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Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Bergen County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights 8-22-2006 by Ord. No. 2139. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Except in respect to the records of the Police Department of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights and the records of the Municipal Court of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, the Borough Clerk is the custodian of government records of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights.
The custodian of police records shall be such officer of the Police Department of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights as may be designated and assigned from time to time by the Chief of Police.
The custodian of Municipal Court records shall be such officer of the Municipal Court of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights as may be designated and assigned from time to time by the Municipal Judge.
It shall be the duty of each of the aforesaid custodians of records to permit the inspection, examination and copying of those records in his or her custody as required in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.
For the purposes hereof, "government records" shall be as the same are defined in N.J.S.A. 47-1A-1.1 excepting therefrom the following:
A. 
Government records classified as "confidential" under the aforesaid statutory definition.
B. 
Victims' personal identifying information as defined in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-2.2.
C. 
Records of investigations in progress in accordance with N.J.S.A. 47:1A-3.
D. 
Records exempted from public access by any other statute, by regulation promulgated pursuant to any other statute or order of the Governor, by executive order of the Governor, by Rules of Court, or by any federal law, regulation or order.
E. 
Personnel or pension records as defined in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-10.
The fees that may be charged in connection with copying records shall be as set forth in § 133-6.1 entitled "Fees under Chapter 61, Records, Open Public" of Chapter 133, Fees, of the Code of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights.