Monmouth County Sheriff's Office: serving divorce papers in Monmouth 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 Monmouth County Sheriff's Office, Civil Process Division, 2500 Kozloski Road, Freehold can deliver the divorce papers. You pay the sheriff's fee. Your spouse then has 35 days to respond.

Civil Process Division2500 Kozloski RoadFreehold, NJ 07728 Phone732-431-6400 ext. 1117Tap to call.

FeeFirst person served: $24.00 + mileage. Second: $20.00. Each additional: $16.00. Cashier's check or money order to "Monmouth County Sheriff's Office." Not refundable. Up to three tries.

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. Send requests to Civil Process Division, 2500 Kozloski Road, Freehold, NJ 07728.

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 fileMonmouth County Family Court Address, phone and how to file.Your countyUncontested divorce in Monmouth County Middletown, Howell, Marlboro 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: Monmouth ResourceNet, Family Case Management; Monmouth County Sheriff, Civil Process; Monmouth County Sheriff, FAQ. 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.