New Jersey § 54:4-62
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 54:4-62, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 54:4-62.
a. If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Superior Court, in a proceeding in
lieu of prerogative writ, that an assessment of taxes reviewed thereby is at a rate
higher than authorized by the law or resolution authorizing the assessment, or that
the value of taxable property for which a person is therein assessed, is too great,
the court shall amend the assessment and reduce it to the proper and just amount,
in accordance with the provisions of this act. b. Whenever the Superior Court is satisfied by the proofs that the ratio of the assessed
valuation of the subject property to its true value exceeds the upper limit or falls
below the lower limit of the common level range, it shall revise the taxable value
of the property by applying the average ratio to the true value of the property except
as hereinafter provided. c. If the average ratio is below the county percentage level, and the ratio of the
assessed value of the subject property to its true value exceeds the county percentage
level, the court shall reduce the taxable value of the property by applying the average
ratio to the true value of the property. d. If both the average ratio and the ratio of the assessed value of the subject property
to its true value exceed the county's percentage level, the court shall revise the
taxable value of the property by applying the county percentage level to the true
value of the property. e. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any appeal from an assessment of
real property taken with respect to the tax year in which the taxing district shall
have completed and put into operation a district-wide revaluation program approved
by the Director of Taxation pursuant to chapter 424, laws of 1971. 1 1
N.J.S.A. §§ 54:1-35.35 to 54:1-35.37.
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