The Township of Bloomfield received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
Request on May 24,  2021.  As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to
respond to your request is June 3, 2021. The response to your request is
being provided to you on the 6^th business day upon the Township’s receipt
of the request.   

Your OPRA sought the following:

“Under the Public Records Act, I am formally requesting to receive a list
of all Residential properties in your city that currently have active
third-party liens against the property (excluding first position bank
liens).”

The following records are being provided in their entirety and are the
ONLY documents in the Township’s possession responsive to your request:

1.       From the Township’s Tax Collector: Liens (excel file)

These records are being transmitted to you via email, as per your request.
*Personal information been redacted in accordance with the Open Public
Records Act statute N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. 

If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfulfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Township of Bloomfield to deny
access.  At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the
Superior Court of New Jersey, or file a complaint with the Government
Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. 
You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at
P.O. Box 819, Trenton, New Jersey, 08625, by e-mail at
[1][email address], or at their website at [2]www.state.nj.us/grc. 
The GRC can also answer other questions about the law.  All questions
regarding complaints filed in the Superior Court should be directed to the
Court Clerk in your County.

Thank you,

Catherine Finkler

Deputy Municipal Clerk

Township of Bloomfield

Telephone: 973-680-4015

References

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2. http://www.state.nj.us/grc