Process serving · Union County
Process server for Union County, New Jersey
From $150 per address. Attempts logged, affidavit of service included.
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Send the requestMCC Solutions serves summonses, complaints, subpoenas and notices across Union County, from Elizabeth to Springfield, with each attempt logged and a signed affidavit when service is made.
Filing proof of service
Union County Courthouse
2 Broad St, Elizabeth, NJ 07207
Add "file it with the court for me too" and we take the affidavit to the Civil Division. Court filing in Union County
Union County Sheriff's Office
10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, NJ 07207
908-527-4450
The sheriff handles court-ordered levies and writs. Most summonses and subpoenas can be served privately. Sheriff's page
Serving across Union County
Union County is in North Jersey. We serve at homes and workplaces in Elizabeth, Union, Plainfield, Linden, Westfield, Cranford, Summit, Rahway, Scotch Plains, Hillside. 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 Union 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 Union County Sheriff's Office handles it at 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, NJ 07207.
Where is proof of service filed for a Union County case?
With the Superior Court Civil Division at the Union County Courthouse in Elizabeth. Our serve and file option takes it there for you.
Which Union County towns do you cover?
All of them, including Elizabeth, Union, Plainfield, Linden, Westfield, Cranford. Give us the best address and times to find the person.
Can you tell me if my papers are correct?
No. We don't review papers for legal content. We serve what you send and document every attempt.
Union County court offices
Which Union County court issued your papers?
Papers served in Union County usually come out of one of the Superior Court offices below. Knowing which office issued them tells you where the affidavit of service is headed afterward.
- Vicinage
- Union (Vicinage 12)
- Trial Court Administrator
- Union County Courthouse, 2 Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07207
Main court line 908-787-1650 - Family Division intake
- Union Family Courthouse, Dissolution Assignment Office
2 Cherry Street, Floor 3, Elizabeth, NJ 07207
908-787-1650 ext. 21320 - Special Civil Part
- Union Co. Courthouse, Old Annex, Special Civil Part
2 Broad Street, Third Floor, Elizabeth, NJ 07207
908-787-1650 ext. 22160
The court usually serves its own Union County small claims and Special Civil Part papers, by mail or by a court officer.
The 21 municipalities of Union County
The State's 2025 tax rate table lists 21 municipalities in Union County. A serve address in any of them is a county address:
- Berkeley Heights Township
- Clark Township
- Cranford Township
- Elizabeth City
- Fanwood Borough
- Garwood Borough
- Hillside Township
- Kenilworth Borough
- Linden City
- Mountainside Borough
- New Providence Borough
- Plainfield City
- Rahway City
- Roselle Borough
- Roselle Park Borough
- Scotch Plains Township
- Springfield Township
- Summit City
- Union Township
- Westfield Town
- Winfield Township
Sources for the county figures: Union vicinage administration (NJ Courts directory); Union County Family Division (NJ Courts directory); Union County Special Civil Part (CN 10150); NJ Courts, who can serve a complaint; Union County municipalities (2025 General Tax Rates). Last checked November 2026. Phone ahead, since the county rooms and extensions change.