Manchester Township Phone Directory Search

Search the Manchester Township phone directory to find phone numbers for local offices and residents. Manchester Township is in Ocean County, New Jersey, with about 43,000 residents. The township is one of the larger communities in Ocean County by both land area and population. You can use the Manchester Township phone directory to reach the municipal clerk, tax collector, zoning office, and police department. The search tool on this page also lets you look up people by name across public records databases.

Manchester Township Phone Contacts

The Manchester Township Municipal Clerk is the main point of contact for phone directory requests and public records. The clerk maintains a list of all department phone numbers and can route your call to the correct office. Under New Jersey law, the clerk is the designated custodian of records for OPRA requests.

The Manchester Township Municipal Clerk website shown below provides direct access to township contacts, meeting schedules, and OPRA request forms.

From the clerk's page, you can find phone numbers for public works, recreation, animal control, and other departments in Manchester Township.

Manchester Township Directory Online

The NJ OPRA Portal makes it simple to search for phone listings in Manchester Township. The portal covers every municipality, school district, and fire district in New Jersey. You type in the agency name, describe what records you need, and the portal sends your request to the right custodian. It also tracks the seven-day response clock required by N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.

Manchester Township sits in Ocean County. The Ocean County Clerk, John Catalano, maintains offices in Toms River, Lakewood, and Manahawkin. The main office is at the Ocean County Courthouse, 118 Washington Street, Toms River, NJ 08753. The Ocean County Clerk's website provides a full staff directory and phone list for every division. You can reach the clerk at (732) 929-2018 for questions about county-level records or contacts.

For property records tied to Manchester Township addresses, the Ocean County Clerk's website gives access to deeds, mortgages, liens, and tax information. These records can help you find names and addresses linked to a property, which may connect to phone listings in the Manchester Township phone directory.

Note: The Ocean County Clerk's Southern Service Center in Manahawkin is at 179 South Main Street, phone (609) 597-1500.

Manchester Township Phone Directory Laws

The Open Public Records Act gives you the right to request phone directory information from Manchester Township. Under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, government records must be open for inspection. The law covers a wide range of formats: paper, digital, email, and audio. A department phone list or staff roster is clearly a government record under this definition.

Agencies must respond to requests within seven business days. Copy fees are low. Letter-size pages cost $0.05 each. Legal-size pages cost $0.07. Electronic records sent by email are free of charge. If a request is complex and needs extra time, the custodian must notify you with an estimate of when the records will be ready.

Some personal phone numbers in the Manchester Township phone directory may be shielded. Daniel's Law protects judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers from having their home numbers listed in public records. These covered persons register through the state Office of Information Privacy. However, their work phone numbers at township offices remain in the public directory.

Ocean County Phone Directory for Manchester

Ocean County provides a range of public records that support the Manchester Township phone directory. The county maintains court records, property records, vital records, business records, and tax records for all municipalities. Public terminals at the Ocean County Clerk's Office in Toms River let you search property records and business filings at no cost. The Ocean County Law Library also has free terminals for legal research.

Standard fees for Ocean County records are $0.05 per letter-size page and $0.07 per legal-size page. Certified copies of court records cost $10.00 per document. Property record certified copies are $10.00 for the first page and $1.00 for each page after that. Vital records cost $25.00 per certificate. The county provides some records free online, including meeting minutes, budget documents, and election results.

The OPRA Laws Page screenshot below shows the state resource for understanding your rights when requesting phone directory information from Manchester Township and Ocean County.

This page explains penalty structures, response times, and exemptions that apply to phone directory and public records requests across New Jersey.

Find People in Manchester Township

The Manchester Township phone directory search at the top of this page can help you locate anyone by name. Public records databases pull data from many sources across Ocean County and the state to build a profile for each person.

Sources for Manchester Township phone directory listings include:

• Ocean County voter registration files
• Property deeds and tax assessment records
• Court case records from the NJ judiciary
• Business name filings with the county clerk
• State motor vehicle registration data
• Utility connection records

These records are public under New Jersey law. Combining them gives a broader view than any single source. You can use the Manchester Township phone directory to reconnect with old contacts, verify a number, or check who lives at a given address. The tool is free to use and draws from the latest available public records.

If an agency refuses to release a phone listing or directory, you can file a complaint with the Government Records Council at 1-866-850-0511. The GRC handles disputes at no cost and can order agencies to release records. Under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-11, agencies that violate OPRA face fines starting at $1,000.

Ocean County Phone Directory

Manchester Township is part of Ocean County. The county clerk handles property recordings, elections, and public records for every town in the county. For county-level phone numbers and more resources, visit the Ocean County phone directory page.

View Ocean County Phone Directory