New Jersey
Unclaimed property is administered by the NJ Department of the Treasury, Unclaimed Property Administrationthrough the New Jersey Unclaimed Property program.
Official search & downloadable data
Search tool
Downloadable file
No official public CSV, Excel, or ZIP owner-data file has been located yet for this state.
Finder & Recovery Rules
Licensing / Registration
No finder license or registration required.
Fee Cap
20% cap for agreements made after the 24-month bar; 35% cap for agreements made before the property was presumed abandoned (N.J.S.A. §46:30B-106).
Waiting Period
Agreements made within 24 months after payment or delivery to the administrator are void and unenforceable (§46:30B-106).
Governing Statute
N.J.S.A. 46:30B; finder agreements §46:30B-106 (verified June 2026).
Summaries marked “verify” have not been independently confirmed against the current statute text. Nothing here is legal advice — confirm rules with the state administrator or counsel before contacting claimants.
Where county money sits in New Jersey
Tax-lien certificate state; foreclosure surplus is deposited with the Superior Court Trust Fund (claims via the Superior Court Clerk in Trenton, not individual counties). Surrogate's offices handle probate per county.
County Directory — New Jersey
21 counties · 11 with verified sources so far. Rows without a verified link show where the records are typically held —know the direct URL? Submit it and we'll credit you.
| County | Source links |
|---|---|
| Atlantic County | not yet verified |
| Bergen Countyverified 2026-07-21Bergen County — official county website. No dedicated tax-sale surplus/unclaimed funds page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Burlington County | not yet verified |
| Camden Countyverified 2026-07-21Camden County — Surrogate Court handles wills/probate; probate page verified. | |
| Cape May County | not yet verified |
| Cumberland County | not yet verified |
| Essex Countyverified 2026-07-21Essex County — official county website. No dedicated tax-sale surplus page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Gloucester County | not yet verified |
| Hudson Countyverified 2026-07-21Hudson County — official county website. No dedicated tax-sale surplus page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Hunterdon County | not yet verified |
| Mercer County | not yet verified |
| Middlesex Countyverified 2026-07-21Middlesex County — Office of the Surrogate handles probate of wills; page verified. | |
| Monmouth Countyverified 2026-07-21Monmouth County — official county website (visitmonmouth.com); Surrogate's Office listed. No dedicated surplus funds page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Morris Countyverified 2026-07-21Morris County — official county website; Surrogate/probate services and foreclosure listings referenced. No dedicated surplus claim page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Ocean Countyverified 2026-07-21Ocean County — official county website; Surrogate office available. No dedicated tax-sale surplus page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Passaic Countyverified 2026-07-21Passaic County — Surrogate's Court handles probate/guardianships; page verified. | |
| Salem County | not yet verified |
| Somerset Countyverified 2026-07-21Somerset County — taxSurplus source verified 2026-07-21 via probe (page mentions: unclaimed funds; unclaimed property; unclaimed money). | |
| Sussex County | not yet verified |
| Union Countyverified 2026-07-21Union County — official county website. No dedicated tax-sale surplus page verified yet. | not yet verified |
| Warren County | not yet verified |