{"id":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-087","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey (Legislature; every public-records custodian)","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J. Const. art. IV","instrument":"P.L. 2020, Chapter 10 (Assembly Bill No. 3849)","title":"An Act concerning the availability of government records during periods of emergency and amending P.L.2001, c.404","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20 (\u0027This act shall take effect immediately\u0027)","end":"Operates during any declared state of emergency, public health emergency or local disaster emergency; New Jersey\u0027s public health emergency ended June 4, 2021 and its state of emergency continued through and beyond 2021 Q3","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["custodians of government records (State, county and municipal)","requestors (title companies, law firms, contractors, media, businesses)"],"clause":"(2) During a period declared pursuant to the laws of this State as a state of emergency, public health emergency, or state of local disaster emergency, the deadlines by which to respond to a request for, or grant or deny access to, a government record under paragraph (1) of this subsection or subsection e. of this section shall not apply, provided, however, that the custodian of a government record shall make a reasonable effort, as the circumstances permit, to respond to a request for access to a government record within seven business days or as soon as possible thereafter.","enforcement":"Statute (the seven-business-day deemed-denial rule of N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(i)(1) suspended)","functions":["CT public-records access for title searches, due diligence, permits and litigation","PM permit and property records","OF","CB"],"notes":"Every New Jersey custodian, from municipal clerks to county recorders, lost the statutory response deadline while emergency declarations ran; a 2021 Q3 instrument by its terms because the state of emergency continued.","sourceUrl":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2020/PL20/10_.PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":23671,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-087","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-087","citation":"New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy, P.L. 2020, Chapter 10 (Assembly Bill No. 3849) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-087)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-038"]}