Opra Request
Dear Rahway City,
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 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,
Nathan
This OPRA request has been received on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. It
will be reviewed and processed. A response will be sent within seven (7)
business days after the City's custodian of records receives the request.
Please note that a proper OPRA request must identify with reasonable
clarity the records desired. OPRA submissions which request all of an
agency's documents, seek information (and not records), or ask questions
are not proper requests. See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.
Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). In addition, record custodians are not
required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA
request. You will be notified if your OPRA request requires clarification
or is non-conforming.
Please contact this office should you require further guidance.
Sincerely,
[1]A picture OPRA
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text, ceramic City of Rahway
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Description
automatically Phone: (732) 827-2100
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Fax: (732) 815-1417
Email: [2][email address]
1 City Hall Plaza, Rahway, NJ 07065
[3]www.CityOfRahway.org
[4]www.cityofrahway.org/departments/municipal-clerk/
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PLEASE READ THIS EMAIL IN ITS ENTIRETY.
This response to your request is being provided on Friday, February 21,
2025 pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A.
You requested the following:
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The attached record and information below were identified as responsive to
your request.
SEWER/ WATER: “After a search of our departmental/office files, no
responsive records were identified.”
PLEASE NOTE:
The City Clerk’s office will not respond to follow-up questions. Questions
should be directed to the department(s) that provided the response;
contact information is listed below.
When contacting the department, please reference the OPRA Request/Response
number.
Property Maintenance 732-827-2199 or
[1][email address]
Tax Collector 732-827-2018 or [2][email address]
Fire Prevention 732-827-2133 or
[3][email address]
Veolia (Water/Sewer) 732-388-4720 or [4][email address]
Sincerely,
[5]A picture OPRA
containing
text, ceramic City of Rahway
ware,
porcelain
Description
automatically Phone: (732) 827-2100
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Fax: (732) 815-1417
Email: [6][email address]
1 City Hall Plaza, Rahway, NJ 07065
[7]www.CityOfRahway.org
[8]www.cityofrahway.org/departments/municipal-clerk/
From: Opra
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 9:56 AM
To: [OPRA #72110 email]
Cc: Opra <[email address]>
Subject: OPRA Request 2025-78; Code Violation; Vacant List; Fire Damage
This OPRA request has been received on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. It
will be reviewed and processed. A response will be sent within seven (7)
business days after the City's custodian of records receives the request.
Please note that a proper OPRA request must identify with reasonable
clarity the records desired. OPRA submissions which request all of an
agency's documents, seek information (and not records), or ask questions
are not proper requests. See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.
Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). In addition, record custodians are not
required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA
request. You will be notified if your OPRA request requires clarification
or is non-conforming.
Please contact this office should you require further guidance.
Sincerely,
[9]A picture OPRA
containing
text, ceramic City of Rahway
ware,
porcelain
Description
automatically Phone: (732) 827-2100
generated
Fax: (732) 815-1417
Email: [10][email address]
1 City Hall Plaza, Rahway, NJ 07065
[11]www.CityOfRahway.org
[12]www.cityofrahway.org/departments/municipal-clerk/
References
Visible links
1. mailto:[email address]
2. mailto:[email address]
3. mailto:[email address]
4. mailto:[email address]
6. mailto:[email address]
7. http://www.cityofrahway.org/
8. http://www.cityofrahway.org/departments/...
10. mailto:[email address]
11. http://www.cityofrahway.org/
12. http://www.cityofrahway.org/departments/...