Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:4-3.67

  • assessor: when used in relation to the assessment of taxes or water rents or other public assessments, includes all officers, boards or commissions charged with the duty of making such assessments, unless a particular officer, board or commission is specified. 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
  • 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
The Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection shall on or before September 15 of the pretax year certify that a property owner and the real property for which an exemption is claimed are qualified under the terms of this act and that a tax exemption would be in the public interest. The commissioner shall forthwith deliver such certification to the property owner and the tax assessor of the taxing district in which the real property is located.

L.1974, c. 167, s. 5, eff. Dec. 9, 1974.

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