New Jersey Statutes 22A:4-12. Searches
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 22A:4-12
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
In Superior Court
The clerk shall receive for a search for judgments and all other records which may become a lien upon real estate, for each name, each year, each book, six cents ($0.06).
For stating a judgment, five cents ($0.05).
For every other search, for each name, each year, each book, two cents ($0.02).
For drawing certificate and seal, twelve cents ($0.12).
For copies or abstracts of judgments or other records included in such certificate, for each folio, eight cents ($0.08).
The fee for a search and certificate shall in no case be less than twenty-five cents ($0.25).
County Clerks and Registers of Deeds and Mortgages
County clerks and registers of deeds and mortgages shall receive for a search of all records except those enumerated hereunder, for each name, each year, each book, four cents ($0.04).
For a search of the records of assignments of mortgages, for each name, each year, each book, five cents ($0.05).
For a search of mechanic’s lien claims, for each name, each book, each year, six cents ($0.06).
For a search of the records of registered mortgages, for each name, each year, each book, seven cents ($0.07).
For each search of the records of physician’s lien claims, which shall include cost of search and certificate thereof, fifty cents ($0.50).
For each search of the records of hospital lien claims which shall include cost of search and certificate thereof, fifty cents ($0.50).
For copies of abstracts of all deeds, mortgages, judgments or other records included in a search certificate, for each folio, eight cents ($0.08).
For drawing a certificate and seal for a search, twenty cents ($0.20).
L.1953, c. 22, p. 437, s. 11.