County file · figures not proven
Sussex County
Geography is bound. Every dollar, vote, and firm on this page is blank until Sussex County’s own Annual Debt Statement or official statement is attached. A number found in an old audit or a city’s bond issue does not fill this row.
What is already on the record
Issuer
Sussex County, New Jersey
County seat
Newton
NJ.gov and State Archives seat table.
FIPS
34037
Annual Debt Statement
Required by January 31 for the prior December 31.
N.J.S.A. 40A:2-40. The duty is bound. This year’s statement is not attached.
Net-debt cap
2.00% of the three-year average equalized valuation
N.J.S.A. 40A:2-6. Municipalities are capped at 3.50% under the same statute.
Conflict statute
Local Government Ethics Law applies statewide.
School boards are a different statute. This file does not flatten them in.
What stays blank
Blank is the score. Filling these from a guess would make the file look finished when it is not.
Gross debt
None attached
Net debt
None attached
Three-year average equalized valuation
None attached
Net debt as a percent of valuation
None attached
Yearly operating-fund hit
None attached
This is the number a resident can compare to schools, roads, and payroll. It stays blank until the budget page is attached.
Latest Annual Debt Statement year
None attached
Official statement / EMMA
None attached
Underwriter
None attached
Municipal advisor
None attached
Bond counsel
None attached
Covered-person filing on a named series
Not requested this sitting
A targeted yes/no plus amount-band rule is a local ethics choice. This file does not invent that request.
How this file gets finished
- Attach the calendar-year 2025 Annual Debt Statement: gross, deductions, net, valuation, and the statutory percent.
- Attach the latest official statement: series, advisor, underwriter, counsel, and the first-year hit.
- Attach the budget debt-service page and the audit note.
- Note whether the county has its own ethics board or sits with the Local Finance Board.
Municipalities inside Sussex County also borrow. School districts borrow under a different ethics law. Those are other files.