Bergen County, New Jersey

Where to obtain records

Bergen County municipal routing; example: Hackensack Tax Collector

Office website →

How to find the information

Start with the municipality where the parcel lies. New Jersey municipal collectors hold the local collection account, even when the bill includes county or school charges. The example below covers Hackensack only. For another place in Bergen County, use the Office website link to the state’s County and Municipal Web Sites directory, then confirm the municipality’s official collector and public-records custodian. That directory cautions that some listed sites may not be official.

For Hackensack property, use Tax Collector and its View and Pay Property Taxes link. The office publishes a Lien Redemption Request Form and requires redemption requests in writing. Ask for the dated redemption calculation rather than treating an ordinary bill amount as the lien payoff.

For records beyond the published page, ask the responsible collector for an existing delinquent real-estate report, account/payment ledger or current lien-redemption calculation. Identify the municipality, block/lot/qualifier or tax-account ID, years, desired as-of date and preferred inspection/electronic-copy format. Ask whether tax, sewer, water and other municipal charges are separate. For a formal existing-records request, use that municipality’s records custodian/OPRA route; confirm any copying, extract or certification charges before ordering.

What to ask for

“I am looking for publicly available delinquent real-property tax records for Bergen County for [tax year]. Which office maintains these records? Is there an online search or downloadable list? If not, how can I request a copy, and what fees apply?”

Have the property address, parcel number, owner name, and tax year ready when searching for a particular property.

County-specific notes

Hackensack posts the first two lien-redemption requests in a calendar year as a courtesy without charge, with $50 for each thereafter; confirm the applicable fee. Its accelerated-sale announcement describes a scheduled December 21, 2026 event when reviewed, not all county delinquencies. The public payment gateway returned a JavaScript shell, so search controls/results were not inspected. Reviewed status concerns source/access guidance, not certified taxpayer liability. Tax-sale notices, recorded liens, assessed values and current collector balances have different coverage. No taxpayer rows, sale-list attachments or account results are reproduced.