Not a government office. Garfield Residents Directory is a private reference and cannot pull records, certify copies, confirm residence, or remove an entry from a government file. Contact the official custodian for those requests. For an emergency, call 911. If someone is stalking or harassing you, contact local law enforcement.
Choosing the Correct Records Contact
For a Garfield municipal record, begin with City Hall, 111 Outwater Lane, Garfield, NJ 07026, main number 973-340-2000. The City Clerk is listed at extension 4011 and serves as the municipal records-management coordinator. Give the office an address, date range, department, and identifiable record type. The Building Department is extension 4040, the Tax Assessor is extension 4070, Property Maintenance is extension 4046, and the Tax Collector is extension 5550.
For a deed, lien, instrument, or older land-record question, contact Bergen County Land Records Management at One Bergen County Plaza, Hackensack, NJ 07601, 201-336-7034 or 201-336-7036. The Registry Division is 201-336-7007. The county does not perform land-record searches by phone, so have a party name, town, block and lot, instrument number, or book and page ready. Records not posted online may require a signed request under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.
- Street, parcel, or recorded owner: use the Garfield by-street directory route
- Older printed volumes: start with Garfield city directories
- One name across official sources: use the resident lookup route
- Official custodians and request channels: see Garfield records custodians
- Registration questions: Bergen Superintendent of Elections, One Bergen County Plaza, Room 380, 201-336-6109