ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
01-2-4462 State v. Markovic, App. Div. (per curiam) (9 pp.) The State appeals from the Law Division’s dismissal of Borough of Fair Lawn complaints issued to defendant for failure to register as well as pay fire registration fees and penalties pursuant to a Borough ordinance. Defendant is the owner of three commercial properties in Fair Lawn. She was charged in six complaints with failing to register her properties with the Borough in accordance with the New Jersey Uniform Fire Safety Act and the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code between 1998 and 2012. The judge ordered that defense counsel could inspect three years of fire records and make photocopies of the records he wanted. Four weeks later, the judge dismissed the complaints because the discovery he ordered had not been supplied. Because the judge failed to state his findings when dismissing the complaints for “failure to provide basic discovery” after opposing counsel disagreed as to the discovery provided, the appellate panel reverses and remands.
