Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:4-124

  • collector: when used in relation to the collection of taxes or water rents or other public assessments, includes all officers charged with the duty of collecting such taxes, water rents or assessments, unless a particular officer is specified. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • 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
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Upon his appointment, the receiver, by and with the approval of the governing body of such municipality, in all cases where the real property in question is encumbered by a first mortgage shall appoint such first mortgagee, if such mortgagee is a proper person and is willing to accept such appointment, as the receiver’s agent to collect the rents and income from such real property and manage the same and in all other cases the receiver, by and with the approval of the governing body of such municipality may designate the person in charge or management of such real property or some other competent person as the receiver’s agent to collect the rents and income from such real property and manage the same, which mortgagee or other person shall account promptly to the collector for the rents and income so collected; provided, however, that if the mortgagee or other person so designated is derelict in collecting or accounting for such rents and income or in the management of such real property, the collector shall apply to the court for the removal of such designated mortgagee or other person, upon notice in writing to him, and the court upon removing such designated mortgagee or other person, in its discretion, may designate another person to collect the rents and income from such real property and manage the same and account to the collector for the rents and income of such real property as aforesaid.

L.1939, c. 362, p. 871, s. 2.