Cumberland County Clerk Opens Mall Location in Vineland for Resident Services

Residents who have long made the drive to Bridgeton to process a passport application or register a trade name can now handle the errand between shopping stops at Cumberland Mall. County Clerk Celeste M. Riley has established a satellite service location branded the County Store at 3849 S. Delsea Drive, Unit B18, in Vineland, bringing a full slate of clerk's office functions to the eastern end of the county.

The mall unit is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., hours that run later than the main courthouse and include weekend access the Bridgeton location does not offer. Services at the County Store mirror what residents access at 60 W. Broad Street: passport processing, veteran ID cards, notary services, trade name registrations, and wedding and marriage license information. Card payments carry a $3 convenience fee.

The Bridgeton courthouse remains open for the full range of clerk's office business, and the County Store operates as a complement rather than a replacement. For residents on the eastern side of Cumberland County, though, the geography has historically made routine transactions harder than necessary. A passport application before international travel, a trade name filing for a new business, or a veteran ID card needed for benefits access all previously required a trip across the county to Bridgeton.

The S. Delsea Drive address places those services inside a high-traffic retail corridor that already draws shoppers from across the region, and that foot traffic works both ways. The County Store's storefront gives Riley's office a visible presence suited for targeted outreach, whether veterans' ID clinics or passport preparation sessions timed to summer travel demand. It also creates a second intake point for routine clerk business, a buffer that could ease congestion at the Bridgeton courthouse during peak periods such as election registration cycles or pre-holiday passport surges.

Fee schedules, required documentation for each service category, and any updates to County Store hours are maintained on the county clerk's official website.