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