2019 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties
Section 40:55D-122 - Recording of transfer; record to assessor; taxation

40:55D-122. Recording of transfer; record to assessor; taxation

a. All development transfers shall be recorded in the manner of a deed in the book of deeds in the office of the Burlington county clerk. This recording shall specify the lot and block number of the parcel in the sending zone from which the development potential was transferred and the lot and block number of the parcel in the receiving zone to which the development potential was transferred.

b. The county clerk shall transmit to the assessor of the municipality in which a development transfer has occurred a record of the transfer and all pertinent information required to value, assess, and tax the properties subjectto the transfer in a manner consistent with subsection c. of this section.

c. Property from which and to which development potential has been transferred shall be assessed at its fair market value reflecting this development transfer. Development potential that has been removed from a sending zone but has not yet been employed in a receiving zone shall not be assessed for real property taxation. Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect, or in any other way alter, the valuation assessment, or taxation of land that is valued, assessed, and taxed pursuant to the "Farmland Assessment Act of 1964," P.L.1964, c.48 (C.54:4-23.1 et seq.).

d. Property in a sending or receiving zone that has been subject to a development transfer shall be newly valued, assessed, and taxed as of October 1 next following the development transfer.

e. Development potential that has been conveyed from a property pursuant to this act is not subject to the fee imposed pursuant to P.L.1968, c.49 (C.46:15-5 et seq.).

L.1989,c.86,s.10.