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Hudson County property data
Where Hudson County's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map, including Jersey City.
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Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Hudson County, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Hudson County Register of Deeds and Mortgages. Deeds, mortgages and other land records can be searched online through the Register's Acclaim system by name, book and page, instrument number, block and lot, or document type, and can also be viewed in the public search room in Jersey City.
Owners and values
Hudson County Division of Tax Assessments and Board of Taxation (with each town's tax assessor). Owner names and assessed values for every Hudson town can be searched free on the county's tax records search by address, owner or block and lot.
Tax sales
City of Jersey City Division of Collections (Tax Collector). The city explains its yearly December tax lien sale on this page; each of Hudson's other towns runs its own tax sale through its own tax collector.
Foreclosure sales
Hudson County Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff posts a free online list of upcoming foreclosure sales with sale dates, addresses, plaintiffs and defendants for every Hudson town.
Parcel maps
Hudson County Tax Map Viewer. The county Division of Tax Assessments links to a free online tax map viewer showing block and lot lines.
How property is sold here
Hudson County follows New Jersey's rules, with its own calendar and offices. Read the New Jersey guide for how the state works.
Tax sales
New Jersey sells tax liens, not the property: investors bid at a public auction for a tax sale certificate, and interest keeps running to the buyer until the owner pays. In Jersey City, unpaid property taxes and other municipal charges still open at the end of the yearly cycle on November 11 go into the tax sale, which the city holds in December. If the owner does not pay off the lien within two years of the sale, the certificate holder can start a foreclosure to take the property.
Foreclosure sales
Court-ordered mortgage foreclosures in Hudson County are sold at Sheriff's sales, usually on Thursdays about twice a month. The Hudson County Sheriff's Office posts upcoming sales, with dates and addresses, on its online sales listing.
Assessed values
Each Hudson town's own assessor sets values under oversight of the county Board of Taxation, and Jersey City's current values come from a full citywide revaluation completed in 2017.
Transfer tax
New Jersey charges a seller-paid Realty Transfer Fee, collected by the Hudson County Register when the deed is recorded, and since July 10, 2025 sellers of property over $1 million also pay a Graduated Percent Fee of 1% to 3.5% of the full price.
Land bank
The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency (JCRA) offers city-area sites for sale and redevelopment through public requests for proposals posted on its website.
Worth knowing
Hudson County has a separate Register of Deeds and Mortgages; deeds are not recorded by the County Clerk here as they are in most New Jersey counties.
Worth knowing
Tax sales in New Jersey are run town by town, so Jersey City, Hoboken, Bayonne and the county's other towns each set their own sale and post their own lists.
Worth knowing
The Graduated Percent Fee on sales over $1 million rose to as much as 3.5% and moved from the buyer to the seller on July 10, 2025, which matters for Hudson's high-priced waterfront condos.
Every town in Hudson County
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
- Bayonne city
- East Newark borough
- Guttenberg town
- Harrison town
- Hoboken city
- Jersey City city
- Kearny town
- North Bergen township
- Secaucus town
- Union City city
- Weehawken township
- West New York town
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Hudson County?
Deeds are recorded by the Hudson County Register of Deeds and Mortgages at 257 Cornelison Avenue in Jersey City. Its land records can also be searched online through the Register's Acclaim search.
When is the Hudson County tax sale?
There is no single county tax sale. Each town's tax collector holds its own. Jersey City holds its tax lien sale in December for charges still unpaid after November 11.
How do I find who owns a property in Hudson County?
Use the free tax records search linked from the Hudson County Division of Tax Assessments, which lists owner and assessed value by address, owner name or block and lot. Recorded deeds at the Register show past sales and mortgages.
Are Hudson County property records online?
Yes. Land records are on the Register's Acclaim search, owner and assessment data are on the county tax records search, tax maps are on the county's tax map viewer, and Sheriff's sales are listed online.
Sources for this guide
Office hours, fees and sale dates change. We checked these sources in October 2026; confirm with the county before you act.
- hudsoncountyregister.org/
- hudsoncountyregister.org/property-search-2/
- acclaim.hcnj.us/AcclaimWeb/
- jerseycitynj.gov/cityhall/finance/taxes
- jerseycitynj.gov/residentresources/TaxAssessor
- jerseycitynj.gov/residentresources/TaxAssessor/reval
- hcnj.us/finance/tax-assessments/board-of-taxation/
- hcnj.us/finance/tax-assessments/
- salesweb.civilview.com/Sales/SalesSearch?countyId=10
- nj.gov/treasury/taxation/pdf/lpt/GraduatedPercentFeeNotice.pdf
- nj.gov/treasury/taxation/lpt/rtf.shtml
- thejcra.org/
Every parcel in Hudson County, on one map
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