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Reach the Right Records Office
Choose the custodian based on the record sought in Monroe Township:
- Who owns or is connected to an address: start with By Street
- Older directory leads and past households: use the City Directories collection routes
- Checking information about one person: use the Resident Lookup routes
- The offices behind the rolls: see Monroe Township resident records offices
- Material that is not online: make a written request to the proper custodian under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.
Monroe Township Clerk: 1 Municipal Plaza, Monroe Township, NJ 08831, 732-656-4573. Township weekday hours are generally 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Clerk is the first local contact for forms, minutes, OPRA routing, and vital-record information, but a request must still name the correct custodian.
Middlesex County Clerk Record Room: 75 Bayard St., 4th Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, 732-745-3002. Contact this office for recorded land documents and copies. For parcel assessments, tax-list information, and map-related assessment records, contact the Monroe Division of Assessments, Room 105, 1 Municipal Plaza, Monroe Township, NJ 08831, 732-521-4400.
Permit or zoning files belong with the Construction Office or Zoning Officer; police reports go to Police; municipal court files go through the court administrator or Judiciary process; estate records belong with the Middlesex Surrogate. Describe the address, block and lot if known, record type, date range, and preferred format when asking the responsible office.