Office of the City Clerk
520 Market Street
City Hall, Room 105
P.O. Box 95120
Camden, NJ 08101-5120
Phone: 856-757-7223
Fax: 856-757-7220
Email: OPERARequest@ci.camden.nj.us

Records are the lifeblood of all governmental entities; without records there can be no government. Good government demands continuous, well-managed records and transparent information services functioning within an efficient and secure environment, safe from potential loss.

Under New Jersey law, it is the legal mandate of the Municipal Clerk to act as the legal custodian of all municipal records as per N.J.S.A. 40A:9-133c(6). Pursuant to this mandate, the Municipal Clerk has assigned the Records Management Unit, which shall be supervised by the Records Manager acting as the direct reporting agent of the Municipal Clerk in matters pertaining to public records and documents and the preservation, disposal and retention of same.

The Records Management Unit is thus mandated to deal with matters of records retention and storage (whether they are hard copy or electronic copy), destruction (coordinated with approval with the New Jersey Division of Archives and Records Management) as well as working on material and projects involving historical preservation.

To learn more about the City's policies and records procedures, document imaging system processes, OPRA or other relevant information, please review the following (available for ready downloading):

The City of Camden General Policies and procedures for Electronic / Document Imaging and Records Management (PDF)

City of Camden Records Management and Document Imaging General Users Training Manual (PDF)

Citizens Guide to OPRA (Open Public Records Act) (PDF)

Records Retention Online Schedules (in Excel format)

For more information, please visit the New Jersey Division of Archives and Records Management: http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/.