Court filing · Union County
File papers at the Union County courthouse without going
Filed in person in Elizabeth 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 requestMCC Solutions files papers in person at the Superior Court in Elizabeth for people who can't spend a weekday at the clerk's window. You send the PDF and pay online, and we bring back a stamped "filed" copy.
Union County filing window
Union County Courthouse
Civil Case Management, Tower
2 Broad St, Elizabeth, NJ 07207
Civil Division: 908-787-1650 ext. 22120
Special Civil Part: Old Annex, 3rd floor, same address
Call 908-787-1650 to confirm hours before you go. Court listings disagree on the exact room here, so we confirm it before each run.
Price in Union 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
Union County, Union vicinage
Union County is in North Jersey. Civil papers for cases venued here go to the window in Elizabeth. We pick up signed originals anywhere in the county, from Elizabeth, Union, Plainfield, Linden, Westfield, Cranford, Summit, Rahway and the rest.
Court fees, deadlines and how to pay the clerk are on the New Jersey filing locations page.
Nearby courthouses
- Essex County, Newark
- Morris County, Morristown
- Somerset County, Somerville
- Middlesex County, New Brunswick
- Hudson County, Jersey City
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 Union County?
At the Superior Court Civil Division in the Union County Courthouse, Civil Case Management, Tower, 2 Broad St, Elizabeth, NJ 07207. The court lists the civil office phone as 908-787-1650 ext. 22120. Special Civil Part papers go to Old Annex, 3rd floor, same address. Court listings disagree on the exact room, so we confirm the window before each run.
Can you pick up my originals in Union County first?
Yes. We collect signed originals anywhere in Union County, including Elizabeth, Union, Plainfield, Linden, and take them to Elizabeth the same trip. Add the pickup address on the form.
Which vicinage is Union County in?
Union County is part of the Union vicinage of the Superior Court. Civil cases venued in the county are filed with its Civil Division in Elizabeth.
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 Elizabeth window as sent, and tell you the clerk's reason if anything is turned away.
Union County filing offices
What gets filed where in Union County
Not every Union County filing goes to the Civil Division. Family matters, small claims and estates each have their own office, listed here from the court's directories.
- Small claims and Special Civil Part
- Union Co. Courthouse, Old Annex, Special Civil Part (same street address as the Civil Division)
2 Broad Street, Third Floor, Elizabeth, NJ 07207
908-787-1650 ext. 22160
For claims up to $20,000 (small claims up to $5,000) and landlord-tenant cases venued in Union County. - Family Division
- Union Family Courthouse
Dissolution Assignment Office
2 Cherry Street, Floor 3, Elizabeth, NJ 07207
908-787-1650 ext. 21320 - Uncontested probate
- Union County Surrogate (Union County Courthouse)
2 Broad St., 2nd Floor, Elizabeth, NJ 07207
908-527-4280
Probate filings for Union County estates start here, with the Surrogate acting as deputy clerk of the Probate Part. - Deeds and mortgages
- Union County Clerk, Recording Office
2 Broad St, Elizabeth, NJ 07207
908-527-4787 - Property tax appeals
- Union County Board of Taxation
300 North Avenue East, Westfield, NJ 07090
(908) 527-4775
Due April 1, or May 1 after a town-wide revaluation or reassessment. - Vicinage administration
- Union vicinage (Vicinage 12), Assignment Judge's office: Union County Courthouse, 2 Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07207. Main line 908-787-1650.
Sources for the Union County figures: Union 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); Union County Family Division (NJ Courts directory); Union County Surrogate (NJ Courts, Jan. 27, 2026); Monmouth County Surrogate, What We Do; Union County Clerk; Union County Board of Taxation (nj.gov, September 2026); NJ Division of Taxation, appeals; Union Assignment Judge (NJ Courts directory). Last checked November 2026. Phone ahead, since Union County rooms and extensions change.