New Jersey, Passaic County
Where Paterson's records are kept. Paterson has its own city government and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Paterson's own offices, along with State of New Jersey offices; the Passaic County offices are on our Passaic County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Federal
Census data for Paterson city, New Jersey in QuickFacts form: population estimates, age and race, housing, families and living arrangements, computer and internet use, education, health, economy and geography.
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
Official City of Paterson website listing City Hall at 155 Market Street, 973-321-1600, with council agendas and documents, assessment records, budget and audit documents, bid opportunities, forms and a citizen alert system.
Open official site City of PatersonCity records
Contact and search Paterson clerk office official city records 155 Market Street Paterson, NJ 07505 973-321-1310
Open official site Paterson New Jersey City ClerkPolice & jail
Paterson, New Jersey police site hosted by the state Office of Attorney General, with tips, news, CompStat and other reports, internal affairs information and Open Public Records Act requests.
Open official site Paterson Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
10 more Paterson sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Paterson, a place of 159,732 people, is the seat of Passaic County. Court and property records sit with Passaic County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of New Jersey. Paterson's own offices are in the cards above, and our Passaic 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 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 1 past producer, now closed, 1 processing plant, which is not a working. The mineral the records name is crushed stone.
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 143 investigations with a Paterson address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $2,052,716 in back wages agreed for 1,023 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mugnone LLC | 5 | $179,100 | 51 |
| Faithful Countertops LLC. | 1 | $178,473 | 35 |
| Toros Restaurant Inc | 1 | $173,043 | 13 |
| G & E Services, LLC | 8 | $134,408 | 48 |
| Abuelito Cheese Inc | 1 | $130,992 | 35 |
| E.N.A. Meat Packing Corp. | 1 | $85,953 | 27 |
| Euro Granite and Marble LLC | 1 | $75,556 | 13 |
| Best Bites Distribution, Inc. | 1 | $65,915 | 44 |
| Rico Foods, Inc. | 1 | $62,266 | 109 |
| 950 Meat & Grocery Inc. | 1 | $59,088 | 42 |
| Market Street Gas Inc | 1 | $58,705 | 12 |
| APS Contracting Inc | 1 | $56,201 | 38 |
| Festival Ice Cream Corp | 1 | $55,146 | 32 |
| Jovin Demo, Inc. | 1 | $49,218 | 6 |
| Manhattan Halal Gyro King, LLC | 1 | $49,205 | 3 |
| 57 East 30th, Inc | 1 | $40,532 | 14 |
| Shabib Inc | 1 | $38,216 | 10 |
| Dr. Produce, LLC | 1 | $31,339 | 18 |
| Sheridan Mechanical Corporation | 5 | $31,114 | 14 |
| Downtown Car Wash Inc | 1 | $27,990 | 6 |
| A & M Medical Services, LLC | 2 | $27,384 | 5 |
| Straight & Narrow, Inc. | 1 | $25,693 | 11 |
| Spinella's Produce Inc. | 1 | $25,006 | 8 |
| Alexandra Inc. | 1 | $24,682 | 5 |
| Generation Next LTD | 2 | $24,419 | 56 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 119 whose address on the record is in Paterson; 40 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 94 more with smaller records are on the New Jersey wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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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 Paterson.
Deeds for property in Paterson are recorded by the Passaic County office that records deeds, and the city or town assessor keeps the tax values. Our Passaic 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.