Opra Request
Dear Scotch Plains 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
The Township of Scotch Plains acknowledges receipt of your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request dated June 29, 2026. Accordingly, the statutory fourteen (14) business day deadline for our response is July 20, 2026.
Moving forward, we are requesting that all OPRA submissions be made through our GovPilot portal, which now serves as the official platform for processing these requests. You may access it here: https://scotchplainsnj.gov/how-do-i/repo....
Thank you.
OPRA Compliance Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908.322.6700 (office)
908.322.1663 (fax)
[Scotch Plains Township request email]
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Good afternoon,
Please be advised the Township will be taking an one week extension on your request.
OPRA Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
(908) 322-6700 (office) ext. 213
(908) 322-1663 (fax)
[Scotch Plains Township request email]
NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Scotch Plains. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the sender is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error
The Township of Scotch Plains received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on June 29, 2026. As such, the fourteen (14) business day
deadline to respond to your request is July 20, 2026, with an extension to
July 29 , 2026. This response to your June 29, 2026 request is being
provided to you on the 17^th business day after the custodian’s receipt
of said request.
Request: See attached OPRA
Response: Included in attached pdfs entitled, please find all
documents provided as responsive to your request.
END OF REQUESTED ITEMS
By this letter of response, the Township of Scotch Plains will consider
your OPRA request dated June 29, 2026, complete unless otherwise
informed.
Moving forward, we are requesting that all OPRA submissions be made
through our GovPilot portal, which now serves as the official platform for
processing these requests. You may access it here:
[1]https://scotchplainsnj.gov/how-do-i/repo....
Thank you.
OPRA Compliance Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908.322.6700 (office)
908.322.1663 (fax)
[Scotch Plains Township request email]
NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain
advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential
information or privileged communications of the Township of Scotch
Plains. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the
intended recipient(s) is not authorized. If you are not the intended
recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action
taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written
consent of the sender is prohibited. If you have received this message in
error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this
message or any information contained in this message in any way and you
should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it.
Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this
message in error