Transaction Coordinator in Monmouth County, NJ.

What we handle on a Monmouth County file

Monmouth recording is handled at the Clerk's main office on Mechanic Street in Freehold, and the recording window closes at 4:00 pm even though other counter services run to 4:30. The county is stricter than its neighbors about electronic submission: it does not accept Level I e-recording at all, only Level II, and only with ACH funding. The published fee schedule carries a July 2003 effective date, so confirm figures with the Clerk before wiring. Once your deal is ratified, PLS builds and manages the file in your brokerage's transaction platform, tracks every deadline and contingency, routes documents for signature, and coordinates with lender, title, attorneys, and the co-op agent. See the full transaction coordination service for the complete scope, and the New Jersey overview for statewide notes.

• Brokerage fileBuilds and manages the file in your brokerage's platform.
• Every deadlineTracks every deadline and contingency.
• SignaturesRoutes documents for signature.
• Every partyCoordinates with lender, title, attorneys, and the co-op agent.

Transfer tax in Monmouth County

New Jersey's Realty Transfer Fee is imposed on the seller and runs on two mutually exclusive schedules, which must never be blended. At total consideration of $350,000 or less it is $2.00 per $500 up to $150,000, $3.35 per $500 from $150,000 to $200,000, and $3.90 per $500 from $200,000 to $350,000. Above $350,000 a different schedule applies to the whole amount: $2.90 per $500 up to $150,000, $4.25 per $500 to $200,000, $4.80 per $500 to $550,000, $5.30 per $500 to $850,000, $5.80 per $500 to $1,000,000, and $6.05 per $500 above that. Reduced schedules exist for senior, blind, disabled, and low and moderate income sellers, and a notarized Form RTF-1 must be annexed to the deed to claim one. Consideration over $1,000,000 also triggers the Graduated Percent Fee that replaced the old 1 percent mansion tax on July 10, 2025 under P.L. 2025 c. 69: 1 percent above $1,000,000, 2 percent above $2,000,000, 2.5 percent above $2,500,000, 3 percent above $3,000,000, and 3.5 percent above $3,500,000, charged as a straight percentage of the entire consideration rather than as brackets. Liability for it shifted from the buyer to the seller, and the Division of Taxation is explicit that the operative date is when the deed is submitted for recording, not the closing date. Form RTF-1EE must be annexed to every deed over $1,000,000 and to every commercial transfer. There is no separate Monmouth County transfer tax. This matters more in Monmouth than in most counties given the shore price band: on a $2.75 million transfer the Treasury worked example is 2.5 percent, or $68,750, due from the seller at recording.

Recording a deed in Monmouth County

The Monmouth County Clerk sits at Market Yard, 33 Mechanic Street, Freehold, New Jersey 07728, 732-431-7324. The current recording fee is $40 for the first page of a deed, on a schedule the Clerk publishes as effective July 2003. Additional recorded pages are $10, a marginal notation is $10, names beyond the fifth are $6 each and a notice of settlement is $20. Recording of property documents runs 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, while notary and ID services continue to 4:30 pm. Monmouth e-records through the njcountyrecording.com consortium but accepts Level II submissions only, funded by ACH, so a Level I only vendor cannot be used here.

Realty Transfer Fee payment with RTF-1 or RTF-1EE where applicable, the GIT/REP seller residency declaration, the grantee's mailing address, block and lot, acknowledgment with printed names and the preparer's printed name all have to be on the deed. A cover sheet has been required on all land documents since May 1, 2017; an e-recorded cover sheet is free and uncounted, while a paper one is counted as an extra page. Because the published schedule dates to 2003, confirm the current total with the Clerk before the file is funded.

Recording fees and transfer tax rates for every county we coordinate in are collected side by side on our recording fee and transfer tax reference.

What actually holds up a closing here

• More than 10 business days out$45
• Four to 10 business days$90
• Fewer than four business days$161

Source: N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.9(d), as stated above. A municipality may adopt a different schedule.

Pricing

Transaction coordination in New Jersey is billed per file, not as a monthly retainer. Contract to close is $450 per transaction, and the full rate card including dual agency, unrepresented party (FSBO or URB), and listing management is published on our pricing page. No fixed overhead, no minimum volume.

Where these figures come from

The county-level figures on this page come from the official sources listed below. Municipal fees and deadlines come from each municipality's own published schedules and ordinances, which are revised more often than they are archived. We publish what we could verify and leave out what we could not. Fees and ordinances change; if you are relying on a figure here for a live file, confirm it with the issuing office, and tell us if you find a discrepancy so we can correct the page.