Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:4-96

  • 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.
  • 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
When taxes or assessments, or both, levied and assessed against real property are in arrears and unpaid and the owner of the real property or other person having an interest therein shall make application in writing to the governing body of the municipality in which the property is situate for a revision, adjustment and reduction of the taxes or assessments, or both, and the governing body shall determine that the sum of the taxes or assessments, or both, and the interest due thereon is greater in amount than the value of the real property upon which they were levied, assessed and fixed, the governing body may fix and determine an amount to be accepted by the municipality in full satisfaction of the taxes or assessments, or both, and the interest accrued thereon. If, within thirty days from the date of that determination, the petitioner shall pay to the collector of taxes or other proper officer of the municipality the amount so fixed and determined, it shall be accepted in full satisfaction of all such taxes, assessments and interest thereon. The collector or other proper municipal officer shall forthwith enter on his records the sum as in full payment, satisfaction and discharge of such taxes, assessments and interest, and they shall cease to be a lien upon the real property on which they were levied or assessed. If the sum so fixed and determined is not paid within thirty days after the determination by the governing body, all proceedings under this section shall be without force and effect.
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