Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:1-94

  • 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.
  • 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
9. a. Whenever any law, rule or regulation provides for the review, revision or correction of an assessor‘s list or duplicate, or a list of added or omitted properties, that review, revision or correction shall be performed by the county assessor in the pilot county, except any correction performed as the result of an assessment appeal, which correction shall be made by the county board of taxation after notice to the county assessor.

b. Any reference in any law, rule, or regulation to a revised and corrected assessor’s list or duplicate in the pilot county, except in the case of a revision or correction made pursuant to an assessment appeal, shall mean the list or duplicate reviewed, revised or corrected by the county assessor.

L.2009, c.118, s.9.