Passaic County Sheriff's Office: serving divorce papers in Passaic 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 Passaic County Sheriff's Office, Civil Process, 77 Hamilton Street, Paterson can deliver the divorce papers. You pay the sheriff's fee. Your spouse then has 35 days to respond.

Civil Process77 Hamilton StreetPaterson, NJ 07505 Phone973-881-4200Tap to call.

FeeMost New Jersey sheriffs charge $24 for the first person served ($22 service + $2 return), plus mileage (N.J.S.A. 22A:4-8). Call to confirm the current amount.

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).

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 filePassaic County Family Court Address, phone and how to file.Your countyUncontested divorce in Passaic County Paterson, Clifton, Passaic 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: City of Passaic, Family Court listing; Passaic County Sheriff, Civil Process; N.J.S.A. 22A:4-8. 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.