Process serving · Ocean County
Process server for Ocean County, New Jersey
From $150 per address. Attempts logged, affidavit of service included.
✓ New Jersey commissioned notary, no. 50244803, insured for errors and omissions. See the credentials
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Send the details tonight and we'll quote it first thing when we open in the morning. Upload the papers with the request so nothing waits on us.
Send the requestPrivate process serving in Ocean County: papers delivered by an adult who isn't part of the case, attempts tracked on your request page, and an affidavit of service ready for the court.
Filing proof of service
Ocean County Courthouse
118 Washington St, Toms River, NJ 08753
Add "file it with the court for me too" and we take the affidavit to the Civil Division. Court filing in Ocean County
Ocean County Sheriff's Office
120 Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08754
732-929-2044
The sheriff handles court-ordered levies and writs. Most summonses and subpoenas can be served privately. Sheriff's page
Serving across Ocean County
Ocean County is in Central Jersey. We serve at homes and workplaces in Toms River, Lakewood, Brick, Jackson, Manchester, Point Pleasant, Stafford, Barnegat, Berkeley, Lacey. Give us more than one address and the times the person is usually there, and say if you need it done today.
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Before you send
- Send the papers to serve as a PDF, with every page in order.
- Give the best address, a description or photo of the person, and the times they're usually home.
- Up to three attempts at different times of day are included.
- You get a notarized affidavit of service once service is made.
- Rules on who may serve papers vary by state. The desk confirms them for your state before assigning a server.
Prefer to talk?
Call the desk and we'll take the request by phone.
Questions
Who can serve papers in Ocean County?
In the Law Division, a summons and complaint can be served by the sheriff or by any competent adult who has no interest in the case, which is how private process servers work. In the Special Civil Part, the court usually serves by mail or through its own court officers. When a court order directs the sheriff to act, the Ocean County Sheriff's Office handles it at 120 Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08754.
Where is proof of service filed for a Ocean County case?
With the Superior Court Civil Division at the Ocean County Courthouse in Toms River. Our serve and file option takes it there for you.
Which Ocean County towns do you cover?
All of them, including Toms River, Lakewood, Brick, Jackson, Manchester, Point Pleasant. Give us the best address and times to find the person.
Do you give legal advice?
No. We deliver the papers you give us and document it. Ask a lawyer about what to serve or how.
Ocean County court offices
Which Ocean County court issued your papers?
Ocean County cases run through the Ocean vicinage of the Superior Court. The court's directories list these Ocean County offices, which is where proof of service usually ends up.
- Vicinage
- Ocean (Vicinage 14)
- Trial Court Administrator
- Ocean County Justice Complex, 120 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753
Main court line 732-504-0700 - Family Division intake
- Ocean County Justice Complex, Ocean County Family Division
120 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753
732-504-0700 ext. 64050 - Special Civil Part
- Ocean County Superior Court, Civil Intake
118 Washington St., Room 121, Toms River, NJ 08754-2191
732-504-0700 ext. 64360
For small claims and most Special Civil Part cases here, service is done by the court, by mail or through a court officer, not a private server.
The 33 municipalities of Ocean County
The State's 2025 tax rate table lists 33 municipalities in the county. A serve address in any of them is a county address:
- Barnegat Light Borough
- Barnegat Township
- Bay Head Borough
- Beach Haven Borough
- Beachwood Borough
- Berkeley Township
- Brick Township
- Eagleswood Township
- Harvey Cedars Borough
- Island Heights Borough
- Jackson Township
- Lacey Township
- Lakehurst Borough
- Lakewood Township
- Lavallette Borough
- Little Egg Harbor Township
- Long Beach Township
- Manchester Township
- Mantoloking Borough
- Ocean Gate Borough
- Ocean Township
- Pine Beach Borough
- Plumsted Township
- Point Pleasant Beach Borough
- Point Pleasant Borough
- Seaside Heights Borough
- Seaside Park Borough
- Ship Bottom Borough
- South Toms River Borough
- Stafford Township
- Surf City Borough
- Toms River Township
- Tuckerton Borough
Sources for the county figures: Ocean vicinage administration (NJ Courts directory); Ocean County Family Division (NJ Courts directory); Ocean County Special Civil Part (CN 10150); NJ Courts, who can serve a complaint; Ocean County municipalities (2025 General Tax Rates). Checked November 2026. Call a county office before you go; rooms and extensions change.