New Jersey § 52:27-39
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 52:27-39, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 52:27-39.
If a municipality in which the municipal finance commission may be or may have been
functioning shall for eight years have been in arrears in the payment of the whole
or any part of any taxes levied in the municipality for either State, State school
or county purposes or any interest thereon, the county may in accordance with this
act 1 enter into a compromise settlement in full discharge of all claim of such county
and its treasurer for any taxes for State, State school or county purposes, or any
interest thereon, or for any note or bond or other receivable, due and in arrears
at the date of such settlement from the municipality, together with any interest thereon,
whether such taxes, interest or other receivable have been due and in arrears for
more or for less than eight years. 1
N.J.S.A. §§ 52:27-39.1 to 52:27-39.5.
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