VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD

VILLAGE HALL

131 N. MAPLE AVENUE

RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07451

 

REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS

 

__________________________________________________________________

FOR MUNICIPAL USE ONLY

 

 

Date Received:                                                             Date of Response:_____________________

SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE LAST PAGE

 

Name:              __________________________________________________________________

 

Address:           __________________________________________________________________

 

                        __________________________________________________________________

 

Telephone (day)  _______________________________________________________________

Information Requested:

[____]  Copy of Minutes  [specify board or entity, date topic or other identifying information]

            __________________________________________________________________________________

            __________________________________________________________________________________

 

[____]  Copy of Ordinance or Resolution [specify date, number, or other identifying information]

                ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

                ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

[____]  Police Accident Report                                              Fee: __________________________

 

            Date/Location:    ___________________________________________________________________

 

[____]  Other [specify]        ___________________________________________________________________

 

            ____________________________________________________________________________________

            ____________________________________________________________________________________

            ____________________________________________________________________________________

 

[____]  License Information [specify]   _________________________________________________________

           

            ____________________________________________________________________________________            ____________________________________________________________________________________

 

Information on a Specific Property               Address_________________________________

                                                                        Block   ______________       Lot _____________

[____]              Municipal Lien Search                                              Fee:                 ______10.00

 

[____]              List of Property Owners with 200’                            Fee:                 ___________

                        As provided in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12, the fee is greater of $.25 per name or $10.00

 

Information on a specific property, (continued)

                                                                                    Address_________________________________

                                                                                    Block _______________  Lot________________

                                                                                    Address_________________________________

                                                                                    Block________________ Lot________________

Additional property information, please attach list

                                                                                   

[_____]    Water Lien Search                                                               

 

[_____]    Property Record Card

 

[_____]   Deed

 

[_____]   Tax Map:     Large [___]

                                  Small [___]                                             Fee: ___________________________

[____] Other [specify] __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

REQUEST FOR A CERTIFIED VITAL RECORD OR CERTIFICATION

 

                                                                                    ____________________________________________

                                                                                                                Relationship to Subject of Record

___________________________________________________________________________

Reason for Requesting Certified Record

 

BIRTH RECORD

 

_________________________________________________                              _____________________

Full Name of Child at time of Birth                                                                                    Date of Birth

 

________________________________________________      ______________________________

Mother’s Full Maiden Name                                                                                    Father’s Name

 

 

DEATH RECORD

 

________________________________________________                                ______________________

Full Name of Decedent                                                                                                        Date of Death

 

________________________________________________    ________________________________

Mother’s Full Maiden Name                                                                                  Father’s Name

 

MARRIAGE RECORD

 

_______________________________________________    _________________________________________

Groom’s Name                                                                                        Bride’s Full Maiden Name

 

___________________________________                              ___________________________________________

Date of Marriage                                                                  Place of Marriage

FOR STAFF USE ONLY

 

 

I. D. ( IF PASSPORT COUNTRY OF ISSUANCE & #)

 

A request for access to or for a copy of Government Records should be submitted on this form which has been adopted by the Municipal Clerk as the Custodian of Records.  Some records will be immediately available during normal business hours. Some records will require time to compile and to make the copies requested, but will normally be available during business hours and within seven (7) business days.  If any document or copy which has been requested is not a public record or cannot be provided within the seven (7) business days, you will be provided with a response with that information within the seven (7) business days. Some records requested have specific fees and other response times established by statute.  There is no fee involved in simply inspecting a document during normal business hours.  This request may be filed electronically.  In general:

 

·         Immediate access is ordinarily available for the budgets, bills, vouchers, contracts, including collective negotiations agreements and individual employment contracts, and public employee salary and overtime information.  Minutes of public meetings will be generally available immediately after the minutes have been approved.

 

·         Records which are not readily available or which will require a search of records will be made available as soon as possible and the applicant will be provided with an interim report within seven (7) business days indicating the time which will be required to provide the records.

 

·         Except as otherwise provided by law or regulation, the fee assessed for the duplication of a printed record shall be: first page to tenth page, $0.75 per page; eleventh to the twentieth page, $0.50 per page; all pages over twenty, $0.25 per page; for a police accident report there is an additional fee when the request is not made in person of $5.00 for the first 3 pages and $1.00 for each additional page, as provided by  N.J.S.A. 39:4-131.

 

·         When a request is for a copy in a format other than a photocopy, reasonable efforts will be made to provide the information in the format requested.  The cost will be based on the cost of producing the format requested.

 

·         Where a legal determination must be made as to whether records are “public records” as provided by law, the request will be reviewed by the Municipal Attorney.

 

The term “ public record” generally includes those records determined to be public in accordance with N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.  The term does not include employee personnel files, police investigation records, public assistance files or other matters in which there is a right of privacy or confidentiality or inter-agency or intra-agency advisory, consultative, or deliberative material or other material which is specifically exempted by law.

 

The Applicant hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of this form with the date on which the information is expected to be available and the estimated cost.  The applicant hereby certifies that he or she has not been convicted of any indictable offense under the law of this State, any other state of the United States and is not seeking government records containing personal information pertaining the victim or the victim’s family as provided by N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq..

 

This form, when signed by the municipal official shall constitute a receipt for any deposit required.

 

The information requested will be ready on                                          _______________________________

 

Estimated number of pages                                                                       _______________________________

 

Estimated Cost                                                                                            _______________________________

 

Deposit                                                                                                         _______________________________

[required when the anticipated cost of reproduction exceeds $5.00]

 

 

 

 

 

_______________________________________                                            _________________________________________

Applicant                                                                           Municipal Official

 

Date: __________________________________                                             Date: ____________________________________