Salem County, New Jersey

Where to obtain records

Salem County municipal routing; example: Salem City 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 Salem City only. For another place in Salem 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 Salem City property, use the Tax Collector at extension 200, with a separate collector-clerk contact at extension 207. The department combines assessment and collection information, so ask the collector for the real-property ledger, delinquency report or lien-redemption figure.

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 Salem 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

The Assessor is at extension 217 and handles values rather than payment status. The city explicitly excludes credit-card payments for tax-sale or lien-redemption transactions even though ordinary card payments are offered. Salem City records do not cover all Salem County municipalities; distinguish both the jurisdiction and the charge type. 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.