Passaic County Surrogate Court

71 Hamilton Street Room 101 Paterson, NJ 07055

In order to book an appointment you must pre-file information about the estate , Please upload the needed documents below.  Once you submit all the required documents you will automatically be directed to our booking page. (depending on your browser this may take 1 min to load, please wait for the booking page to load )

 The case information sheet is needed for all appointments

Case Information Sheet click here 

If the deceased did not have a will please provide proof of assets

• Home: If you own a home, whether jointly or not, copy of Deed, printed Value of Home (Zillow Estimate) https://www.zillow.com/
• Banks: most recent Bank Statement, if none available, then list Value as “Inquiry”
• Vehicle: 1 of the 3 items, Title, Registration or Insurance Id and printed Vehicle Value.  https://www.kbb.com/whats-my-car-worth/

NOTE: On your Appointment date, you will need to bring with you, (ALL ORIGINALS) the Application Form and ALL hard copy of supporting documents. 

• The Surrogate Court only accepts payment in Cash, Check or Money Order.