Morris County Sheriff's Office: serving divorce papers in Morris 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 Morris County Sheriff's Office, Civil Process, 30 Schuyler Place, 2nd Floor, Morristown can deliver the divorce papers. You pay the sheriff's fee. Your spouse then has 35 days to respond.

Civil Process30 Schuyler Place, 2nd FloorMorristown, NJ 07960 Phone973-829-8068Tap to call.

FeeFirst person served: $24.00. Second: $20.00. Others: $16.00. Mileage is due when you make the request.

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. Include a letter with the name and address of the person to be served.

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 fileMorris County Family Court Address, phone and how to file.Your countyUncontested divorce in Morris County Parsippany-Troy Hills, Mount Olive, Randolph 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: Morris County Courthouse; Morris County Sheriff, Process 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.