New Jersey Statutes 54:4-98. Action when payment is made; cancellation of record
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:4-98
- 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
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
When any such revision, alteration, adjustment or settlement of taxes or assessments, or both, and the interest or penalties thereon shall be made, and the person making the application shall, within thirty days after such revision, alteration, adjustment or settlement, pay the amount fixed or determined by the revision, alteration, adjustment or settlement, the tax collector or such person as may be authorized by law to receive them, shall make and deliver to the person so paying them a receipt therefor, and shall forthwith cancel the record of the taxes or assessments, or both, together with all interest and penalties which may have accrued thereon. The taxes or assessments, or both, together with all interest and penalties which may have accrued thereon, shall thereupon cease to be a lien upon the real estate upon which they were levied or assessed, or to affect the personal property or its owner, and shall be deemed to have been fully paid, satisfied and discharged.