Opra Request
Dear Bernards Township,
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
Good Morning,
Please see attached list of properties with tax delinquencies.
Thanks,
Kevin Sant’Angelo, CTC
Tax Collector
Bernards Twp
908-204-3078
The Township does not maintain records for water shut off or utility
liens, fire damage lists, or lists for vacant properties. You will need to
contact New Jersey American Water for water shut off records and the
Basking Ridge Fire Company for fire damage records.
The Tax Collector will send the list of tax delinquent properties, and the
Construction Department will send the list of properties with code
violations.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kendra
Kendra Kelly
Administrative Assistant
Township of Bernards
One Collyer Lane
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Phone: 908-204-3002
[1][email address]
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OPRA-Req-25-0080
Date Received: 3/4/2025
Status: Approved for Data Collection
Applicant: Nathan Stallone
Information Requested: See attached
OPRA-Req-25-0080.2
Date Assigned: 3/4/2025
Status: Completed
Date Completed: 3/4/2025
Directive: list of property addresses that have received any code
violations in the last 6 months
Response: Attached is the requested list.
Additional data has been published for this request
[1]SDL Portal page for OPRA Request
Spatial Data Logic 2022
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