Property Records
Dear Maple Shade Township,
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, and thank you for your consideration of the following matter.
Public records requested:
1. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are marked as vacant and/or abandoned
2. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are marked as condemned
3. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that have had a notice of abatement issued, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day
4. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are fire damaged, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day
5. Addresses of all residential properties with delinquent property taxes, specifically for the past 2 quarters
6. Addresses of all residential properties with delinquent water and sewer bills, specifically for the past 2 quarters
7. Addresses of all residential properties with an active municipal owned lien
8. Addresses of all residential properties that have had a code enforcement compliant opened for high grass and/or junk/debris, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day
9. Addresses of all residential properties that have had a landlord file for eviction, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day
10. Addresses of all residential properties for which a Lis Pendens Notice has been filed, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day
You may redact all confidential and personal information under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, but I am requesting the addressees of such properties. I am requesting the above public records in electronic form, preferably in Excel format.
Yours faithfully,
Omar
Good Morning,
As per your OPRA request attached is the information that could be provided by the Tax Collectors Office.
Sincerely,
Christine Taylor, CTC
Tax Collector
Maple Shade Township
200 Stiles Ave.
Maple Shade, NJ 08052
856-779-9610 ext 156 - Office
856-779-1059 - Fax
Dear Christine Taylor,
Thank you for your prompt response. I wanted to follow up and see if you heard back from other departments on my OPRA request. I see that #5, #6, and #7 have been fulfilled. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Omar
Good Morning Omar,
I sent your message to the Township Clerk. She is in charge of the OPRA's and should be able to assist you with your request.
Have a great day,
Christine Taylor, CTC
Tax Collector
Township of Maple Shade
200 Stiles Avenue
Maple Shade, NJ 08052
(856) 779-9610, ext 156
(856) 779-1059 Fax
Hi,
I am in receipt of the below request. This is a request for information, not a request for documents and therefore, is not a valid OPRA request.
Requests for general information - like here- that must be "analyzed, collated and compiled" by the agency are outside the scope of OPRA. MAG Entm't LLC
v. Div. of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 NJ Super. 534, 549 (App. Div. 2005)
That being said, the Township of Maple Shade does not have a housing code and does not regulate vacant and/or abandoned, condemned, fire damaged properties, or properties with abatement issues.
Thank you,
Teri McVeigh, RMC
Maple Shade Township