New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 18 - EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE › Subchapter 11 - ORGANIZATION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION › Section 13:18-11.3 - Government records; examination; purchase of copies; exemption

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) All government records shall be subject to public access unless exempt from such access by 47:1A-1 et seq. as amended and supplemented, any other statute, resolution of either or both houses of the Legislature, Executive Order of the Governor, Rules of Court, any Federal law, Federal regulation or Federal order, or regulation promulgated under the authority of any statute or Executive Order of the Governor. Where it shall appear that a person who has been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of this State, any other state or the United States is seeking government records containing personal information pertaining to the person's victim or the victim's family including, but not limited to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work or school address, work telephone number, social security account number, medical history or any other identifying information, the right of access shall be denied in accordance with 47:1A-2.2. Government records shall be readily accessible for inspection, copying, or examination by any person, with certain exceptions found within 47:1A-1 for the protection of the public interest, during the regular business hours of the Motor Vehicle Commission at the Trenton Regional Service Center, 120 South Stockton Street, Trenton, New Jersey or other office of the Motor Vehicle Commission as determined by the Custodian of Records. Any person shall have the right to inspect, copy, or examine government records under reasonable supervision during regular business hours. Any person shall have the right to purchase copies of government records by written request upon payment of the fee as set forth in 13:18-11.4.
(b) The right of inspection, copying, or examination of government records pursuant to 47:1A-3 may be denied in cases where the record or records being sought for inspection, copying, or examination pertain to any investigation in progress, if the inspection, copying, or examination of such record or records is inimical to the public interest.
(c) The Motor Vehicle Commission's database and the information contained in it do not constitute government records. In no event shall data or information contained in the database be provided to any person or entity which seeks to use such information for the purpose of commercial solicitation for profit or political canvassing or campaigning or any similar purpose or objective.
(d) Motor vehicle records shall be released in accordance with the provisions of the New Jersey Drivers' Privacy Protection Act (39:2-3.3 through 3.7, inclusive).
(e) In the interest of public safety and privacy, the government records listed below shall only be made available for inspection, examination, and copying by a person who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission that he or she is the person to whom the record pertains or that he or she has a legitimate beneficial interest in the requested record for the protection of his or her property rights or the protection of any interest the person may have in any matter affecting the person to which said record is relevant. Availability may be limited to that part of the record which is particularly relevant to the person, and personal information may be deleted from the copy of such record. Such records include all those government records of the Motor Vehicle Commission relating to:
1. Driver licenses;
2. Vehicle registrations;
3. Vehicle titles; and
4. Driver histories.