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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, with mapping.

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
Our library holds old real estate transaction notices (Green Sheets, TRW Redi Comps, Experian Comps, Comps NJ) are held from 1993-2003 (paper copy ceased publication). These cover Morris County only. We also have the Daily Record (our county's paper of record) newspaper, June 1900-present. 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.

Town-by-town property tax changes
A state-wide table listing average tax bills for 2003 and 2004, with percentage change for 1, 5 and 10 year increments was published in the Star Ledger January 25, 2005 (p. 12). Town by town price changes (2000 & 2005; % change 5 year and 1 year) appeared in the Star Ledger November 13, 2005 (Section 1, p. 20). These tables are not accessible via the Internet. We can provide you with data for specific towns.

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 pages 11 and 12, each year.)

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

• 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, 2009
(page 2, column 7), General tax rate to apply per $100 valuation
(To compare tax rate per $100 across all the communities in NJ, see Local Government Services spreadsheet on taxation, column 7.)

1. Boonton town, 2.023
2. Boonton Township, 1.459
3. Butler Borough, 2.752
4. Chatham Borough, 1.658
5. Chatham Township, 1.569
6. Chester Borough, 1.985
7. Chester Township, 1.704
8. Denville Township, 2.641
9. Dover Town, 1.807
10. East Hanover Township, 1.962
11. Florham Park Borough, 1.236
12. Hanover Township, 2.639
13. Harding Township, 1.058
14. Jefferson Township, 1.842
15. Kinnelon Borough, 2.728
16. Lincoln Park Borough, 2.040
17. Madison Borough, 2.533
18. Mendham Borough, 1.525
19. Mendham Township, 1.628
20. Mine Hill Township, 1.894
21. Montville Township, 3.213
22. Morris Township, 2.266
23. Morris Plains Borough, 1.725
24. Morristown, 2.528
25. Mountain Lakes Borough, 2.109
26. Mount Arlington Borough, 2.196
27. Mount Olive Township, 2.376
28. Netcong Borough, 2.108
29. Parsippany-Troy Hill, 2.335
30. Long Hill Township, 2.662
31. Pequannock Township, 1.665
32. Randolph Township, 3.109
33. Riverdale Borough, 1.442
34. Rockaway Borough, 2.305
35. Rockaway Township, 3.334
36. Roxbury Township, 3.704
37. Victory Gardens Boro, 1.661
38. Washington Township, 1.983
39. Wharton Borough, 2.007

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