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City of Paterson, NJ
Passaic County
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[Adopted 12-18-1979 by Ord. No. 79-111 as Ch. 20, Art. 9, of the 1979 Revised General Ordinances of Paterson]
The following fees shall be charged and collected by the Police Division for furnishing photostatic copies or machine-duplicated copies of public records or photographs in the possession or custody of the Police Division:
A. 
For any copies of documents and reports:
[Amended 12-19-1995 by Ord. No. 95-068]
(1) 
First page to 10th page: $0.75 per page.
(2) 
Eleventh page to 20th page: $0.50 per page.
(3) 
All pages over 20 pages: $0.25 per page.
B. 
Photographs.
(1) 
For any eight-by-ten photograph: $3 per copy.
(2) 
For any three-by-five photograph: $3 per copy.
[Amended 3-4-1980 by Ord. No. 80-011; 1-19-1982 by Ord. No. 81-087A]
A. 
Qualified members of the Police Division of the City may perform fingerprinting service for members of the general public. The service shall be provided in that area set aside for the purpose of fingerprinting in the Police Division, Paterson, New Jersey. Fingerprint cards will be provided by the party requesting the fingerprinting service.
B. 
Hours of fingerprinting services.
(1) 
The fingerprinting service as set forth in Subsection A hereinabove shall be available at the Police Division of the City during the following hours:
(a) 
Monday: 12:00 noon to 3:30 p.m.
(b) 
Tuesday through Friday, inclusive: 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
(2) 
The services as provided during these hours shall be subject to the priority of demands of Police Division personnel for providing official fingerprinting services such as for the booking of prisoners.
C. 
Fees; exemptions.
(1) 
The fee for the fingerprinting service to be provided for members of the general public is $10 per fingerprint card.
[Amended 6-11-1991 by Ord. No. 91-029]
(2) 
No fee shall be paid for fingerprinting services when the services are required for the issuance of municipal licenses or permits to be issued by the City, the licenses and permits including but not limited to firearms purchasers' activity, solicitor and canvasser permits, applicants for alcoholic beverage control licenses, special police applicants and others as may be required from time to time by ordinance.
[Amended 1-19-1982 by Ord. No. 81-087A]
D. 
The hours that the services are to be provided and the fees to be charged for the services rendered shall be posted in a prominent place in the main lobby of City Hall and in the reception area of the Police Division of the City.
[Amended 1-19-1982 by Ord. No. 81-087A]
All fees collected under the provisions of this article shall be deposited with the Revenue Collections Division within the Department of Finance.
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as requiring the Police Division to furnish any copy of any record unless the same is a public record.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit or prevent any person from examining any public records in the possession of the Police Division or from making his own written copy thereof.