§ 53:2-3 — Certified copies of reports, photographs or other information pertaining to automobile accident or other casualty in file; public access; fees

The Superintendent of State Police is authorized upon request, to supply to any applicant a certified copy of any report, photograph, or of any other related information of or pertaining to any automobile accident or other casualty, on file in the Division of State Police. The Superintendent of State Police, subject to the approval of the Attorney General, may prescribe rules and regulations governing applications for any such certified copies, and the said superintendent may decline to issue any such certified copy when, in his judgment, the interests of law enforcement and public safety so require. The Superintendent of State Police shall be paid $10.00 for each such certified copy and, if the said copy exceeds three folios, an additional $2.00 for every additional page containing three or less folios $5.00 for each photographic print up to 10 prints and $3.00 for each print thereafter, and the Superintendent of State Police shall pay the same over to the State Treasurer, but no such payment shall be required when the applicant is a law enforcement or other agency of the State or of any political subdivision thereof or of any other state or of the Government of the United States. L.1952, c. 117, p. 457, s. 1. Amended by L.1971, c. 312, s. 1, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.