New Jersey, Union County
Where Elizabeth's records are kept. Elizabeth has its own city government, police department, municipal court and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Elizabeth's own offices, along with State of New Jersey offices; the Union County offices are on our Union County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
City of Elizabeth, New Jersey, City Hall at 50 Winfield Scott Plaza, with a departments and staff directory, an information directory, online services through GovPilot and links to police and municipal court.
Open official site City of ElizabethPolice & jail
Elizabeth Police Department at 1 Police Plaza, with a vacation watch program that uses drone support, an online Report a Concern form, Neighbors by Ring updates and safety and fraud tips.
Open official site Elizabeth Police DepartmentMunicipal court
Elizabeth Municipal Court at 1 Police Plaza handles all traffic and criminal matters, with Zoom sessions, a bail window weekdays 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and ticket payment online, by mail or in person.
Open official site Elizabeth Municipal CourtCity records
The Elizabeth City Clerk, in Room 105 at 50 Winfield Scott Plaza, posts city legal notices and City Council agendas and offers the Open Public Records Request form and landlord registration.
Open official site City ClerkCity records
The Elizabeth Bureau of Construction in Room 401 at 50 Winfield Scott Plaza oversees all construction under the Uniform Construction Code, with online inspection requests and crane and dumpster permits through GovPilot.
Open official site Bureau of ConstructionPolice & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital 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 RecordsVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseCity 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 ResourcesEverything else, organized
13 more Elizabeth sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Elizabeth, a place of 137,298 people, is the seat of Union County. Court and property records sit with Union County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of New Jersey. Elizabeth's own offices are in the cards above, and our Union 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 4 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 4 processing plants, which are not workings. The mineral the records name is Iron.
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.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 195 investigations with a Elizabeth address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $1,697,079 in back wages agreed for 1,220 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasmel Of Elizabeth LLC | 1 | $172,424 | 48 |
| Los Cocos LLC | 1 | $116,341 | 44 |
| Kabaeil Barakat | 1 | $107,242 | 47 |
| Las Americas Bakery LLC | 1 | $100,021 | 35 |
| Valenca Bar & Liquor Inc. | 1 | $100,013 | 17 |
| PVH Corp. | 4 | $77,598 | 115 |
| City of Elizabeth | 1 | $77,213 | 62 |
| AP Fuel LLC | 3 | $73,009 | 11 |
| Morad Marashli | 1 | $69,730 | 32 |
| CoreCivic, Inc.and Subsidiaries | 1 | $52,739 | 23 |
| Global Supermarket LLC | 1 | $50,400 | 5 |
| AGS Plumbing | 1 | $47,553 | 9 |
| AMA Supermarket Corp. | 2 | $45,711 | 35 |
| MTB Elizabeth LLC | 1 | $41,370 | 30 |
| Community Access Unlimited, Inc. | 4 | $35,035 | 40 |
| Elizabeth Service Station, Inc. | 3 | $33,338 | 11 |
| Quality Electric | 1 | $33,186 | 5 |
| Swissray International, Inc. | 1 | $32,684 | 20 |
| Skolnick Dental Associates | 1 | $29,894 | 108 |
| Hernandez Beef & Provisions, Inc. | 1 | $26,367 | 16 |
| George & Medgat Corp. | 1 | $25,558 | 15 |
| Valenca Bar & Liquors Inc. | 1 | $24,115 | 13 |
| Los Gueros X, LLC | 1 | $23,268 | 4 |
| Jersey Gardens, LLC | 1 | $22,860 | 9 |
| Elizabeth Auto Wash LLC | 1 | $22,039 | 24 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 150 whose address on the record is in Elizabeth; 69 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 125 more with smaller records are on the New Jersey wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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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 Elizabeth.
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.
Businesses that operate in Elizabeth register with the New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Elizabeth requires one, comes from the town or Union County.
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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.