Where is the Court Order filed for Cancellation by Order of Court?

• A. Tax Collector.
• B. Municipal Clerk.
• C. County Clerk.
• D. State Archives.

Answer: (C)

The important idea is that documents affecting real property must be made part of the property's official record. A Court Order cancelling a tax sale changes who owns the property and what liens exist, so it has to be recorded where property records are kept. In New Jersey, that place is the County Clerk’s office, which maintains the land records, deeds, and judgments that make up the official chain of title. Filing there ensures the cancellation is discoverable by future buyers and lenders and binds interests against the property.

Filing with the Tax Collector wouldn’t update the official property record, since their role is to assess and collect taxes, not record title-changing orders. The Municipal Clerk handles local municipal records and ordinances, not statewide land-records. The State Archives houses historical records and isn’t the ongoing recorder of current property matters. So, the Court Order is filed with the County Clerk.