Union County Recorder Information

About Union County Recorder

The County Clerk is responsible for recording and maintaining records for real property in Union County.

Recording Fees

A cover sheet or an electronic synopsis will be required with all land documents submitted for recording. An additional fee of $20.00 will be charged for documents submitted without it.

Certified Copy
First Page -- $8.00
Each additional page -- $2.00

Church Corporations
Each -- $25.00

Clerk Certificate
Each Certificate -- $5.00

Construction Lien
Each -- $15.00
Amendment -- $15.00*
Notice of unpaid balance -- $15.00
Discharge of construction lien -- $15.00*
Discharge of unpaid balance -- $15.00*
Discharge by bond -- $25.00*
Notation -- $5.00
*Requires notation

Copy of any document
Each page -- $2.00

Deed
First page including Tax Abstract -- $45.00
Each additional page -- $10.00

Federal Tax Lien or Release
Each -- $25.00

UCC -- Financing Statement
Each -- $25.00
Co-Op -- $1.00 additional per page

Hospital/Physician Lien
Each -- $15.00

Inheritance Tax Waiver
Each -- $15.00

Lis Pendens (Foreclosure)
Filing foreclosure including marginal notation -- $40.00

Discharging Lis Pendens including marginal notation -- $40.00
Each Additional marginal notation -- $10.00

Lis Pendens Recording (Regular)
First page -- $35.00
Each additional page (one side) -- $10.00
Each marginal notation -- $10.00
Each Additional Book and Page -- $10.00

Map Filing
Each -- $55.00

Mortgage

First page -- $35.00
Each additional page -- $10.00

Mortgage Assignment
First page including marginal notation -- $40.00
Each additional page (one side) -- $10.00
Each Additional Book and Page -- $10.00

Mortgage Cancellation
Each Book -- $25.00

Mortgage Discharge, Postponement, Release Subordination
First page including marginal notation -- $45.00
Each additional page -- $10.00

Notary Public
Registration -- $15.00
Renewal -- $15.00

Out of County Certificate -- $15.00
Notary Certificate -- $5.00

Notice of Settlement
Each -- $20.00 (2 parties)
Contract of Sale
Mortgage Commitment
Each $40 (3 parties)
Contract of Sales with Mortgage Commitment

Peddlers' License for Veteran
No Charge

Tax Sale Certificate
First page -- $35.00
Each additional page -- $10.00

Tax Sale Certificate Assignment
First page (including marginal notation) -- $40.00
Each additional page -- $10.00

Tax Sale Certificate Redemption
First page (including marginal notation) -- $45.00
Each additional page -- $10.00
Each additional book and page -- $10.00

Trade Name Certificate

Each -- $50.00

True copy stamp -- $2.00
Dissolution of Trade Name and copy -- $25.00
Partnership agreement -- $50.00

Veteran's Discharge
Recording -- No charge
Certified copy -- No charge

Payment for Service Policy
This office will accept cash, personal or business checks, money orders in payment of services performed subject to the following requirements:

All checks in excess of $10,000 must be a certified or bank check.
All checks must bear a name, address, and bank account number.
Personal and business checks must have a personal or business phone number on the front of the check.
No checks will be accepted after sixty (60) days of issue date.
Checks returned unpaid will be subject to a $40.00 service charge.
MasterCard and Visa can be used for payment except for Realty Transfer Fees and Passport filing fees. Charge fee minimum is $10.00.


The realty transfer tax fees must be paid at the time of recording and are as follows:
$2 per $500 of consideration in excess of $150,000;
$3.35 per $500 of consideration not in excess of $150,000 but not more than $200,000;
$3.90 per $500 of consideration in excess of $200,000 but not more than $350,000.

For considerations in excess of that amount, see the New Jersey treasury's website.

Reduced rates apply to senior citizens, blind or disabled persons and on property that is low/moderate-income housing.

Document Formatting Requirements

* Documents must be in English or accompanied by a certified English translation.

* The real estate instrument must be signed and acknowledged.

* The names of signors, as well as the officer taking acknowledgment, must be printed or typed underneath signatures.

* Deeds must contain a consideration statement for realty transfer tax purposes.

* The name and signature of the preparer should be on the first page.

* The municipal tax lot and block designation of the property being conveyed is required. For deeds conveying real property on which there has been construction, the words "New Construction" must be printed or typed clearly at the top of the first page of the deed in upper-case lettering. Additionally, an affidavit by the grantor stating that the transfer is of property on which there is new construction must be appended to the deed.

* A legal description of the real estate is required.