New OPRA (P.L. 2024, Ch. 16 Senate No. 2930) legislation went into effect September 3, 2024. Please see the new form which should be used for all submissions going forward. Alternatively, the information from the form may be provided to [Livingston Township request email] in writing. (click here for the new form) https://www.livingstonnj.org/DocumentCen...

Pursuant to NJSA 47:1A-5(i), you shall receive a response as soon as possible, but not later than seven (7) business days. If you are seeking records for "a commercial purpose" as defined in NJSA 47:1A-1.1, you shall receive a response as soon as possible, but not later than 14 business days. Day one starts the day after the request has been received (Holidays and Town Hall closings do not count as business days).

Dear Arla,
This comes in response to your OPRA and Common Law Request for:
"Records requested from JANUARY 1, 2023 to PRESENT:
1. A list of property addresses that have delinquent property taxes and
open property liens. This list needs to include amounts of balances owed.
2. Detailed Lien Status Report filed between dates specified above.
3. All properties that had any utilities shut off.
4. A list of property addresses that have received any code violations
including the type of violation.
5. A list of all residential property addresses that are currently vacant
or abandoned.
6. A list of all residential property addresses that are condemned.
7. A list of All Properties without a current city certificate of
occupancy.
*** Please Include Full Property Address for all lists.
I only need the property addresses. Please put all lists in separate
Excel/PDF files. If up-to-date data is not available, please provide the
most recently available information."
As advised in our auto responder, new legislation has gone into effect as
of September 3, 2024, regarding OPRA request submissions and compliance
with the new legislation is required (which I've included for you below).
Please complete the new OPRA request form, or supply us with the missing
information from the form via email, and return it to
[1][email address] as soon as possible, but no later than 7 business
days from today, October 29, 2024, so we can move forward with your
request.  
P.L. Ch. 16, S 2930
"A request shall be submitted by a requestor in the form adopted by the
custodian and the custodian may deny a request that is [not submitted in
the form adopted by the custodian] incomplete, except that a requestor
indicating the request is being submitted anonymously shall not be grounds
for denial. A completed form adopted by the custodian, a letter, or 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. If the letter or email from a requestor
includes substantially more information than required on the adopted form
and requires more than reasonable effort to clarify the information, the
custodian may deny the request. If a letter or an email from a requestor
does not include all of the information required on the adopted form, the
custodian may deny the record request. A request may be submitted
anonymously provided, however, that anonymous requestors shall not be
permitted to institute proceedings pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2001,
c.404 (C.47:1A-6). A request that is submitted anonymously shall not be
considered incomplete. The form also shall include space for a requestor
to certify whether the government record will be used by that requestor or
another person for a commercial purpose, and the requestor shall be
required to provide this information for the request to be fulfilled.[All
requests by a data broker or a requestor who is making a request on behalf
of and for the use of a data broker shall be denied. The form also shall
include space for a requestor to certify that the requestor is not a data
broker or is not making the request on behalf of or for the use of a data
broker, and the requestor shall be required to provide this information
for the request to be fulfilled. Data obtained through a records request
shall not be sold.]"

Sincerely,

Casey Kimmel

Assistant to Township Clerk

P 973-992-5000 

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New OPRA (P.L. 2024, Ch. 16 Senate No. 2930) legislation went into effect September 3, 2024. Please see the new form which should be used for all submissions going forward. Alternatively, the information from the form may be provided to [Livingston Township request email] in writing. (click here for the new form) https://www.livingstonnj.org/DocumentCen...

Pursuant to NJSA 47:1A-5(i), you shall receive a response as soon as possible, but not later than seven (7) business days. If you are seeking records for "a commercial purpose" as defined in NJSA 47:1A-1.1, you shall receive a response as soon as possible, but not later than 14 business days. Day one starts the day after the request has been received (Holidays and Town Hall closings do not count as business days).