Unpaid taxes a continuous lien; penalties and costs.

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NJ Code › Title 54 › Chapter 5 › Section 5-6

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54:5-6. Taxes on lands and payments in lieu of property taxes pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2016, c.5 (C.52:27BBBB-20) shall be a continuous lien on the land on which they are assessed and all subsequent taxes, or payments in lieu of property taxes pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2016, c.5 (C.52:27BBBB-20), as appropriate, interest, penalties and costs of collection which thereafter fall due or accrue shall be added to and be a part of such initial lien. amended 1944, c.247; 1991, c.75, s.42; 1994, c.32, s.5; 2016, c.5, s.8.

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