Any background investigation conducted by the chief of police, the Superintendent or the county prosecutor, of any applicant for a permit, firearms identification card license, or registration, in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, is not a public record and shall not be disclosed to any person not authorized by law or this chapter to have access to such investigation, including the applicant. Any application for a permit, firearms identification card, or license, and any document reflecting the issuance or denial of such permit, firearms identification card, or license, and any permit, firearms identification card, license, certification, certificate, form of register, or registration statement, maintained by any State or municipal governmental agency, is not a public record and shall not be disclosed to any person not authorized by law or this chapter to have access to such documentation, including the applicant, except on the request of persons acting in their governmental capacities for purposes of the administration of justice.
N.J. Admin. Code § 13:54-1.15
See: 24 N.J.R. 3022(a), 24 N.J.R. 4068(a).
Revised section.
Repeal and New Rule, R.1995 d.233, effective 5/1/1995.
See: 27 N.J.R. 305(a), 27 N.J.R. 1807(a).
Formerly "Confidentiality of background investigations, permits, licenses, firearms identification cards, registrations and applications".