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County Clerk Paula Sollami-Covello
County Clerk to Perform Weddings at County Connection
Mercer County Clerk, Paula Sollami Covello, will be at the County Connection on Route 33 & Paxson Avenue in Hamilton on Friday, April 18 performing wedding ceremonies. Call Tammy at 609/989-6465 to set up a time for the Clerk to perform your ceremony.
A Message from the Mercer County Clerk, Paula Sollami Covello, Esq.
Welcome to the website of the Mercer County Clerk. I am pleased to be able to provide you with a brief description of the broad range of services offered by the Clerk's office, along with a number of forms to obtain these services that can be easily downloaded, along with a directory and telephone numbers.
The County Clerk's Office offers many services that Mercer residents and businesses use every day. It is the Clerk's Office that files and records all documents concerning real estate ownership and transfer; registers small business trade names, and processes U.S. passport applications; processes and issues County identification cards and notary public applications. Early in my administration we also began offering photos for people seeking passports and County ID cards as well, for public convenience. The Clerk also has certain election responsibilities including the counting of votes cast by electronic machines. In fact, we post election results for you on this site. Lastly, the Clerk is empowered to perform marriage ceremonies.
The Clerk's Office is located at 209 South Broad Street, Trenton, in the Old Courthouse, and will be opening satellite offices in the near future. Our hours of operation are 8 am to 4:30 pm on weekdays and we offer extended hours on Wednesday evenings for Passport and County ID services, and for searching County land records in our public records room.
Please stop by and visit us and see how the Mercer County Clerk's Office can be of service to you. My staff and I are here to serve you. Our top priority is that you, Mercer County residents and businesses, receive what you pay for in excellent government service.
All the best,
Paula Sollami Covello
Mercer County Clerk
*Vote tallies are never final until the Board of Elections counts the absentee ballots in question and the provisional ballots. Only then can they be certified as official results.
The County Clerk's Office offers many services that Mercer residents and businesses use every day. It is the Clerk's Office that files and records all documents concerning real estate ownership and transfer; registers small business trade names, and processes U.S. passport applications; processes and issues County identification cards and notary public applications. Early in my administration we also began offering photos for people seeking passports and County ID cards as well, for public convenience. The Clerk also has certain election responsibilities including the counting of votes cast by electronic machines. In fact, we post election results for you on this site. Lastly, the Clerk is empowered to perform marriage ceremonies.
The Clerk's Office is located at 209 South Broad Street, Trenton, in the Old Courthouse, and will be opening satellite offices in the near future. Our hours of operation are 8 am to 4:30 pm on weekdays and we offer extended hours on Wednesday evenings for Passport and County ID services, and for searching County land records in our public records room.
Please stop by and visit us and see how the Mercer County Clerk's Office can be of service to you. My staff and I are here to serve you. Our top priority is that you, Mercer County residents and businesses, receive what you pay for in excellent government service.
All the best,
Paula Sollami Covello
Mercer County Clerk
*Vote tallies are never final until the Board of Elections counts the absentee ballots in question and the provisional ballots. Only then can they be certified as official results.
History of the Clerk's Office
The County Clerk in the State of New Jersey is one of three County wide elected Constitutional Officers along with the Sheriff and Surrogate. The term of a County Clerk is five years.
A review of the history of recording real estate documents offers a unique perspective on the evolution of the County Clerk. Historically to undertake the transfer of ownership of real estate, the only persons who could read and write were the clergy who were held in great regard by the kings and their courts. The clergy appointed other learned people who could read and write but were not necessarily "religious", and under "vows of the church". They were called "clericus".
(excerpted from http://www.coanj.org/clerks.htm#hist)
A review of the history of recording real estate documents offers a unique perspective on the evolution of the County Clerk. Historically to undertake the transfer of ownership of real estate, the only persons who could read and write were the clergy who were held in great regard by the kings and their courts. The clergy appointed other learned people who could read and write but were not necessarily "religious", and under "vows of the church". They were called "clericus".
(excerpted from http://www.coanj.org/clerks.htm#hist)
