Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:38A-4

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
Any such alteration, revision, compromise or settlement shall be null and void unless the amount agreed to be paid pursuant thereto shall be paid within the time or times fixed in said agreement and in such event all payments made thereunder shall belong to the State and shall be credited upon the arrears of taxes and interest or interest penalties due. Upon payment in full of the amount agreed to be paid pursuant to the terms of such agreement of alteration, revision, compromise or settlement, the person or persons so paying shall be entitled to receive a receipt for such payment in the manner and form provided by section 54:35-8 of the Revised Statutes, which shall be a proper voucher as provided therein, and the commissioner or the director shall issue a statement in the manner and form provided in section 54:35-9 of the Revised Statutes, which may be recorded in the manner and form therein set forth. If a judgment or decree has been entered in favor of the State of New Jersey, the commissioner or the director, upon payment of the amount agreed upon or upon determination that the assessment be canceled, shall execute and record a proper satisfaction of the lien, claim, judgment or decree in accordance with the facts.

L.1945, c. 127, p. 482, s. 2.