[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Spring Lake by Ord. No. 41 (§ 2-48 of the Revised General Ordinances), as amended through Ord. No. 23-2002. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
The Tax Collector of the Borough shall keep full and complete records of all tax assessment and other municipal liens which shall be levied or assessed against any real estate in this Borough, showing against whom or in whose name and the date when same are laid, levied or assessed, the description of the property, the amount of the tax assessment or other lien and the nature or character of the tax assessment or other lien.
The Tax Collector of this Borough is hereby authorized and empowered to make searches of the tax and assessment records of this Borough and to make official searches as to what tax assessment or other municipal liens appear against any real estate in this Borough.
The Municipal Clerk is hereby authorized and empowered to make assessments for municipal improvements against any real estate in this Borough.
The Tax Collector and Borough Clerk, in making searches on request of such records, shall be entitled to charge $10 for each type of search and each name searched against.
The following schedule of fees shall be charged from and after the effective date of this chapter:
A. 
Copies of records (other than certified copies unless a specific fee is established by statute):
(1) 
For the first 10 pages: $0.75 per page.
(2) 
For next 10 pages: $0.50 per page.
(3) 
For each page over 20 pages: $0.25 per page.
B. 
Extraordinary services. When extraordinary time and effort is required, the fee is the actual cost of material and supplies and a special service charge of $25 per hour will be charged. A deposit of 50% of the estimated cost shall be required prior to the request being started.
C. 
The fee for certified copies of vital statistic records shall be $25 per copy.
[Amended 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 23-2004; 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-016; 2-29-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-003]
D. 
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.
E. 
The fee shall be $1 for each print of the Tax Map (14 by 16 inches in size).
F. 
An assessment search fee shall be $10.
G. 
A tax search fee shall be $10.
H. 
The fee for a certified list of property owners shall be $0.25 per owner or $10, whichever is greater.
I. 
The fee for a Land Development Book is $50.
J. 
The fee for a codified Borough Code Book is $250.
K. 
Fee for supplements of either the Land Development Book or the Codified Borough Ordinances is the same as fees for copies of individual pages.