E-mail: info@essexregister.com
REGISTER OF DEEDS AND MORTGAGES
465 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd.
Hall of Records
Room 130
Newark, NJ 07102
Telephone (973) 621-4960
Fax (973 621-6114
IMPORTANT RECORDING NOTICE
MANDATORY COVER SHEET – EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2017
Dear Recording Customer:
In compliance with P.L. 2011, c. 217 (N.J.S.A.46:26A-5) our office must require a
Cover Sheet with all individual land documents submitted for recording effective Monday,
May 1, 2017.
If you submit land documents to our office for recording via U.S. Mail, Express Mail,
Courier Service or In-Person Over the Counter – a Cover Sheet is required.
For your convenience – a user-friendly on-line PDF Cover Sheet Form- that you can
easily and quickly fill-in on any personal computer-and print out- is available at
www.essexregister.com our internet web site. Also enclosed with this notice is a paper version of
the Cover Sheet Form (please feel free to re-produce). Whatever method you opt to select to
access the Cover Sheet Form-it must be completed BY YOU-and attached with all individual
land documents submitted for Recording.
ALL LAND DOCUMENTS Received in our office for recording on May 1, 2017 ,
must have the Cover Sheet.
Please be advised that the Cover Sheet counts as a Page in calculating the Recording
Fee ($10.00).
- If you submit a land document without the Cover Sheet, you can include an
additional $20.00 or your document will be rejected and returned.
- E-Recording Customers are already compliant with this new law, and as such
this law does not apply to you.
If you are interested in becoming an E-Recording Customer and would like to register for
an E-Recording Account, please go to:
https://secure.njcountyrecording.com/dsms/njdsms/NJAccountRequest.aspx
Thank you for your cooperation in complying with this new State Law. Please contact our
office at (973) 621-2594 if you need assistance.
