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NJ Real Estate Values & Taxes

Current Morris County property tax data ( Use SR1A's for recent sales, Tax Records for all properties. Match tax appeals decisions with 2008 decision codes.)
Petition for Appeal [of Assessment], use Form A1, available online from the NJ Dept of the Treasury, Taxation Division.
Foreclosures, see the County Sheriff's sales. The Star Ledger newspaper offers home sale data by town.

The Morris County Clerk's Office computerized land record system are now available on-line. This system includes the indexed data of Deeds and Mortgages beginning in 1968 and contains over 4 million images of these documents dating back to 1998. These documents are public record and have always been available to the general public in the Clerk's Record Vault.

Historic data
We have the Daily Record (our county's paper of record) newspaper, June 1900-present, which has generally posted title transfers and sales amount on a weekly basis. If you need a complete record of all transactions relating to a specific property (title searching) you will need to visit the Morris County Clerk's Office. These records are not on the Internet.

Need to compare tax rates in several Morris County towns?
County Tax Board Abstract of Ratables provides the equalized tax rate per $100 for each town in Morris County (only). Note: If you are thinking of purchasing a property in a specific town, contact the municipal tax assessor and ask when the last re-evaluation occurred. This can change rates and affect your buying power.

New Jersey

• The New Jersey Association of County Tax Boards offers a free state-wide records search. This data is provided by the County Tax offices. (Towns of NJ, by county, from NJ Dept Treasury.) Current information only; not all towns are included. Select your county, town and enter address or block/lot number. Advanced search features include date limitation (last 30 days, etc.)and type of property (residential, commercial, industrial, etc.).

• Some counties have uploaded current tax records to the Internet. They are linked below. Historic information is housed in the Clerk's office.

  Atlantic	Bergen	Burlington	Camden	Cape May	Cumberland	Essex
  Gloucester	Hudson	Hunterdon	Mercer	Middlesex	Monmouth	Morris
  Ocean	Passaic	Salem	Somerset	Sussex	Union	Warren

• Average residential sales price, per municipality, from NJ Dept of the Treasury. (Morris County towns are generally pages 11 and 12.)

  1994... 1995... 1996...1997...1998...1999...2000... 2001...2002... 2003... 2004...2005 ...2006...2007... 2008...<2009

• No single library or government agency owns the complete collection of tax maps and real estate transactions for all twenty-one NJ counties.

• Each municipal tax assessor keeps property descriptions and tax maps covering local blocks and lots.
• If you are seeking property value data in order to prepare for a tax appeal, then you may want to know more about New Jersey's property assessment and appraisal procedures.
• NJ Assessor's Handbook & Real Property Appraisal Manual for NJ Appraisers 1 & 2.

Morris County Abstract of Ratables, 2010
(page 2, column 7), General tax rate to apply per $100 valuation

1. Boonton town, 2.104
2. Boonton Township, 1.776
3. Butler Borough, 2.881
4. Chatham Borough, 1.684
5. Chatham Township, 1.601
6. Chester Borough, 2.361
7. Chester Township, 2.122
8. Denville Township, 2.682
9. Dover Town, 1.838
10. East Hanover Township, 2.070
11. Florham Park Borough, 1.250
12. Hanover Township, 2.761
13. Harding Township, 1.031
14. Jefferson Township, 2.170
15. Kinnelon Borough, 2.807
16. Lincoln Park Borough, 2.122
17. Madison Borough, 2.639
18. Mendham Borough, 1.899
19. Mendham Township, 1.887
20. Mine Hill Township, 1.911
21. Montville Township, 3.287
22. Morris Township, 2.322
23. Morris Plains Borough, 1.805
24. Morristown, 2.585
25. Mountain Lakes Borough, 2.100
26. Mount Arlington Borough, 2.325
27. Mount Olive Township, 2.904
28. Netcong Borough, 2.163
29. Parsippany-Troy Hill, 2.442
30. Long Hill Township, 2.725
31. Pequannock Township, 1.714
32. Randolph Township, 3.224
33. Riverdale Borough, 1.467
34. Rockaway Borough, 2.357
35. Rockaway Township, 3.488
36. Roxbury Township, 3.797
37. Victory Gardens Boro, 2.227
38. Washington Township, 2.318
39. Wharton Borough, 2.346

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