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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Fees for the services enumerated herein shall be as follows:
In Superior CourtThe clerk shall receive for a search for judgments and all other records which may become a lien upon real estate, for each name, each year, each book, six cents ($0.06).
For stating a judgment, five cents ($0.05).
For every other search, for each name, each year, each book, two cents ($0.02).
For drawing certificate and seal, twelve cents ($0.12).
For copies or abstracts of judgments or other records included in such certificate, for each folio, eight cents ($0.08).
The fee for a search and certificate shall in no case be less than twenty-five cents ($0.25).
County Clerks and Registers of Deeds and MortgagesCounty clerks and registers of deeds and mortgages shall receive for a search of all records except those enumerated hereunder, for each name, each year, each book, four cents ($0.04).
For a search of the records of assignments of mortgages, for each name, each year, each book, five cents ($0.05).
For a search of mechanic's lien claims, for each name, each book, each year, six cents ($0.06).
For a search of the records of registered mortgages, for each name, each year, each book, seven cents ($0.07).
For each search of the records of physician's lien claims, which shall include cost of search and certificate thereof, fifty cents ($0.50).
For each search of the records of hospital lien claims which shall include cost of search and certificate thereof, fifty cents ($0.50).
For copies of abstracts of all deeds, mortgages, judgments or other records included in a search certificate, for each folio, eight cents ($0.08).
For drawing a certificate and seal for a search, twenty cents ($0.20).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Jersey Statutes Title 22A. Fees and Costs 22A § 4-12 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nj/title-22a-fees-and-costs/nj-st-sect-22a-4-12/
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