[Ord. No. 10-06 §§ 1
— 5; New]
a. Returned Check Policy.
1. Whenever a check or other written instrument payable to any account
of the Borough of East Newark is returned for insufficient funds,
a service charge of $20 per transaction, or the maximum amount allowed
by N.J.S.A. 40:5-18, shall be added to the account. This service charge
shall be paid and credited before any other payment on the account
is accepted and credited.
2. Unpaid service charges shall become delinquent and, when applicable,
such as in the case of taxes or special assessments, shall become
a lien against property and shall be enforced in the same manner as
other liens.
3. Unpaid service charges shall be collected in the same manner prescribed
by law for the collection of the account for which the check or other
written instrument was tendered.
4. Any person or entity who has tendered a check or other written instrument
that was returned for insufficient funds may be required to thereafter
pay in cash or by certified or cashier's check.
b. Fees for Copies of Records. The following schedule of fees shall
be charged:
1. Copies of Records (other than certified copies):
$0.75 per page for the first 10 pages.
$0.50 per page for next 10 pages.
$0.25 per page for each page over 20 pages.
Extraordinary services—when extraordinary time and effort
is required, the fee is the actual cost of material and supplies and
a special service charge per hour will be charged. A deposit of 50%
of estimated cost shall be required prior to the request being started.
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2. The fee for certified copies of records shall be $2 per copy.
3. The fee for mailing of copies shall be $2 for mailing of one to three
pages. The fee shall be $5 if four or more pages are mailed.
4. An assessment search fee shall be $10.
5. A tax search fee shall be $10.
6. The fee for a certified list of property owners shall be $0.25 per
owner or $10, whichever is greater.
7. The fee for a copy of the Land Development Book is $60.
8. The fee for a copy of the Revised General Ordinances of the Borough
of East Newark is $200.
9. Fee for supplements of either the Land Development Book or the Codified
Borough Ordinances is the same as fees for copies of individual pages.
[Ord. No. 12-09; Ord. No. 02-10]
a. Birth, Death or Marriage Certificates:
1. $25 for a certified copy of a birth, death, marriage certificate,
civil union, domestic partnership, or fully certified photocopy; and
for each such certified copy requested on the same day, an additional
$5 for each;
2. $10 for the correction of a birth, death, marriage, civil union or
domestic partnership certificate;
3. $5 for a certified copy of a correction of a birth, marriage, civil
union, domestic partnership, death record.
b. Once a vital record is amended, the correction form becomes part
of the original record. Any time a copy of the vital record is issued,
a copy of the correction form must also be issued. Accordingly, no
additional fee shall be charged for a copy of a vital statistic correction
form when a copy of the vital record is issued.