N.J. Stat. tit. 54, ch. 7

in effect

N.J. Stat. § 54:7-1 Action by governing body

Any municipal assessment, charge or lien against a parcel of real estate may be apportioned among proper subdivisions of the parcel by the governing body of the municipality in which the parcel is located.

N.J. Stat. § 54:7-2 Liens which may be apportioned

The assessments, charges or liens which may be so apportioned shall include assessments for taxes, assessments for benefits for local improvements and all other municipal charges which are or may become liens upon real estate, due or to become due and payable to the municipality, including the claim of the municipality under a sale for the enforcement of taxes or other municipal liens or charges.

N.J. Stat. § 54:7-3 Apportionment by application or on motion of governing body

The apportionment shall be made on the written application of any person interested, or on motion of the governing body without application, and shall be made according to the values of the respective subdivisions at the time the respective charges were imposed or levied, unless the claim is justly chargeable only to a particular part of the whole parcel.

N.J. Stat. § 54:7-4 Apportionment; resolution; copies filed

The governing body may make the apportionment by resolution. A copy of the apportionment shall be filed with the clerk and with the collecting officer of the municipality, and the charge as apportioned to each subdivision shall then be a charge or lien thereon, in the same manner as if originally so assessed or imposed.

N.J. Stat. § 54:7-5 Apportionment without notice; reapportionment; effect of difference

The apportionment may be made without notice to the interested parties, but in such case any interested party who did not waive notice may apply for a reapportionment on notice. If, on the reapportionment, a sum is apportioned to a subdivision in excess of the former apportionment, the amount of the excess shall be abated and lost to the municipality.

N.J. Stat. § 54:7-6 Notice; publication; service

Notice under section 54:7-5 of this title shall state the time and place of hearing on the application, and shall be given at least one week in advance by publication in a newspaper in which ordinances of the municipality may be published, and by personal service of a copy of the notice on each interested person who resides in the municipality.

N.J. Stat. § 54:7-7 Apportionment by designated municipal officer; appointment

The governing body, either in a particular case or by standing resolution, may direct the apportionment to be made by a municipal official, and may impose such lawful regulations as the resolution shall provide.

N.J. Stat. § 54:7-8 Map and deposit for expenses may be required

The governing body or authorized officer may require that the written application shall be accompanied by a map showing the entire parcel and the subdivisions desired and the deposit of a sum sufficient to cover the expenses of the notice and advertisement provided for in this article, and to pay the estimated amount apportionable to the subdivision in which the applicant is interested.

N.J. Stat. § 54:7-9 Apportionment of liens on lands taken for streets

When part of a plot or parcel of land has or shall have been taken for the opening, widening or extension of a street in a municipality, all taxes, assessments and water rents which shall be liens upon the whole plot or parcel of land from which the plot or parcel has or shall have been taken, shall be equitably and justly apportioned between the plot or parcel so taken and the balance that shall remain in the same manner as other apportionments are made.

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