Open Liens
Dear Freehold 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: Tax Delinquent
- A list of all property addresses that have an unpaid property tax bill for the last 12 months. Please also include in the list or separately a list of properties whose property tax bill was liened against the property.
Water Shut Off / Utility Liens
- A list of all property addresses that have had their water bill liened against the property, have failed to pay their water bill, or have had the water shut off at any point in the last 12 months.
Fire Damage List
- A list of all property addresses that the fire department has received an emergency call to in the last 90 days.
Code Violation
- A list of property addresses that have received any code violations in the last 6 months
Vacant List
- A list of all properties that the city deems to be currently vacant or abandoned
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,
Nicholas Brown
Dear Freehold Borough,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Open Public Records Act reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Freehold Borough's handling of my OPRA request 'Open Liens'.
[ GIVE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR COMPLAINT HERE ]I did not receive the information I requested which you are required to by law.
A full history of my OPRA request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://opramachine.com/request/open_lie...
Yours faithfully,
Nicholas Brown
Please see attached OPRA that was sent on April 17^th. An error was made
in the address which is why you did not receive it. Sorry for any
inconvenience this may have caused you.
Lynn Cannon, Deputy Clerk
Freehold Borough Clerk's Office
Board of Health/RCA Program
30 Mechanic Street
Freehold, NJ 07728-2195
732-462-1259
[1][email address]
From: Lynn Cannon
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2025 3:52 PM
To: [email address]
Subject: OPRA 2025-97
Mr. Brown:
Per your recent OPRA Request #2025/97, attached please find:
1. Open Lien report (includes properties that went to tax sale for
taxes and utility [water and/or sewer]
2. Delinquent Tax Report
3. Delinquent Water Report
4. List of Fire Department Calls
5. Code Violations Report
6. Vacant and Abandoned List
Please note there are no records responsive with regards to properties
that had water service terminated.
Thank you,
Lynn Cannon, Deputy Clerk
Freehold Borough Clerk's Office
Board of Health/RCA Program
30 Mechanic Street
Freehold, NJ 07728-2195
732-462-1259
[2][email address]
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Mr. Brown,
The requested documents were emailed back on April 17, 2025. Unfortunately, my secretary mixed up
one of the numbers in the email address and it was never delivered.
She is resending the information this morning to the correct email address.
Thank you.
Traci L. DiBenedetto, Municipal Clerk
Borough of Freehold
30 Mechanic Street
Freehold, NJ 07728
732-462-1259
[Freehold Borough request email]