2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 54 - Taxation
Section 54:5-104.74 - Further foreclosure proceedings by municipality; title of purchaser not affected; contents of notice and complaint.

54:5-104.74 Further foreclosure proceedings by municipality; title of purchaser not affected; contents of notice and complaint.

3. Notwithstanding the prior sale of the property by the municipality or abandoned property certificate holder, the municipality or abandoned property certificate holder in any case, as provided for in the preceding section, shall have the right to further so foreclose or reforeclose the tax sale certificates for the purpose of correcting or overcoming any irregularity in the prior foreclosure proceeding, or to bar any outstanding right of redemption of the lands from the tax sale which resulted in the said tax sale certificate, which right was not barred by the said prior foreclosure proceeding, but could have been, in the manner provided by the In Rem Tax Foreclosure Act (1948), P.L.1948, c.96 (C.54:5-104.29 et seq.), to which P.L.1955, c.278 (C.54:5-104.72 et seq.) is a supplement, if that act was then in effect; provided, however, that in any such foreclosure proceeding brought pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1955, c.278 (C.54:5-104.73) the judgment of foreclosure therein obtained shall not affect the right, title, and interest in said lands of the said purchaser from the municipality or abandoned property certificate holder or of any person deriving an interest therein from, through, or by any action of, the said purchaser, and the said judgment shall bar such outstanding interests as are foreclosed for the benefit of the said purchaser and the governing body of the municipality may by resolution or abandoned property certificate holder may as otherwise provided by law, as the case may be, authorize the giving to the said purchaser a confirmatory deed.

In every such further foreclosure, or reforeclosure proceeding, brought pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1955, c.278 (C.54:5-104.73) or this section, the municipality or abandoned property certificate holder shall clearly set forth in the notice and in the complaint, that the proceeding is instituted pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1955, c.278 (C.54:5-104.73) or this section, and that the judgment to be obtained will specifically contain a provision giving full effect to the foregoing proviso and such judgment shall contain appropriate provisions to that effect.

L.1955, c.278, s.3; amended 2015, c.16, s.8.