Atlantic County Sheriff's Office: serving divorce papers in Atlantic County, NJ

Name: Tri State Community Services LLC
Address: 65 Walnut Street, Newark, NJ, 07102, US
Telephone: +1-973-732-7727
Price range: $399

Short answer

If your spouse won't sign the Acknowledgment of Service, the Atlantic County Sheriff's Office, Legal Services Unit, 4997 Unami Boulevard, Mays Landing can deliver the divorce papers. You pay the sheriff's fee. Your spouse then has 35 days to respond.

Legal Services Unit4997 Unami BoulevardMays Landing, NJ 08330 Phone609-909-7223Tap to call.

FeeFor people filing without a lawyer: $50.00, cash or money order. No personal checks.

What the sheriff usually needs

1Copies of the filed Summons and Complaint, stamped by the court.
2A letter with your spouse's address and a time they are usually there. We prepare this letter.
3The fee, paid the way the sheriff asks (often a money order).

By mail: Yes. Mail three copies of the Summons and three copies of the Complaint with a cover letter. Money orders go to "Sheriff of Atlantic County."

Faster and free

If your spouse will sign, you don't need the sheriff.

They sign the Acknowledgment of Service and you file it. We prepare it with your papers.

What if my spouse won't sign? See the forms

Where you fileAtlantic County Family Court Address, phone and how to file.Your countyUncontested divorce in Atlantic County Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic City, Galloway and more.

We prepare the letter to the sheriff

It comes with your divorce papers. Walk in at either Newark office.

Call (973) 643-0889 Get directions

Sources: Atlantic County, Civil Court; NJ Courts, Atlantic/Cape May offices; Atlantic County Sheriff, Legal Services. Checked September 2026. Offices move and numbers change: call to confirm before you go. We are not the court or the sheriff and not affiliated with them.