Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:29A-58

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
In any case, where there has been a refusal or neglect to pay any tax heretofore or hereafter assessed to any taxpayer under this or any other act, and it has become necessary to seize and sell property and rights to property, whether real or personal, to satisfy the same, the Attorney-General at the request of the State Comptroller may institute an action in the Superior Court to enforce the lien of the State for the tax upon any property and rights to property, whether real or personal, or to subject any such property and rights to property owned by the delinquent taxpayer or in which it has any right, title, or interest, to the payment of such tax.

L.1941, c. 291, p. 792, s. 58. Amended by L.1953, c. 51, p. 922, s. 135.