| Property Tax Records are available to the public in the | | | | just type in the name of the street; for example if you |
| state of New Jersey. The public tax databases | | | | want to search for properties on "Main Street" just |
| contain a wealth of important information that will help | | | | type in "Main" and search. When searching by name, |
| you become educated home owners as well as | | | | simply type in a last name. |
| potential home buyers. Until recently, searching the tax | | | | |
| records involved a trip down to the county records | | | | What valuable information lies in each tax record? |
| office and probably the better part of an afternoon. | | | | You'll find the basic information on the property block |
| Not anymore, with just a few clicks you can search | | | | and lot location, property size in acres, owner name |
| tax records in any of the following NJ counties: | | | | and address, the current property assessment, and the |
| Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, | | | | current and past taxes paid on that property. Total |
| Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, | | | | assessment price is broken down into two values, one |
| Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, | | | | for the land and the other for the improvements. The |
| Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren | | | | land assessment value is what the raw land is worth; |
| | | | whereas the improvement assessment value is the |
| The three most popular public tax records databases | | | | combined value of any buildings and structures on that |
| for New Jersey are: | | | | property. The next best piece of information available |
| | | | to you is the "last sale" information. This shows you the |
| Morris County Tax Board | | | | last time this property changed deed owners and |
| Monmouth County Tax Board | | | | what the sales price was. This is an extremely useful |
| | | | piece of information that you can use when potentially |
| Why so many links? | | | | purchasing a home. |
| Open them up and take a look. You'll notice that not | | | | |
| every site has the most up-to-date database, and | | | | How can this information be used? |
| some sites (like Monmouth and TaxRecords) allow | | | | If you are a current property owner and you think you |
| you to search all counties. All of these sites are free to | | | | are paying too much in property taxes, you can easily |
| use and contain information that is obtained directly | | | | find properties that surround your home and determine |
| from each county tax board. | | | | how much your neighbors are paying in taxes. Some |
| | | | records will also list the square footage of the home |
| How do you search the tax record databases? | | | | and the acreage of the lot so you can see how |
| The Monmouth and Morris County Tax Board sites | | | | properties compare to eachother. This information |
| are among the easiest to use. On these sites you are | | | | comes extremely handy if you want to appeal your |
| able to search by property owner (last name), street | | | | current tax assessment. If you are a potential home |
| name and address, as well as the direct block and lot | | | | buyer, you can see what surrounding houses are |
| number. When you search by street name, these sites | | | | worth and what they currently pay in property taxes. |
| will list all the properties on that given street. When | | | | This easily lets you know if the home seller is charging |
| searching by street name it is recommended that you | | | | a fair market value price for their home. |