Opra Request
Dear Ringwood Borough,
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
The Borough of Ringwood Records Custodian received your Open Public Record
Act (OPRA) request on September 17, 2025, seeking the following records
for the past 6 months:
1. Tax Delinquent
2. Water Shut Off/Utility Liens
3. Fire Damage List
4. Code Violation
5. Vacant List
As such, the 14^th business day deadline to respond to your request is
October 7, 2025. Therefore, the Borough is timely in responding to your
request.
The following records are being provided to you in their entirety and are
responsive to your request:
1. Tax Delinquent RPT (20 pages)
2. Open Liens 2005-present (16 pages)
3. Fire Department Emergency Calls see “address list” (2 pages)
4. Residential Code Violations – The Building Department does not
maintain a list.
5. Vacant Properties List
6. Delinquent Water and Sewer (124 pages)
These records are being transmitted to you via email, per your request.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.b., there is no cost associated with the
request as the documents are being transmitted to you electronically.
With respect to the portion of your request seeking water shut offs, no
water accounts have been turned off in the last six months for
non-payment.
Your OPRA request is now deemed answered and closed.
Nicole Langenmayr, RMC
Municipal Clerk
Borough of Ringwood
(973) 475-7102
PRIVACY NOTE:
The email, including attachments, may include privileged, confidential
and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or
entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this email is not the
intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby
notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is
prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the
sender by replying to this message and delete this email immediately.
The Borough of Ringwood Records Custodian received your Open Public Record
Act (OPRA) request on February 17, 2026, seeking the following records for
the past 12 months:
1. Tax Delinquent
2. Water Shut Off/Utility Liens
3. Fire Damage List
4. Code Violation
5. Vacant List
As such, the 14^th business day deadline to respond to your request is
March 9, 2026. Therefore, the Borough is timely in responding to your
request.
The following records are being provided to you in their entirety and are
responsive to your request:
1. Tax Delinquent RPT (34 pages)
2. Open Liens past 12 months (10 pages)
3. Fire Department Emergency Calls see “address list” (3 pages)
4. Residential Code Violations – The Building Department does not
maintain a list.
5. Vacant Properties List
6. Delinquent Water and Sewer (107 pages)
These records are being transmitted to you via email, per your request.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.b., there is no cost associated with the
request as the documents are being transmitted to you electronically.
With respect to the portion of your request seeking water shut offs, no
water accounts have been turned off in the last six months for
non-payment.
Your OPRA request is now deemed answered and closed.
Nicole Langenmayr, RMC
Municipal Clerk
Borough of Ringwood
(973) 475-7102
PRIVACY NOTE:
The email, including attachments, may include privileged, confidential
and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or
entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this email is not the
intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby
notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is
prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the
sender by replying to this message and delete this email immediately.