Government Records Request (OPRA)

How to Request a Public Record

Hazlet Township 

• Fill out the Hazlet Township Request for Government Record (Fillable PDF). 
  • Type directly on the form OR print it out and fill out by hand. 
• Email: Submit form to the Municipal Clerk Office by uploading it here.
• Mail: OPRA Requests can be mailed to: 
  Municipal Clerk's Office
  1766 Union Avenue
  Hazlet, NJ 07730

Other Governmental Records

• Monmouth County
• State of New Jersey OPRA

Public Record Information
Under OPRA, a public record is any paper, written or printed book, document, drawing, map, plan, photograph, microfilm, data processed or image processed document, information stored or maintained electronically or by sound-recording or in a similar device, or any copy thereof, that has been made, maintained or kept on file . . . or that has been received in the course of his or its official business. [N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 }

Exceptions 
Our office may be restricted by fulfilling an OPRA request: 

• If the record does not exist and one must be created to respond to the request
• Information that could jeopardize computer security
• Personal identifying information. Specifically, Social security numbers, credit card numbers, unlisted phone numbers and drivers license numbers. 
• Any record within the attorney-client privilege.
• and more.