Important Notice Regarding Access to Nutley Vital Statistic Records (1900-1968)
Please be advised that all Vital Statistic Records (birth, death, marriage) being held in the Township of Nutley between 1900 and 1968, will not be available until further notice, as they are being digitized for safety purposes. If you need to request documents within that time period, please know that there will be a delay until the records are returned, or you can request those documents from the State. Please be advised that the State office provides birth records for the last 100 years (1923- present). Marriage and death records from 1941-present.
Birth records prior to 1923 and marriage and death records prior to 1941 – requestors should be directed to NJ State Archives. The New Jersey State Archives office holds birth records that are over 100 years old and marriage/death records prior to 1941. Please contact the New Jersey State Archives office for this type of request: https://nj.gov/state/archives/index.html The phone number to reach Archives is 609-292-6260.
In compliance with state regulations, the Bureau of Vital Statistics keeps records of all births, deaths and marriages. Information on how to obtain a marriage license and certified copies of births and deaths that occurred in Nutley are available by calling the Township's Registrar at (973) 284-4976 or contact via email .
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The marriage or civil union license must be obtained from the Registrar in the New Jersey municipality in which either applicant resides, if one or both is resident of New Jersey. If both parties are not residents of New Jersey, the license must be obtained from the Registrar of the municipality where the ceremony is to be performed and is only god for use in that municipality.
Both applicants and one witness, (over the age of 18) must appear before the Registrar to apply for the Marriage Certificate, minimally 72 hours before wedding date.* Your social security number is required by law for US citizens and will be kept confidential.
In New Jersey there is a mandatory 72 hour waiting period from the time that you apply for a license until the license may be issued. Since the office is closed on weekends, please plan accordingly.
To register a domestic partnership in the state of New Jersey applicants must:
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