Dear Ramsey Borough,

Under penalty of NJSA 2C:28-3, I certify that:

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, or any other state of the United States.
I, or another person WILL use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding

I am also requesting the documents under common law.

It would be preferable to receive requested documents on this site.

Records requested for the Following Dates: January 1, 2026 - March 31, 2026

1. Tax Delinquent
A list of property addresses with delinquent property taxes, including the corresponding outstanding balances.
2. Open Property Liens
A list of property addresses with open property liens, including the outstanding lien amounts.
3. Water / Utility Shut-Offs
A list of property addresses where water service or other utilities were shut off during the date range, including the balance that led to the shut-off.
4. Code Violations
A list of property addresses that received code violations during the date range, including the violation type.
Please limit the list to unresolved or open violations and exclude closed violations.
5. Vacant / Abandoned Properties
A list of residential property addresses classified as vacant or abandoned.
6. Condemned Properties
A list of residential property addresses designated as condemned.
7. Fire Department Emergency Responses
A list of property addresses where the fire department responded to an emergency call during the date range.

Please include complete property addresses for each list.
Please provide each list in a separate Excel or PDF file.
If current data is not available, please provide the most recent version maintained by your office.
This request seeks only existing lists maintained by your office, not individual property files or case-specific documents.

Please provide a confirmation email acknowledging that my OPRA request has been received by your office.

I appreciate your attention to this matter and thank you in advance for your work.

Yours faithfully,

Peter Tapiavala

Dear Michelle Webb,

Thank you for sending over the files — I appreciate it.

Yours sincerely,

Peter

Dear Ramsey Borough,

I just wanted to kindly follow up to see if there may be any additional documents forthcoming. I also wanted to check if there are any updates on my other requests. I have received the documents for Requests 1 and 2 — thank you for that. For Requests 3 and 5, I understand these have been updated to no records; please let me know if there are any further updates.

Yours faithfully,

Peter

Dear Meredith Bendian,
Thank you for your response. I submitted an OPRA request on April 20 and received your update on April 24 regarding the items on vacant properties and water shut-offs. I also received two documents from the Tax Office on the same date — thank you for that.

I just wanted to kindly ask if there are any updates on my other requests aside from the ones already addressed.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

Yours sincerely,

Peter

Dear Ms. Bendian,
Thank you for your response. I am resending my OPRA request below for your reference, as it may not have come through clearly via the OPRA machine.
For context, I submitted this request on April 20 and have already received documents for Tax Delinquent and Open Property Liens. I also received updates that Water/Utility Shut-Offs and Vacant/Abandoned Properties have no responsive records. I would appreciate it if you could please confirm whether there are any updates on the remaining items, specifically Code Violations, Condemned Properties, and Fire Department Emergency Responses.
If any part of the request needs to be clarified or narrowed to better align with the records maintained by your office, I would be happy to revise accordingly.

Thank you for your time and assistance, and I look forward to your response.
Under penalty of NJSA 2C:28-3, I certify that:

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, or any other state of the United States.
I, or another person WILL use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding

I am also requesting the documents under common law.

It would be preferable to receive requested documents on this site.

Records requested for the Following Dates: January 1, 2026 - March 31, 2026

4. Code Violations
A list of property addresses that received code violations during the date range, including the violation type.
Please limit the list to unresolved or open violations and exclude closed violations.
6. Condemned Properties
A list of residential property addresses designated as condemned.
7. Fire Department Emergency Responses
A list of property addresses where the fire department responded to an emergency call during the date range.

Please include complete property addresses for each list.
Please provide each list in a separate Excel or PDF file.
If current data is not available, please provide the most recent version maintained by your office.
This request seeks only existing lists maintained by your office, not individual property files or case-specific documents.

Yours sincerely,

Peter