Mercer County Sheriff's Office: serving divorce papers in Mercer 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 Mercer County Sheriff's Office, Civil Process Division, 640 South Broad Street, Trenton can deliver the divorce papers. You pay the sheriff's fee. Your spouse then has 35 days to respond.

Civil Process Division640 South Broad StreetTrenton, NJ 08650 Phone609-989-7666Tap to call.

FeeFirst person served: $24.00. Second: $20.00. Others: $16.00. Mileage is extra, from $0.75 (Trenton) to $4.50. Without a lawyer, pay by cash, money order or certified check to "Mercer County Sheriff."

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: Send the copies, a letter of instruction, a self-addressed stamped envelope and the fee.

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 fileMercer County Family Court Address, phone and how to file.Your countyUncontested divorce in Mercer County Hamilton Township, Trenton, Ewing 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: NJ Courts, judges' chambers list; Mercer County Sheriff, fees; Mercer County Sheriff, service requirements. 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.