Opra Request
Dear Verona 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 6 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 6 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
Attached please find the documents responsive to your request. Redactions
have been made pursuant to NJSA 47:1A et seq, specifically, NJSA
47:1A(20)(b) regading compliance with Daniel's Law.
Please note that your request for, "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" is denied. Code Violations and Fire Damaged Lists are filed by
block and lot and would require research. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A et
seq., known as the NJ Open Public Records Act, Records Custodians are
not required to conduct research or create new records in response to an
OPRA request. Also, no vacant property ordinance exists therefore no list
is maintained.
Jennifer Kiernan, RMC, CMC
Municipal Clerk
Township of Verona
600 Bloomfield Avenue
Verona, NJ 07044
973.857.4770
[1]Municipal Clerk Webpage
On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM Nathan Stallone
<[2][OPRA #79278 email]> wrote:
Dear Verona 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 6 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 6 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
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