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Somerset County deed and record copies
From the Somerset County Clerk in Somerville, plain or certified.
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Send the requestLand records for Franklin Township, Bridgewater, Hillsborough, Somerville, Basking Ridge (Bernards), Bound Brook, Branchburg, Montgomery are kept by the Somerset County Clerk in Somerville. We search, order and send you copies of deeds, mortgages and releases, certified when a bank, court or buyer asks for it.
Somerset County Clerk
Records Room, Administration Building
20 Grove St, Somerville, NJ 08876
908-231-7007
Copies and fees
Somerset charges 7 cents a page, and $10 per document plus $1 a page for certified copies.
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- Give the names, property address, book and page, or docket number so the record can be found.
- Agency copy and certification fees are billed at cost after the pull.
- Vital records can only go to people the state allows to request them.
Prefer to talk?
Call the desk and we'll take the request by phone.
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Somerset County?
With the Somerset County Clerk (Records Room, Administration Building), 20 Grove St, Somerville, NJ 08876, 908-231-7007.
Can I search Somerset County land records online?
We couldn't confirm an online search for the county we search and order copies at the office in Somerville.
Can you tell me who owns a property?
We pull the recorded documents. Reading a title or deciding ownership is work for a title company or lawyer.
Somerset County record offices
Recording, estate and assessment records in Somerset County
Three Somerset County offices hold the records people most often ask us to pull: the Somerset County Clerk, the Surrogate and the Board of Taxation.
- Recording a deed
- $45.00 first page, $10.00 each additional page, as the county's page states it. Recording fees
- Wills and estates
- Somerset County Surrogate's Office
20 Grove St., P.O. Box 3000, Somerville, NJ 08876
908-231-7003
The Somerset County Clerk does not hold probated wills; in Somerset County the Surrogate does. - Civil court files
- Somerset County Courthouse, Civil Division, 1st floor
40 N. Bridge St, Somerville, NJ 08876
908-332-7700 ext. 13710
Copies from a Somerset County Superior Court civil case come from the Civil Division, not the Somerset County Clerk. - Assessment records and appeals
- Somerset County Board of Taxation
27 Warren Street, 4th Floor, PO Box 3000, Somerville, NJ 08876
(908) 541-5713
Somerset County appeal deadline: April 1, or May 1 after a town-wide revaluation or reassessment.
Sources for the county figures: Somerset County Clerk, recording; Somerset County Surrogate (NJ Courts, Jan. 27, 2026); Monmouth County Surrogate, What We Do; Somerset County Civil Division (NJ Courts office page); Somerset County Board of Taxation (nj.gov, September 2026); NJ Division of Taxation, appeals. Read in November 2026; Somerset County offices do move, so confirm by phone first.