Public ArcGIS MapServer endpoint for Ocean County parcel data. URL, supported fields, and a working sample query, copy it, or open it directly in the UrbanKit parcel lookup tool.
This page is the endpoint reference. If you came here to find a specific property, the Ocean County parcel search runs this same layer in your browser, no account and no API key.
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https://maps.nj.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Framework/Cadastral/MapServer/0Field by field, whether any endpoint we index for Ocean County answers it, and the evidence for each. We only call a field restricted when there is a stated reason we can cite. Everything else here is a fact about the services we index, not a claim about the law.
| Field | Status | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| APN | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Owner name | Restricted | New Jersey's Daniel's Law (N.J.S.A. 56:8-166.1) restricts disclosure of the home addresses of judicial officers, law enforcement officers, child protective investigators and prosecutors, and their household family members. Parcel layers do not identify which parcels belong to covered persons, so UrbanKit Studio leaves owner names for Ocean County parcels out of every tool, the API and the MCP server. N.J.S.A. 56:8-166.1 (Daniel's Law, P.L.2020, c.125, as amended) Where to request it. |
| Owner mailing address | Restricted | New Jersey's Daniel's Law (N.J.S.A. 56:8-166.1) restricts disclosure of the home addresses of judicial officers, law enforcement officers, child protective investigators and prosecutors, and their household family members. The tax-record mailing address on a parcel layer can be a covered person's home address and the layer does not identify which, so UrbanKit Studio leaves owner mailing addresses for Ocean County parcels out of every tool, the API and the MCP server. N.J.S.A. 56:8-166.1 (Daniel's Law, P.L.2020, c.125, as amended) Where to request it. |
| Site address | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Geometry | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Land use | Not published | No endpoint we index for this county documents this field, so a query cannot ask for it. That is a fact about the services we index, not a legal restriction, and not a statement that the county holds no such record. Where to request it. |
| Zoning | Not published | No endpoint we index for this county documents this field, so a query cannot ask for it. That is a fact about the services we index, not a legal restriction, and not a statement that the county holds no such record. Where to request it. |
COUNTYCounty Name (use 'OCEAN')MUN_NAMEMunicipality NamePAMS_PINPAMS Parcel Identifier (MUN_BLOCK_LOT)PROP_LOCProperty Location / Addresscurl -s 'https://maps.nj.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Framework/Cadastral/MapServer/0/query?where=COUNTY%3D'OCEAN'+AND+UPPER(PROP_LOC)+LIKE+'%25MAIN%25'&outFields=COUNTY,MUN_NAME,PAMS_PIN,PROP_LOC,NET_VALUE&returnGeometry=false&f=json&resultRecordCount=10'
https://maps.nj.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Framework/Cadastral/MapServer/0/query?where=COUNTY='OCEAN'+AND+UPPER(PROP_LOC)+LIKE+'%MAIN%'&outFields=COUNTY,MUN_NAME,PAMS_PIN,PROP_LOC,NET_VALUE&returnGeometry=false&f=json&resultRecordCount=10Open this URL in a browser tab to see the raw ArcGIS JSON response.
| Field name | Label | Searchable |
|---|---|---|
| COUNTY | County Name (use 'OCEAN') | YES |
| MUN_NAME | Municipality Name | YES |
| PAMS_PIN | PAMS Parcel Identifier (MUN_BLOCK_LOT) | YES |
| PROP_LOC | Property Location / Address | YES |
| PROP_CLASS | Property Class Code | NO |
| LAND_VAL | Land Value | NO |
| IMPRVT_VAL | Improvement Value | NO |
| NET_VALUE | Net Assessed Value | NO |
| CALC_ACRE | Calculated Acreage | NO |
| YR_CONSTR | Year of Construction | NO |
| SALE_PRICE | Last Sale Price | NO |
| DEED_DATE | Deed Date | NO |
| BLDG_DESC | Building Description | NO |
Ocean County, New Jersey is served from the NJ Office of GIS statewide cadastral MapServer at maps.nj.gov (Framework/Cadastral/MapServer/0). Filter with COUNTY='OCEAN': 299,346 of the layer's 3,481,240 rows on 2026-10-04, across 33 municipality names. The same statewide rows are also published as the NJOGIS Parcels_Composite_NJ_WM FeatureServer that Bergen and Essex use: Essex's counts on the two services agree exactly. OWNER_NAME is an empty string on every row: COUNTY='OCEAN' AND OWNER_NAME<>'' returns 0, while the control COUNTY='OCEAN' AND ST_ADDRESS<>'' returns 299,346. Test it with <>'' because IS NOT NULL passes on the blank strings. The column is deliberately not listed as a search field, because the owner classifier takes the first owner-looking field and would route owner lookups to a blank column. This service states no reason for the blank column; the composite service's description says it is redacted per Daniel's Law for public web access. Searchable: COUNTY, MUN_NAME, PAMS_PIN (municipality code, block and lot), PROP_LOC (property location). The layer also carries mailing-address columns (ST_ADDRESS, CITY_STATE, ZIP_CODE) that UrbanKit Studio does not request, search, list or return (see ownerFieldNote). Assessed values, the last sale price, acreage (filled on 260,309 rows), year built (258,549) and building description (260,928) come from MOD-IV. The record also lists DEED_DATE, filled on 277,781 rows. The service answers cross-origin requests by reflecting the caller's origin, and returns at most 1,000 rows per query. Ownership is available from the municipal tax assessor. Verified live 2026-10-04: COUNTY='OCEAN' AND UPPER(PROP_LOC) LIKE '%MAIN%' returned rows (first PAMS_PIN 1501_174.01_24, 287 SOUTH MAIN ST, Barnegat Township).
NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS), https://www.nj.gov/njgin/
Ocean County's Parcels (NJ Statewide Cadastral) layer exposes a parcel identifier (PAMS Parcel Identifier (MUN_BLOCK_LOT)) and address fields (Property Location / Address). Use it for address-to-PIN lookups and identifier queries. 4 of 13 listed fields accept queries; the rest are returned on read but not indexed for search. Served as an ArcGIS MapServer layer, which supports query operations but not write operations; last verified 2026-10-04.
/query?where=…&outFields=COUNTY,MUN_NAME,PAMS_PIN,PROP_LOC,PROP_CLASS,LAND_VAL,IMPRVT_VAL,NET_VALUE,CALC_ACRE,YR_CONSTR,SALE_PRICE,DEED_DATE,BLDG_DESC&f=jsonto the URL. The sample query above is a working example you can paste into a browser tab to see the raw JSON response.Counties publish parcel data through their own ArcGIS Server installations, each with its own schema. One county uses APN, another uses PIN, a third uses PARCEL_ID. Some expose owner names; others keep them on a separate assessor's portal. The searchable fields list above reflects what Ocean County actually publishes, not what you might expect from a national standard (there isn't one).
For background, see What is an APN?
maps.nj.gov serves Ocean County, New Jersey parcels over public ArcGIS REST, but, like most county servers, it may not send the CORS headers a browser needs for a cross-origin fetch. If a direct browser call fails, the layer still works from curl, Postman, or a server-side script; the UrbanKit parcel lookup tool proxies the request, so a search that succeeds there confirms the layer is genuinely public.
We last verified Ocean County's MapServer layer on 2026-10-04. County GIS teams move services without notice, so if you hit a fresh 404, tell us and we'll re-check. Atlas entries are re-verified on a rolling basis.
Ocean County's layer is hosted by the county on maps.nj.gov. Public ArcGIS endpoints rarely rate-limit individual reads, but maps.nj.gov can throttle heavy automated traffic at the host level. Page through results with resultOffset / resultRecordCount and request only the fields you need. There's no API key and no charge from the county.