New Jersey, Essex County
Where East Orange's records are kept. East Orange has its own city government, police department, municipal court, clerk's office and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include East Orange's own offices, along with State of New Jersey offices; the Essex County offices are on our Essex County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
City of East Orange, New Jersey, posting legal notices, a new resident welcome packet, a calendar of events and city news from the mayor's office and police department.
Open official site City of East OrangePolice & jail
East Orange Police Department at 15 S Munn Avenue is a community policing agency; its Records Division takes report requests in person or sometimes by mail, for a fee, not by phone or email.
Open official site East Orange Police DepartmentMunicipal court
East Orange Municipal Court at 221 Freeway Drive East resolves disputes under New Jersey law, with online ticket payment through the New Jersey Municipal Courts Direct site.
Open official site East Orange Municipal CourtCity records
The East Orange Building Division at 44 City Hall Plaza, 3rd floor, reviews and approves construction, alteration and renovation applications as the city's Uniform Construction Code enforcement agency and enforces zoning.
Open official site Building DivisionFederal
Federal statistics table for East Orange city, New Jersey, from the U.S. Census Bureau, giving basic population, business and geography facts; an information icon beside each row names the survey behind it.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
The Department of State's New Jersey State Archives in Trenton holds colonial and state records from 1664 on, including vital records, land documents, probate files and military papers; visits are free by appointment.
Open official site New Jersey State ArchivesCounty court
Sitting in Camden, Newark and Trenton, the New Jersey bankruptcy court runs mediation and loss mitigation programs, lists complex Chapter 11 and claim agent cases, and links PACER for case files.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New JerseyCounty court
New Jersey Judiciary hub for the public: search public case databases, request court records, find a municipal court case to pay a traffic or parking ticket, and watch livestreamed hearings.
Open official site New Jersey Courts Public ResourcesVital records
Holds births since 1925 and marriages and deaths since 1951; none are public records. Order through VitalChek or same day at 140 E. Front Street, Trenton; earlier years are at the State Archives.
Open official site New Jersey Department of Health Vital RecordsPolice & jail
The State Police unit behind every New Jersey Amber Alert also handles Safe Haven infant and Hague Treaty cases and collects data on missing and unidentified persons, with phone lines open around the clock.
Open official site New Jersey State Police Missing Persons UnitPolice & jail
Founded in 1978, with members assigned to the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force, the unit posts New Jersey's most wanted, considered armed and dangerous, and a confidential 24 hour tip line.
Open official site New Jersey State Police Fugitive UnitPolice & jail
Megan's Law registry from the New Jersey State Police, listing high risk Tier 3 offenders and, with some exceptions, moderate risk Tier 2 offenders; low risk Tier 1 offenders are left off by law.
Open official site New Jersey Sex Offender RegistryPolice & jail
New Jersey residents get their own state criminal history by live scan fingerprinting at an IdentoGO site for $45.73; a clean result comes as a downloadable State Police letter within 24 to 72 hours.
Open official site New Jersey State Police Criminal History Record InformationCity records
The City Clerk at 44 City Hall Plaza keeps the municipal seal, minutes, deeds and contracts, runs local elections as chief registrar, issues licenses and permits and takes OPRA records requests.
Open official site East Orange City ClerkEverything else, organized
10 more East Orange sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
East Orange, a place of 69,612 people, is in Essex County, whose county seat is Newark. Court and property records sit with Essex County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of New Jersey. East Orange's own offices are in the cards above, and our Essex County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 2 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 2 of them worked out or abandoned. The mineral the records name is Copper.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
New Jersey abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Voter registration in New Jersey is run by the New Jersey Division of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for East Orange.
Deeds for property in East Orange are recorded by the Essex County office that records deeds, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Essex County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in New Jersey come from the state vital records office, New Jersey Office of Vital Statistics and Registry. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.