2A:66-3 - Assessment of property by court; lien of assessment; exception - New Jersey Statutes

2A:66-3.  Assessment of property by court;  lien of assessment; exception    If, in a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ to review an assessment for  a local or public improvement, the assessment is set aside or reversed only as  to the plaintiff in such proceeding, and the property in which such assessment  was assessed is in fact liable to assessment in respect to the purpose for  which such assessment was made, the superior court shall, upon application for  that purpose, determine for what sum such property is liable to be assessed,  and by its judgment fix the amount of such assessment.  The assessment so fixed  shall be and remain a first lien upon such property and collectible in the same  manner as the balance of the original assessment.

    This section shall not apply to any assessment set aside or reversed more than three years prior to the making of the application.
 
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.