Property deeds
Dear Ocean County Clerk's Office,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
1. Deed Book 1158/starts at pg. 27.
2. Deed Book 2042/starts at pg. 51.
3. Deed Book 2084/starts at pg. 10.
Thank you.
Attached are the deeds you requested.
Thank you,
Kim Saviet
Keyboarding Clerk-4 Supervisor
Ocean County Clerk's Office
118 Washington St., Room 113
Toms River, NJ 08753
(732) 288-7645
1-800-722-0291 ext. 7645
Fax (732)288-7680
From: JerseyShoreMan
<[OPRA #24984 email]>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2021 1:32 PM
To: Colabella , Scott <[Ocean County Clerk request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Property deeds
Dear Ocean County Clerk's Office,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law
right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please
acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
1. Deed Book 1158/starts at pg. 27.
2. Deed Book 2042/starts at pg. 51.
3. Deed Book 2084/starts at pg. 10.
Thank you.
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Dear Ms. Saviet,
Thank you for sending the deeds. I sent this response to you on July 29, but never heard back, so perhaps that email ended up in a spam folder. In any event, here is my question again: I've noticed on many of the deeds, the front page has a stamp that says "Indexed." Are there alphabetical name indexes available (and if so, for what years)? If they are available, are copies of specific pages in the name indexes (by last name) able to be requested? For a few of the deeds I have been checking on, sometimes there is no mention of the prior deed, so I was thinking if there is a name index, that is how one would go about finding the next deed back in the chain of deeds.
Thanks for your assistance!
JerseyShoreMan,
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specific government records. As such, your request is an invalid OPRA
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Thank you,
Kim Saviet
Keyboarding Clerk-4 Supervisor
Ocean County Clerk's Office
118 Washington St., Room 113
Toms River, NJ 08753
(732) 288-7645
1-800-722-0291 ext. 7645
Fax (732)288-7680
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From: JerseyShoreMan
<[OPRA #24984 email]>
Sent: Monday, August 2, 2021 11:35 AM
To: Saviet, Kim
Subject: Re: OPRA request - deeds
Dear Ms. Saviet,
Thank you for sending the deeds. I sent this response to you on July 29,
but never heard back, so perhaps that email ended up in a spam folder. In
any event, here is my question again: I've noticed on many of the deeds,
the front page has a stamp that says "Indexed." Are there alphabetical
name indexes available (and if so, for what years)? If they are available,
are copies of specific pages in the name indexes (by last name) able to be
requested? For a few of the deeds I have been checking on, sometimes there
is no mention of the prior deed, so I was thinking if there is a name
index, that is how one would go about finding the next deed back in the
chain of deeds.
Thanks for your assistance!
-----Original Message-----
Attached are the deeds you requested.
Thank you,
Kim Saviet
Keyboarding Clerk-4 Supervisor
Ocean County Clerk's Office
118 Washington St., Room 113
Toms River, NJ 08753
(732) 288-7645
1-800-722-0291 ext. 7645
Fax (732)288-7680
From: JerseyShoreMan
<[OPRA #24984 email]>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2021 1:32 PM
To: Colabella , Scott <[Ocean County Clerk's Office request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Property deeds
Dear Ocean County Clerk's Office,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law
right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please
acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
1. Deed Book 1158/starts at pg. 27.
2. Deed Book 2042/starts at pg. 51.
3. Deed Book 2084/starts at pg. 10.
Thank you.
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