New Jersey law relating to the public's right to access government
records has been expanded under the Open Public Records Act (hereinafter OPRA),
which was enacted on January 8, 2002 and became effective on July 8, 2002.
Members of the general public are granted access to all records maintained
by the Township of Washington unless specifically exempted by OPRA, other
state or federal law, regulations or order. Such access shall be through the
custodian of department records. This policy will establish procedures for
the receipt and processing of requests for access to department records. This
policy and procedure is not applicable to any general rules of discovery under
New Jersey Rules of Court; Rule 7:7, Pretrial Procedures.