Warren County Sheriff's Office
Warren County Courthouse | 413 Second St., Belvidere, NJ 07823
OPRA
New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA) provides procedures for the public (the “requestor”) to review or copy government records. The following is a summary of these procedures and guidelines for requesting records.
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OPRA applies to requests for records, not requests for isolated facts; therefore, a requestor must determine which records he or she wishes to see or copy.
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The requestor must then file a records request with the Custodian of Records. This is accomplished by completing a form available at the sheriff’s office. For your convenience, we have also made the form available below.
Fees (payable by cash, check or money order):
Letter size pages: $0.05 per page
Legal size pages: $0.07 per page
Other materials: actual cost
You may be required to provide a deposit against costs for reproducing documents when a request for copies exceeds $25. The custodian will contact you and advise you of any deposit requirements.
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Some government records are not available for public inspection or copying. A list of the two dozen specific types of records exempt from disclosure may be viewed on the state’s OPRA website.
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Under OPRA, a custodian must deny access to a person convicted of an indictable offense in the United States and who is seeking government records containing personal information pertaining to the person’s victim or the victim’s family.
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You may be denied access to a government record if your request substantially disrupts operations and the custodian is unable to reach a reasonable solution for you.
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If the sheriff’s office is unable to comply with your request for access to a government record, the custodian will indicate the reasons for denial on the request form or other written correspondence and send you a signed and dated copy.
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Download the Open Public Records Act Request form.
To view and complete the form, you will need the freely available Adobe Reader software installed on your computer, version 7 or higher. This fillable form may be filled out on your computer and saved to your hard drive and/or printed out.
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The completed form must be returned to:
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Undersheriff
Warren County Sheriff’s Office
Warren County Courthouse
413 Second St., Belvidere, NJ 07823