OPRA Request
Dear Verona Township,
I am requesting the below information for all the properties with a date range of 6 months from today.
1. All Code Violations
2. All Tax Delinquents/Liens
3. All Vacant/Abandoned Properties
4. All Utility Delinquents/Liens (if applicable)
Yours faithfully,
Randy Kuhn
I, Jennifer Kiernan, the official Records Custodian of the Township of
Verona received your OPRA request on April 14, 2021. As such, the seven
(7) business day deadline to respond to your request is April 22, 2021.
This response to your request is being provided to you on the 6^th day of
the custodian’s receipt of said request.
Attached are the documents responsive to your request.
Please be advised, your request for “All Code Violations” is denied as
this request requires the Custodian to conduct research, which has been
deemed as invalid requests under the Open Public Records Act, as the
requested documents are filed by date, not property. See DeAppolonio v.
Borough of Deal (Monmouth), GRC Complaint No. 2008-82 (September 2009).
See also Bent v. Stafford Police Dep’t, 381 N.J. Super. 30, 37 (App. Div.
2005); New Jersey Builders Assoc. v. N.J. Council on Affordable Hous., 390
N.J. Super. 166, 180 (App. Div.2007); Schuler v. Borough of Bloomsbury
(Hunterdon), GRC Complaint No. 2007-151 (February 2009).
Also, there are no vacant or abandoned properties in the Township.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Township of Verona 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, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [1][email address], or at
their web site at [2]www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other
questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in
Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.