Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:5-49

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
54:5-49. a. Each certificate shall cover only such property as is assessed as one parcel, and shall be prepared ready for delivery to the purchaser within ten days after the sale, including the date of sale as the first day, or the purchaser, other than a total property tax levy purchaser, may refuse to accept it and be entitled to repayment of the purchase price. Thereupon the lien shall be vested in the municipality and a certificate of sale shall be made to it as if originally struck off to it. The certificate shall not be invalid because delivered after the expiration of that period.

b. Tax sale certificates to be issued to the purchaser of a total property tax levy shall be issued within 10 days following the tax sale and after the final fiscal year total property tax levy payment, or thereafter, according to the contract with the municipality. A resolution of entitlement to a tax sale certificate shall be provided by the municipality on any delinquent properties in bankruptcy. Tax sale certificates shall be issued at the conclusion of the bankruptcy proceedings, or earlier, if permissible in connection with the bankruptcy proceeding, dated as of the next tax sale date upon surrender of the resolution of entitlement to the municipality.

Amended 1997, c.99, s.7.