Dear Rutherford 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 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 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

Margaret M. Scanlon, Rutherford Borough

Your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request was received and will be acted upon appropriately.

For your reference- if you responded yes to "You Will" use the requested government records for commercial purpose, as defined in N.J.S.A. 47:1A.1, the response time frame may be up to fourteen (14) business days.

Margaret “Missy” Scanlon, RMC
Borough Clerk
BOROUGH OF RUTHERFORD
176 Park Avenue
Rutherford, NJ 07070
P: 201-460-3001

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Margaret M. Scanlon, Rutherford Borough

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RE: OPRA NO. 26-049
January 29, 2026

In response to your Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request referenced above, attached please find all responsive records.

In regards to the Bureau of Fire Safety (BFS) records, kindly advise if you are seeking Fire Code Violations and if so, for abated or unabated violations. Lastly they will need a date range for which you are seeking the BFS records. Upon receiving this response, we will gladly process your request. Unless we hear from you, please consider this request completed.

Should you have any questions, kindly contact this office.
Sincerely,

Margaret “Missy” Scanlon, RMC
Borough Clerk
BOROUGH OF RUTHERFORD
176 Park Avenue
Rutherford, NJ 07070
P: 201-460-3001

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