Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:4-8.42

  • assessor: when used in relation to the assessment of taxes or water rents or other public assessments, includes all officers, boards or commissions charged with the duty of making such assessments, unless a particular officer, board or commission is specified. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • 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
  • 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
3. No deduction, as provided herein, shall be allowed except upon written application therefor, which application shall be on a form prescribed by the Director of the Division of Taxation, in the Department of the Treasury, and provided for the use of claimants hereunder by the governing body of the municipality constituting the taxing district in which such claim is to be filed and the application has been approved as provided in this act. As to claims for exemption from taxation filed with an assessor on or before November 1, 1963 on forms prescribed by the director, the assessor shall not require of any person who has filed such a claim the filing of an application for a tax deduction but shall approve such person for a tax deduction if it appears from the claim for exemption from taxation that such person meets all the other prerequisites required by this act for the approval of the tax deduction. Each assessor may at any time inquire into the right of a claimant to the continuance of a deduction hereunder and for that purpose he may require the filing of a new application or the submission of such proof as he shall deem necessary to determine the right of the claimant to continuance of such deduction.

L.1963,c.172,s.3; amended 1976, c.129, s.5; 1995, c.259, s.2; 1997, c.30, s.2.