Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:1-42

  • 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
The commissioner may bid for and purchase any property, real and personal, heretofore or hereafter exposed to sale under the order or decree of any court for the payment and satisfaction of any claim for taxes held by this state, and take and hold the title to the property, real and personal, so purchased in his official name, style and title, but he shall in no case bid a higher price for such property than shall be sufficient to save the amount due to the state upon its claim.