ASSEMBLY LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 181

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: FEBRUARY 3, 1997

      The Assembly Local Government Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 181.

      Senate Bill No. 181 would authorize a municipality to enact an ordinance requiring owners of real estate to register their actual residential address with a municipality if the owners did not reside at the residence, in the case of residential property, or did not conduct business at the location, in the case of commercial property. The objective of this bill is to assist municipalities in locating absentee owners of real property.

      Under this bill, a municipality could require an owner to supply it with his residential street address, including the street name, rural delivery route, and any post office box which may be part of the address. The bill defines "street address" to mean the address at which the person actually resides.

      The bill would include all types of real estate, including commercial or residential property, improved or unimproved lots, single family homes, multiple dwellings, and property held in any manner, including fee simple, condominium, or cooperative forms of ownership.

      The municipal clerk would have the option of sending a copy of any address registered to the appropriate county clerk's office for additional filing and indexing.