Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:4-8.26

  • 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
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, evidences of debt, choses in action and all written instruments by which any right to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, property or any debt or financial obligation is created, acknowledged, evidenced, transferred, discharged or defeated, in whole or in part, and everything except real property as herein defined which may be the subject of ownership. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • taxing district: when used in a law relating to the assessment or collection of taxes, assessments or water rates or water rents, include every political division of the State, less than a county, whose inhabitants, governing body or officers have the power to levy taxes, assessments or rates. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
2. a. No deferment of any tax amount assessed against real and personal property pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2015, c.277 (C. 54:4-8.25) shall be allowed except upon written application therefor, on a form prescribed by the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury, and provided by the governing body of the municipality constituting the taxing district in which the application is to be filed. The application shall specify any documentation required to be submitted in order to ascertain that the applicant is qualified to receive the deferment. The Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2015, c.277 (C. 54:4-8.25 et seq.).

b. A resident eligible for a deferment of any tax amount assessed against real and personal property pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2015, c.277 (C. 54:4-8.25), or a person acting on behalf of the resident, shall file an application for deferment with the tax collector of the municipality in which the property is located. The application shall be accompanied by any documentation required to be submitted pursuant to subsection a. of this section. Upon receipt of an application for the deferment of payment and all required documentation by an eligible resident, the tax collector shall, within 30 calendar days, send a letter to the resident and any mortgagee incident to the payment of such tax amount notifying each of the effective date of the deferment.

c. No tax lien may be issued against the real and personal property for which the deferment of payment of a tax bill is granted pursuant to P.L.2015, c.277 (C. 54:4-8.25 et seq.) as the result of such deferment.

L.2015, c.277, s.2; amended 2016, c.63, s.3.

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