New Jersey, Hudson County
Where Jersey City's records are kept. Jersey City 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 Jersey City's own offices, along with State of New Jersey offices; the Hudson County offices are on our Hudson County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
City of Jersey City, New Jersey: the Mayor's Office, City Council agendas and requests to speak, the Resident Response Center, online payments and department pages, with City Hall at 280 Grove Street.
Open official site City of Jersey CityPolice & jail
The Jersey City Police Department works from Public Safety Headquarters at Two Jackson Square and four district stations, with the JC IMPACT map of recent incidents, an anonymous tip line and Internal Affairs.
Open official site Jersey City Police DepartmentMunicipal court
Jersey City Municipal Court at 365 Summit Avenue hears parking, speeding, drunk driving and disorderly persons cases in person and virtually, with online payment of traffic tickets and municipal complaints.
Open official site Jersey City Municipal CourtCity records
The Office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 280 Grove Street, keeps council minutes, issues vital records, registers landlords and lobbyists, certifies local elections and takes OPRA requests through its online portal.
Open official site Office of the City ClerkCity records
Jersey City's online permitting and licensing system, with its office at One Jackson Square, accepts zoning, planning board, historic preservation and construction code applications, inspection requests and landlord registrations.
Open official site Jersey City Online Permitting & LicensingPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Jersey City area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedCity records
Department of State research center for New Jersey public records of lasting value, including vital records, land documents, probate and military papers; over 1 million records searchable online, visits by appointment.
Open official site New Jersey State ArchivesVital 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 CaseState records
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, with a 24 hour hotline at 1-800-843-5678, missing child posters, AMBER Alerts, the CyberTipline and a list of state missing person clearinghouses.
Open official site National Center for Missing & Exploited ChildrenFederal
Basic population, business and geography statistics for Jersey City city, New Jersey from Census Bureau QuickFacts, which covers cities and towns of more than 5,000 people; 2020 count 292,449.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCounty court
Federal bankruptcy court for New Jersey: filing checklists for Chapter 7 and 13, electronic bankruptcy packages, and how to obtain case information and copies of documents.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New JerseyEverything else, organized
12 more Jersey City sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Jersey City, a place of 292,449 people, is the seat of Hudson County. Court and property records sit with Hudson County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of New Jersey. Jersey City's own offices are in the cards above, and our Hudson County page lists each county office.
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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 Jersey City.
Deeds for property in Jersey City are recorded by the Hudson County office that records deeds, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Hudson 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.
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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.