Court filing · Essex County
File papers at the Essex County courthouse without going
$175 to file in person in Newark, plus the court fee at cost. Stamped copy back the same day.
For filings at the Essex County Superior Court, a runner prints your papers, waits at the Civil Division window in Newark, pays the fee and sends you the stamped copy the same day it's filed.
Essex County filing window
Essex County Hall of Records
Civil customer service, Room 201
465 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
Civil Division: 973-776-9300 ext. 56800
Call 973-776-9300 to confirm hours before you go. Court listings disagree on the exact room here, so we confirm it before each run.
Price in Essex County
$175 to file in person, next business day. Same day is $250 if the papers reach us by 10 AM. The court fee is added at cost.
Pay online when you send the request. Start a request
Essex County, Essex vicinage
Essex County is in North Jersey. Civil papers for cases venued here go to the window in Newark. We pick up signed originals anywhere in the county, from Newark, East Orange, Irvington, Bloomfield, Montclair, West Orange, Livingston, Belleville and the rest.
Court fees, deadlines and how to pay the clerk are on the New Jersey filing locations page.
Nearby courthouses
- Passaic County, Paterson
- Bergen County, Hackensack
- Hudson County, Jersey City
- Union County, Elizabeth
- Morris County, Morristown
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Before you send
- Send the final, signed PDF. Some clerks want an ink signature on paper filings, so the desk checks before the run.
- We print two sets: one to file and one for the clerk to stamp "filed" and hand back.
- Court fees are paid at the window to "Treasurer, State of New Jersey" and billed to you at cost.
- A motion is generally filed and served at least 16 days before the hearing date it asks for.
- You get a scan of the stamped copy the same day it's filed.
- Serving the other parties is a separate job unless you add it.
- We file the papers you send. We don't review them for legal content or give legal advice.
Prefer to talk?
Call the desk and we'll take the request by phone.
Questions
Where do I file civil papers in Essex County?
At the Superior Court Civil Division in the Essex County Hall of Records, Civil customer service, Room 201, 465 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102. The court lists the civil office phone as 973-776-9300 ext. 56800. Court listings disagree on the exact room, so we confirm the window before each run.
Can you pick up my originals in Essex County first?
Yes. We collect signed originals anywhere in Essex County, including Newark, East Orange, Irvington, Bloomfield, and take them to Newark the same trip. Add the pickup address on the form.
Which vicinage is Essex County in?
Essex County is part of the Essex vicinage of the Superior Court. Civil cases venued in Essex County are filed with its Civil Division in Newark.
Will you read my motion before filing it?
No. We aren't lawyers and don't review documents for legal content. We file them at the Newark window as sent, and tell you the clerk's reason if anything is turned away.