Property Records
Dear Scotch Plains 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
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
The Township of Scotch Plains received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on June 24, 2022. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is July 6, 2022.
Thank you.
Maryann Matteo
OPRA Compliance 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]
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Mr. Omar:
The Township of Scotch Plains received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on June 24, 2022. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline
to respond to your request is July 6, 2022. This response to your request
is being provided to you on the 2nd business day after the custodian’s
receipt of said request.
Request: See attached OPRA Request Email.
Response: NO MUNICIPAL RECORD EXISTS FOR CONDEMNED PROPERTIES OR
WATER BILLS.
Included in attached pdfs entitled “OPRA –
Omar 6.24.22 – PROPERTY RECORDS”, “OPRA – Omar 6.24.22 – 2 QUARTERS DEL
FOR OPRA”, “OPRA – Omar 6.24.22 – DEL SEWER AS OF 628 FOR OPRA”, “OPRA –
Omar 6.24.22 – OPEN MUNI LIENS AS OF 62822” 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 24, 2022, complete unless otherwise
informed.
If you have any questions, please contact the Engineering Department at
908-322-6700 ext. 306, Violations ext. 503, Tax Assessor ext. 206, Fire
ext. 500, Tax Collector ext. 210.
Thank you.
Maryann Matteo
OPRA Compliance Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908.322.6700 (office) ext. 213
908.322.1663 (fax)
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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
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