The Clerk of the Superior Court or the surrogate of the county shall, within ten days after the probate of a foreign or domestic will, the filing of a copy of a foreign will or the taking out of letters of administration, notify the Director of the Division of Taxation thereof in writing. If the clerk or surrogate fails so to notify the director, he shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars, ($200.00), to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the State.

Amended by L.1953, c. 51, p. 927, s. 141.