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TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, COUNTY OF OCEAN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY AMENDING CHAPTER 55 OF THE TOWNSHIP CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON RELATING TO “PUBLIC RECORDS”, SECTION 7, “SEES FOR COPIES”

MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 17-20 ON FIRST READING, ADVERTISE THE APPROVAL AND NOTICE OF SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 13, 2020 BY: KERN MOTION SECONDED BY: FLEMMING YES: BRESSI, CHISHOLM, FLEMMING, KERN, SAUICKIE

ORDINANCE 17-20

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Township Council of the Township of Jackson, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 55-7 A. entitled “Fees for Copies” shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

  • The following fees shall be charged for copies of public documents and records:
  • Duplicate tax bills: $5 for an initial duplicate copy of a tax bill; $25 for each subsequent copy of a tax bill for the same tax year requested by the same person or organization in accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:4-64.
  • In accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:5-54, the Tax Collector shall provide to any party entitled to redeem a certificate pursuant to this section ( N.J.S.A. 54:5-54) two (2) calculations of the amount required for redemption within a calendar year at no cost. For each subsequent calculation requested from the Tax Collector, there shall be a fee of 50. A request for a redemption calculation shall be made in writing to the Tax Collector.
  • In accordance with N.J.S.A.54:5-97.1, the Tax Collector may charge a lien holder of a tax lien $50 for the calculation of the amount due to redeem the tax lien as required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-97.1. Any request for a redemption calculation shall specify the date to be used for the calculation, which shall be the date of the notice. Neither the Tax Collector, nor the municipality, shall be liable for an incorrect calculation. The fee paid to the municipality shall not become part of the lien and shall not be passed on to any party entitled to redeem pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-54.
  • The fee for each set of tax sale in lieu of advertisement notices that are mailed shall be 25 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-26.
  • The fee for a duplicate tax sale certificate shall not exceed 100 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-52.1.
  • The fee for the research and review for preparation of a certificate of redemption shall be $25.
  • The fee for searches shall be 10 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-14.
  • The fee for continuation searches shall not exceed 2 per calendar year pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-15.
  • Police Reports: The fee shall be in accordance with the rates established by N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5, set forth in Subsection A(3) below: For police accident reports not requested in person, an additional fee of $5 shall be charged to cover the administrative costs of the report pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-131.
  • All other documents: Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5, except as otherwise provided by law or regulation, the fee assessed for the duplication of a government recorded embodied in the form of printed manner shall be $0.05 per letter-size page or