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