Township of Mansfield, NJ Article X Fees for Reproduction of Records (OPRA)

[Adopted 9-9-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-10]

§ 182-18 Charges for copies of public records.

A. A copy or copies of a government record may be purchased by any person upon payment of the fee prescribed by law or regulation. Except as otherwise provided by law or regulation, the fee assessed for the duplication of a government record embodied in the form of printed matter shall be $0.05 per letter-size page or smaller and $0.07 per legal-size page.

B. A special service charge shall be imposed, in addition to the actual cost of duplicating the record, where the nature, format, manner of collation or volume of printed matter is such that it cannot be reproduced by ordinary document-copying equipment in ordinary business size or where such record involves an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort to accommodate the request. The requestor shall have the opportunity to review and object to the special service charge prior to it being incurred.

§ 182-19 Charges for certified copies of vital records.

All individuals, entities or others who request a certified copy of a vital record from the Township Clerk shall be charged as follows:

A. Four dollars per page for the first copy; and $2 per page for each additional copy. Payment shall be made to the Township Clerk at the time the copies are obtained.

§ 182-20 Release and redaction of public records.

Any public record for which a request for a certified copy is made shall be subject to release and/or redaction by the Township in accordance with the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.