TOWNSHIP OF UPPER

Name:______________________________________________

Address:____________________________________________

Telephone [Day]____________________

Information on Specific Property BlocK____________________ Lot______

Information Requested:

[ ] Municipal Lien Search. Certificate Fee:____________________

[ ) Municipal Lien Search. Information Only Fee:____________________

[ ] Municipal Improvement Search. Certificate Fee:____________________

[ ] Municipal Improvement Search. Information Only Fee:____________________

[ J Municipal Tax Search. Certificate Fee:____________________

[ J Municipal Tax Search. Information Only Fee:____________________

[ ] Property Assessment Information Fee:____________________

[ ] List of Property Owners within 200' Fee:____________________

[ ] License Information [ Specify]____________________

[ ] Copy of Minutes [ Specify date:]____________________

Township Committee____________________

Planning Board____________________

Zoning Board____________________

[ ] Copy of Resolution [ Specify date & number]____________________

Township Committee____________________

Planning Board____________________

Zoning Board____________________

[ ] Police Accident Report Fee:____________________

Date & Name____________________

[ ] Other [ specify}_________________________________________

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The applicant acknowledges that in any case where items of public record regarding municipal liens or municipal improvement ordinances are provided and the applicant is not requesting certificates as provided in N.J.S.A. 54:5-11 et seq. Or N.J.S.A. 54:5-18.5, neither the applicant nor any third party may assert any claim for damages against the Township of Upper or its officers or employees nor shall any act of the applicant constitute or be construed as creating an estoppel as to the Township's right to collect any outstanding balance or lien.

The information requested will be ready on____________________

Estimated Number of Pages____________________

Estimated Cost____________________

Deposit [ shall not be less than the estimated cost]____________________

The public records requested will normally be available within four [ 4] business days, except that:

1 No tax or lien searches will be processed five [5] business days before and ten [10] business days after the quarterly due date for taxes [February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1 ]

2. No tax or lien searches will be processed two [2] business days before and after a tax sale; 

3. Fifteen [15] days for a certificate as to municipal taxes, liens or improvement;

4. Minutes of public meetings will be available within two [2] business days after the minutes have been approved by the Township Committee or Board;

5. 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 five [5] business days indicating the amount of time which will be required to complete the search of the records.

6. Where a legal determination must be made as to whether records are "public records" the time to provide copies will run from the date that the municipal official receives the determination from the Township Attorney or a Court Order that the records should be provided.

The term "public records" generally includes those records which the Township is required by law to maintain. 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.

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 COMPLETED FORM, WHEN SIGNED BY THE MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL SHALL CONSTITUTE A RECEIPT FOR THE DEPOSIT MADE BY THE APPLICANT.