Portrait of George Washington Borough of Washington, Warren County, New Jersey

CLERK'S OFFICE

Laurie Courter, Borough Clerk, RMC, CMR email
Connie Dean, Deputy Clerk/Registrar email
908-689-3600 ext.119

Hours: 8:30 am to 12:00 Noon
and 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Monday - Friday
Informational Flyer for Residents

General Duties: The Borough Clerk acts as secretary to the governing body, assisting in the formulation of all meeting agendas, recording minutes of the meeting, and certifying resolutions and ordinances. The Borough Clerk's office issues business licenses, retail food licenses, bingo and raffle licenses, and marriage licenses. The Borough Clerk is also the Registrar of Vital Statistics responsible for the recording of deaths, births, and marriages.

VITAL STATISTICS: For anyone seeking to obtain a certified copy of birth, marriage or death record, all applications for certified copies of a vital record will be processed on Thursdays only. At this time walk-ins will not be takenYou may mail or drop your application off with Deputy Clerk, Connie Dean An application can either be mailed or emailed to you. The application MUST BE FILLED OUT PRIOR to you coming to the Vital Statistics office. Applications for certified copies can be found below.

Application for a Marriage License: BY APPOINTMENT ONLY with Connie Dean, Deputy Registrar at 908-689-3600 x119. Please be sure to make an appointment at LEAST one month in advance of the ceremony, regardless if you have a date already planned or not.

Click here for Application for License: Marriage, Remarriage, Civil Union, and Reaffirmation of Civil Union. Please download the application and fill out the front portion. Applications are to be completed neatly before coming to appointment. You may also email your completed application to deputyclerk@washingtonboro-nj.org. Witness is to fill out top portion of second page. Signatures on back of application will be done at time of appointment.

Items required at time of appointment for a marriage license:

  1. A witness
  2. Both applicants must be present
  3. $28.00 fee (Check or Money Order Only) made out to: Washington Borough
  4. Valid Government issued ID
  5. Proof of residency (Driver’s license) except for, if you are coming from out of state then the venue on where ceremony is to take place MUST be within the Borough of Washington.

The following forms are provided here for your convenience.

OPRA Records Request Application Adobe PDF document
Certified Copy - Marriage Certificate Adobe PDF document
Certified Copy - Death Certificate Adobe PDF document
Certified Copy - Birth Certificate Adobe PDF document
Renewal Cat/Dog License Application Adobe PDF document
Application for License: Marriage, Remarriage, Civil Union, and Reaffirmation of Civil Union
Taxi and Limo License Application Adobe PDF document
Vacant and Abandoned Property Registration Adobe PDF document

VOTER INFORMATION AND FORMS:

Petition Endorsing for Nomination Candidates for Municipal Office
How to Download an Electronic Petition - Video (For a candidate’s information)
How a Petition Signer Completes an Electronic Petition - Video
(For a registered voter who wants to sign the petition)
How to Return Petitions Electronically - Video (For the candidate’s information)

NEW JERSEY VOTES - NJ Voter Information Portal

Warren County Votes Website

Warren County Petitions for Candidacy

For State Committee, County office, Municipal office & County Committee, where the candidate is filing on his/her own, the single signature form can be found here.

For State Committee, County office, Municipal office & County Committee, where the candidate is filing a joint petition with one other candidate, the single signature form can be found here.

County Commissioner and State Committee use “Petition for County Offices”.  Municipal Candidates use “Petitions for Municipal Office” and County Committee use “Petitions for County Committee”. 

Voter Registration Application Adobe PDF document
Vote by Mail Ballot Application Adobe PDF document