Ocean County Sheriff's Office: serving divorce papers in Ocean 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 Ocean County Sheriff's Office, 101 Hooper Avenue, Toms River can deliver the divorce papers. You pay the sheriff's fee. Your spouse then has 35 days to respond.

Address101 Hooper AvenueToms River, NJ 08753 Phone732-929-2147Tap to call.

FeeWithout a lawyer: $22 service + $2 return, plus 4 times the mileage for each person served. Mileage is a flat amount by town (for example Toms River $1.60, Lakewood $3.20, Brick $4.00).

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 a cover letter with instructions, the names and addresses of both spouses, and a self-addressed stamped envelope. Checks go to "Ocean County Sheriff's Office."

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 fileOcean County Family Court Address, phone and how to file.Your countyUncontested divorce in Ocean County Lakewood, Toms River, Brick 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: Ocean County, departments; Ocean County Sheriff, Civil Process; Ocean County Sheriff, Judicial 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.