I, Jennifer Kiernan, the official Records Custodian of the Township of
Verona received your OPRA request on December 30, 2022.  As such, the
seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request was January 9,
2023.  This response is being provided to you on the 2^nd day of receipt
of your request.

Your OPRA request sought access to the following:

“8 Bahr Circle, Verona, NJ 07044; OPRA”

This request does not identify specific government records.  As such, your
request is an invalid OPRA request and is denied.  When a request is
“complex” because it fails to specifically identify the documents sought,
then that request is not “encompassed” by OPRA. See New Jersey Builders
Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super.
166, 180 (App. Div. 2007).  A proper request under OPRA must identify with
reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot
satisfy this requirement by simply requesting all of an agency's
documents.  See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37
(App. Div.  2005). Custodians are not required to conduct research or
create new records in response to an OPRA request. 

If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Township of Verona 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, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [1][email address], or at
their web site at [2]www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other
questions about the law.  All questions regarding complaints filed in
Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.

Jennifer Kiernan, RMC
Municipal Clerk
Township of Verona
600 Bloomfield Avenue
Verona, NJ 07044
973.857.4770
[3]Municipal Clerk Webpage

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I, Jennifer Kiernan, the official Records Custodian of the Township of
Verona, received your OPRA request on January 3, 2023.  As such, the seven
(7) business day deadline to respond to your request is January 12, 2023. 
This response to your request is being provided to you on the 3^rd day
upon custodian’s receipt of said request.

Your email request stated: “Records requested: 8 Bahr Circle, Verona NJ
07044; OPRA”

This request does not identify specific government records.  As such, your
request is an invalid OPRA request and is denied. 

When a request is “complex” because it fails to specifically identify the
documents sought, then that request is not “encompassed” by OPRA. See New
Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing,
390 N.J.Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007).  A proper request under OPRA
must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired,
and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting all of an
agency's documents.  See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381
N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div.  2005). Custodians are not required to
conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request. 

If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Township of Verona 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, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [1][email address], or at
their web site at [2]www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other
questions about the law.  All questions regarding complaints filed in
Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.

Jennifer Kiernan, RMC
Municipal Clerk
Township of Verona
600 Bloomfield Avenue
Verona, NJ 07044
973.857.4770
[3]Municipal Clerk Webpage

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