1 after a town-wide revaluation or reassessment. - Vicinage administration
- Somerset/Hunterdon/Warren vicinage (Vicinage 13), Assignment Judge's office: 20 North Bridge Street, Floor 3, Somerville, NJ 08876. Main line 908-332-7700.
Sources for the Somerset County figures: Somerset 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); Somerset County Family Division (NJ Courts directory); Somerset County Surrogate (NJ Courts, Jan. 27, 2026); Monmouth County Surrogate, What We Do; Somerset County Clerk; Somerset County Board of Taxation (nj.gov, September 2026); NJ Division of Taxation, appeals; Somerset/Hunterdon/Warren Assignment Judge (NJ Courts directory). Last checked November 2026. Phone ahead, since Somerset County rooms and extensions change.