Opra Request
Dear Bloomfield 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-5(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 10 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
[1][IMG][2]2026-05-73 -OPRA Response.pdf
The Township of Bloomfield received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
Request. This response to your request is being provided to you on May
26, 2026.
From the Township of Bloomfield Building, Fire, and Tax/Water Department
: See attached. We do not shut water off in Bloomfield. For OPRA
2026-05-73 please find the attached list of violations issued by this
inspection from Jan 1, 2026 and the most recent vacant property list.
This is being transmitted to you via email, as per your request. If your
request for access to a government record has been denied or unfulfilled
within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a right to
challenge the decision by the Township of Bloomfield to deny access. At
your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court
of New Jersey, or file a complaint with the Government Records Council
(GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may contact
the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819,
Trenton, New Jersey, 08625, by e-mail at [3][email address], or at
their website at [4]www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other
questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in the
Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
References
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3. mailto:[email address]
mailto:[email address]
4. http://www.state.nj.us/grc
http://www.state.nj.us/grc