Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:4-86

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • 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
  • 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
If a sufficient amount shall not be realized by the first distress and sale, the collector may make further seizures and sales from time to time in the same manner, and the governing body may, after the collector has made his return of uncollected taxes, appoint by resolution some person other than the collector to be collector of arrears and to make the distress and sale or arrest and imprisonment. The resolution shall name the delinquents and the amounts to be made either specifically or by reference to the collector’s list or other specific list thereof, on file with the clerk, and the body shall fix the amount of and approve the bond for the faithful performance of his duties which the collector of arrears shall give with sureties before he shall act.
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