OPRA Request – Outstanding Tax Sale Certificates that have not been redeemed.
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 NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.), I respectfully request access to records maintained by the Tax Collector’s Office reflecting all tax sale certificates sold between January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2025 that remain unredeemed as of the date this request is fulfilled.
For each certificate, please include the property address, block and lot, certificate number, sale date, purchaser name, and original lien amount, if available.
If maintained by your office, please also provide any report, list, or record identifying tax sale certificates that are currently outstanding or unredeemed.
I request that these records be provided in electronic format (Excel, CSV, or searchable PDF) if available.
If any portion of this request is denied, please cite the specific statutory exemption under OPRA supporting the denial.
Yours faithfully,
Nakia Thomas
The Township of Bloomfield received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
Request. This response to your request is being provided to you on May
21, 2026.
From the Township of Bloomfield Tax Department: See attached.
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 [1][email address], or at
their website at [2]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.
Andrea Schneider
Confidential Secretary
Township of Bloomfield