9 Fawn Drive Block 65.11 Lot 11
Dear Matawan Borough,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
I request copies of all open and closed permits for property located at 9 Fawn Drive, Block 65.11, Lot 11, Matawan, New Jersey.
Please also provide a list of open permits.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
Deborah A. Lopez
Good Morning,
We are in receipt of your Request below. However, as you do not cite specific records:
When a Request seeks information or asks questions and does not identify specific government records, it is deemed “complex”. A request is “complex” because it fails to specifically identify the documents sought and that request is not “encompassed” by OPRA. See New Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007). A proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting all of an agency's documents. See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005).
Custodians are not required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request.
Please cite specific document(s) you seek and resubmit.
Thank you,
OPRA Request @ Borough of Matawan
201 Broad Street
Matawan, New Jersey 07747
(732-566-3898)
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