Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:4-88

  • 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
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • 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
No person appointed collector of arrears under section 54:4-86 of this title shall receive compensation for the payment of taxes in arrears where such taxes shall be paid as a result of litigation instituted by or on behalf of the taxing district, except the distress, sale or imprisonment proceedings provided by sections 54:4-84 to 54:4-87 of this title. The appointment of such person shall not prevent the governing body of the taxing district from directing the collection of any particular delinquent taxes by the law officer of the taxing district. The appointment of such person as collector of arrears shall be subject to revocation by the governing body at any time.