New Jersey Marriage & Divorce Vital Records

New Jersey Vital Records Offices

• Record Type:

  Marriage, Civil Union, and Domestic Partnership Certificates
  Department of Health & Senior Svcs
  Bureau of Vital Statistics
  PO Box 370
  Trenton, NJ 08625-0370
  

  Phone:

  609-292-4087

  Fax:

  609-392-4292

  Website:

  Website

  Business Hours:

  8:30AM-4PM

  Note:

  For copies of vital records from 1848 to 1900, please contact New Jersey Dept. of State, Division of Archives and Records Management at P.O. Box 307, Trenton NJ 08625-0307, or call 609-292-6260.

  Record Access Requirements: :

  Search Note:

  If event is more than 50 years old, requester may provide the year of event and county of occurrence instead of exact information.

• Records Available:

  Divorce Records
  Clerk of Superior Court
  Records Center
  PO Box 967
  Trenton, NJ 08625-0967
  

  Phone:

  609-777-0092

  Fax:

  609-777-0094

  Website:

  Website

  Business Hours:

  8:30AM-3:30PM

  Note:

  For copies of vital records from 1848 to 1886, please contact New Jersey Dept. of State, Division of Archives and Records Management at P.O. Box 307, Trenton NJ 08625-0307, or call 609-292-6260.

  Record Access Requirements:

  Also provide married name, unless maiden name was used during the marriage. Information on cases that are impounded is not released.

  Search Note:

  No copies are made and no records are retrieved after 3:30PM.

• Records Available:

  Statewide Court Records
  Administrative Office of Courts
  RJH Justice Complex, 7th Fl
  PO Box 037
  Trenton, NJ 08625

  Phone:

  609-984-0275

  Fax:

  609-984-6968

  Website:

  Website

  Business Hours:

  8:30AM-4:30PM

  Note:

  Supreme and Appellate opinions and current calendars are available at the website. The state has several automated case tracking systems, including case histories. However, this is not accessible directly by the public.

• Records Available:

  Criminal Records
  Division of State Police
  Records and Identification Section
  PO Box 7068
  West Trenton, NJ 08628-0068
  

  Phone:

  609-882-2000

  Fax:

  609-530-5780

  Website

  Website

  Business Hours:

  9AM-5PM

  Record Access Requirements:

  Record access is limited to attorney firms, employers, private investigators, and the subject. Records may be ordered with or without fingerprints, except if ordered by the subject then fingerprints are required.

  Search Note:

  The name must match exactly. 100% of the records are fingerprint supported. Fingerprints are required with a request made by the subject.

• Records Available:

  Incarceration Records
  New Jersey Department of Corrections
  Central Reception & Assignment Facility
  PO Box 7450
  Trenton, NJ 08628
  

  Phone:

  609-777-5753

  Fax:

  609-777-8369

  Website:

  Website

  Business Hours:

  8AM-5PM

  Note:

  There are three possible locations for records. Processing can take longer if records must be obtained at one of the other 2 locations.

  Record Access Requirements:

  Location, DOC number, physical identifiers, conviction information, and release dates are released.

New Jersey County Marriage & Divorce Vital Records