A 855 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Permits municipalities to adopt ordinances to enforce certain landlord code violations as tax liens.

This bill permits New Jersey municipalities to convert unpaid housing, building, or health code violation fines for residential properties into tax liens after 13 months of non-payment. Municipalities must first provide landlords with 90 days' written notice and an opportunity to pay the fine or request a hearing, unless the landlord is unregistered (in which case notice is waived). The lien is then added to the property's next tax bill, accruing interest and collected by municipal tax officials like a standard property tax. This change applies to fines issued under housing, building, or health codes for residential rentals.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee
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Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
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