New Jersey Statutes 54:3-21.3. Fees
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:3-21.3
- 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.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
(a) If the assessed valuation of the property under appeal is:
Less than $150,000.00, the fee shall be ……………… $5.00
$150,000.00 or more but less than $500,000.00,
the fee shall be ………………………………. $25.00
$500,000.00 or more but less than $1,000,000.00,
the fee shall be ………………………………. $100.00
$1,000,000.00 or more, the fee shall be ………………… $150.00
(b) When the appeal shall involve only the classification of property, for each parcel of property sought to be reclassified the fee shall be $25.00.
(c) When the appeal shall involve both the assessed valuation of property and the classification of property, the fees shall be according to the provisions of (a) and (b) of this section.
(d) When the appeal shall involve a matter not covered by (a), (b) or (c), the full fee to be paid shall be $25.00.
(e) No filing fee shall be required hereunder to contest the denial of an application for a veteran’s or veteran’s widow’s deduction under section 11 of P.L.1963, c. 171 (C. 54:4-8.20), for a senior citizen’s or disabled person’s deduction under section 10 of P.L.1963, c. 172 (C. 54:4-89), or for a homestead exemption under P.L.1976, c. 72 (C. 54:4-3.80 et seq.).
Each county tax administrator shall be liable for all such fees paid into his hands and he shall pay over all such fees to the treasurer of the county, who shall receive, account and dispose of such fees as revenues of the county, subject to the provisions of section 18 of this amendatory and supplementary act.
L.1947, c. 93, p. 500, s. 1. Amended by L.1968, c. 463, s. 1, eff. Feb. 21, 1969; L.1979, c. 499, s. 17, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.