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Need a Particular Record?
Use the official route that matches the record. The Street Directory follows address, tax, parcel, and deed keys. Directory Book is for historical volumes and collections. Resident Lookup focuses on a single, carefully verified record trail. The records offices section on the home page identifies the main city, county, court, and state custodians.
- Parcel or recorded instrument: use Newark Street Directory and contact the Essex County Register.
- Historical name or prior address: consult Newark Directory Book and the Newark Public Library collection.
- One verified record question: use Newark Resident Lookup to select the correct official index.
- City public record: direct a focused OPRA request to the City Clerk or the agency custodian.
- County public record: use Essex County’s official OPRA intake rather than assuming the Clerk holds it.
Newark City Clerk: 920 Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson Boulevard, Room 306, Newark, NJ 07102; 973-733-6574; Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The City Clerk’s official page routes city-record requests and identifies its municipal-record role.
Essex County Register of Deeds and Mortgages: Hall of Records, 465 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Room 130, Newark, NJ 07102; 973-621-4960; Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the last transaction at 4:15 p.m. Its official contact page supplies online-record and Record Alert information.
Newark Office of Vital Statistics: 394 University Avenue, Newark, NJ; 973-733-6510. Current vital records are restricted, so use the New Jersey Department of Health Vital Records route for eligibility and application requirements.