Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:4-131

  • 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
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • 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
In all cases where a receiver is in possession of such real property by appointment of the court in a mortgage foreclosure suit or in any suit wherein a receiver is charged with the collection of the rents and income of such real property, and the owner or any person interested therein or the receiver thereof shall fail or refuse to make proper payments to the collector upon delinquent taxes against such real property or delinquent taxes for which such real property has been sold, including penalties, interest and other charges and costs, the collector, at any time during the pendency of any such suit, may intervene by verified petition in such suit and apply to the court for such order or orders as the court may deem proper for the payment of such delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and other charges and costs, in accordance with the priority of lien and right of such taxes, penalties, interest and other charges and costs, as is by law provided for other liens, rights and interests.

L.1939, c. 362, p. 874, s. 9.