How To Search New Jersey Property Tax Records on the Internet

Property Tax Records are available to the public instreet; for example if you want to search for
the state of New Jersey. The public tax databasesproperties on "Main Street" just type in "Main" and
contain a wealth of important information that willsearch. When searching by name, simply type in a
help you become educated home owners as well aslast name.
potential home buyers. Until recently, searching the
tax records involved a trip down to the countyWhat valuable information lies in each tax record?
records office and probably the better part of anYou'll find the basic information on the property
afternoon. Not anymore, with just a few clicks youblock and lot location, property size in acres, owner
can search tax records in any of the following NJname 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 Warrenthe raw land is worth; whereas the improvement
assessment value is the combined value of any
The three most popular public tax recordsbuildings 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 Boardproperty changed deed owners and what the sales
Monmouth County Tax Boardprice 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, andHow can this information be used?
some sites (like Monmouth and TaxRecords) allowIf you are a current property owner and you think
you to search all counties. All of these sites are freeyou are paying too much in property taxes, you can
to use and contain information that is obtainedeasily 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 sitessee how properties compare to eachother. This
are among the easiest to use. On these sites youinformation 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 blockpotential 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 givenproperty taxes. This easily lets you know if the
street. When searching by street name it ishome seller is charging a fair market value price for
recommended that you just type in the name of thetheir home.