54:5-18 - Failure to issue search or disclose official when demanded; effect - New Jersey Statutes

54:5-18.  Failure to issue search or disclose official when demanded; effect
    If the official designated in the manner provided in section 54:5-11 of this  title fails to issue the tax search at his office within the time provided by  this article, or if the municipal clerk upon written demand shall fail within  fifteen days to state the name and place of office of the official of the  municipality duly designated to make tax searches, a person acquiring an  interest in lands described in the application or demand and relying thereon  shall hold the lands free from municipal liens existing and held by the  municipality at the date of the application or demand.