The County Connection, located near JC Penney’s at the Ocean County Mall, is a service of the Ocean County Board of Commissioners.

The County Connection is open regular mall hours, including evenings, weekends and holidays to better serve the people of the county. It is handicapped accessible and served by public transportation, including New Jersey Transit and Ocean Ride buses.

The County Connection is a service of the Ocean County Board of Commissioners.

Click on link below to schedule an appointment to obtain a Passport or to be sworn in as a Notary:


All applicants MUST appear in person. PLEASE BE ON TIME FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT. ALL PASSPORT APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO YOUR ARRIVAL. You can go the Department of State website at WWW.TRAVEL.STATE.GOV to obtain the applications. You also have the option to pick up the applications at our office BEFORE your appointment but please allow for plenty of time to compete your application in your car if you choose to pick up the applications before your scheduled appointment.

The Mobile County Connection, which debuted in June 2004, is one of the most recent outreach efforts by the Board of Commissioners, under the leadership of Commissioner John P. Kelly.

Housed in a large van, about the size of a recreational vehicle, the Mobile County Connection provides many of the same services available at the County Connection at the Ocean County Mall. It is stocked with a wide selection of printed material to inform the public about the programs and services available to them through the various departments of County Government.

The staff are also available to answer questions about senior services, veterans services and many of the other programs and services funded by the Board of Commissioners.

Since its first run, the mobile County Connection has made regularly scheduled visits to libraries, shopping centers, health fairs, senior expos, municipal special events and festivals and even such unlikely places as the FirstEnergy Park flea market.

Over the coming months, the mobile County Connection will be visiting all 33 municipalities in Ocean County.