§ 54:3-1 County boards of taxation continued
§ 54:3-2 Taxation board members
§ 54:3-3 Terms; vacancies
§ 54:3-4 Oath; filing
§ 54:3-5 President of board; election; duties on written memorandum of judgments
§ 54:3-5.1 Reports to the director
§ 54:3-6 Salaries of board members
§ 54:3-7 County tax administrator
§ 54:3-7.1 Reference to secretary of county board of taxation to mean and refer to office of county tax administrator
§ 54:3-7.2 Training program
§ 54:3-8 Salaries of administrator, assistants
§ 54:3-9 Tenure
§ 54:3-10 Administrator; removal; charges in writing; notice; trial; appeal
§ 54:3-11 County boards of taxation replace predecessors
§ 54:3-12 Other county and local boards abolished; exception
§ 54:3-13 Secure taxation at taxable value
§ 54:3-14 Petitions of appeal, rules, regulations and procedures; directions; record; transcript
§ 54:3-15 Boards to view assessed properties; meetings
§ 54:3-16 Administrator; responsibility for administrative functions and assessors; rules
§ 54:3-17 Ratio of assessment to value; equalization table; copies to assessors
§ 54:3-18 Meeting to review equalization table; hearing and notice
§ 54:3-19 Valuations of property as confirmed to be final; copies of table
§ 54:3-20 Assessment of omitted property
§ 54:3-20.1 Reference to one or more members to take testimony
§ 54:3-21 Appeal by taxpayer or taxing district; petition; complaint; exception
§ 54:3-21.3 Fees
§ 54:3-21.3a Use of revenues from fees
§ 54:3-22 Hearing of appeals; witnesses; evidence; revision of taxable value; grounds; computation
§ 54:3-23 Disobedience of witness, punishment
§ 54:3-24 Perjury
§ 54:3-25 Quorum; majority may act
§ 54:3-26 Hearing, determination of appeals
§ 54:3-26a Action or determination of county board of taxation; review by tax court
§ 54:3-26b Review of judgment of county board of taxation
§ 54:3-26.1 Extension of time for hearing appeal
§ 54:3-27 Payment of taxes pending appeal
§ 54:3-27.2 Refund of excess taxes; interest
§ 54:3-28 Removal of member for cause; successor
§ 54:3-30 Permanent offices in certain counties; records public
§ 54:3-31 Traveling expenses of members and administrator paid by governing body
§ 54:3-32 Preparation of annual budget request by county tax administrator

Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 54 > Chapter 3 - County Boards of Taxation Continued

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • 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
  • census: means the latest Federal census effective within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • 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
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • oath: includes "affirmation. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, evidences of debt, choses in action and all written instruments by which any right to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, property or any debt or financial obligation is created, acknowledged, evidenced, transferred, discharged or defeated, in whole or in part, and everything except real property as herein defined which may be the subject of ownership. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • 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
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • 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
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.