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Court runner · New Jersey

Court runner jobs in New Jersey

Court runners file papers at the clerk's window, bring back stamped copies and pull records near home in New Jersey. Runners never serve papers.

MCC Solutions is based in Cranford, New Jersey; the network of contractors it sends work to covers the whole country, including New Jersey.

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The work

Court Runner duties in New Jersey

  • Taking documents to the clerk's office in New Jersey for filing and bringing back conformed copies
  • Pulling court files, deeds and other public records, and scanning them
  • Occasional embassy or consulate drop-offs and pickups, nearly all of them in Washington, DC
  • Marking each run complete in the portal and uploading fee receipts

What you need

Requirements in New Jersey

  • A valid driver's license (you must be 18 or older)
  • Current auto insurance (no vehicle registration upload is needed for runners)
  • A background check under 12 months old (established businesses may request a waiver, which the owner reviews; it is never automatic)
  • A smartphone for job offers, photos and uploads
  • No notary commission and no process server license: runners never serve papers

Pay

What and how you're paid

Every offer states what the job pays. Take it, pass, or make a counter-offer, and nothing is assigned without your yes.

Work is per job: each request near your home ZIP in New Jersey is offered as it comes in, around all 21 counties or anywhere else inside the radius you choose. There is no guaranteed volume.

You work as an independent contractor and receive a 1099.

New Jersey courts

Courts and filing in New Jersey

New Jersey's small claims cases go to the Small Claims Section, Special Civil Part (limit $5,000).

Which office takes the filing: The Special Civil Part office in the county where at least one defendant lives; if no defendant is in New Jersey, the county where the claim arose.

Official filing fees: one defendant $35; each additional defendant $5; service by certified and regular mail, per defendant $7. When a job includes a court fee, it says so, and the receipt is reimbursed.

The court's own guide for New Jersey · Small claims court in New Jersey

Source: New Jersey Courts: Small Claims FAQ (CN 11482, rev. 07/01/2022).

From the court's official pages, read November 2026. This is not legal advice.

New Jersey coverage

County courthouses runners visit

New Jersey work covers all 21 counties; here is each county's civil courthouse and county seat:

By statute, county clerks may charge $2 a page for copies their staff make and $5 for a clerk's certificate (N.J.S.A. 22A:2-29). Many counties charge less for self-service or online copies, so the exact fee depends on the county and the copy. We pass it through at cost.

New Jersey runners can also apply on the New Jersey process server and court runner page.

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Fill in the form below (court runs and records only is chosen for you) and attach your driver's license, auto insurance and background check. Complete, valid applications may be approved right away.

After approval, the portal asks for two things, the signed contractor agreement and a W-9. Then job offers arrive by email, or by text once you opt in.

Court runner application: New Jersey
Documents

We ask for these with the application so we can approve you without a back-and-forth, and so you won't upload them again later. Upload a clear PDF, JPG or PNG of each one, up to 10 MB. Only our office can open them. Our system checks the dates you enter and that each file is here; it doesn't read the files, so make sure the dates match. Your W-9 comes later, in the portal.

No background check? If you run an established business, enter its name above and a link to its reviews here, and leave the background check blank. The owner looks at it and decides whether to waive the check; it is never automatic, so your application waits for a person.
Independent contract work. If every document is here and every date checks out, we may approve you right away. By applying you agree to our privacy policy.

Court Runner: common questions in New Jersey

Do court runners serve papers?

No. That is the process server posting; this one is filings, records and document runs only.

Do I need a vehicle registration in New Jersey?

No. Registration is asked of process servers; runners send a license, insurance and a background check.

How many runs will I get in New Jersey?

That depends on demand near you; no volume is promised.

Work near home in New Jersey.

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