40:56-63. Collection of assessments
Immediately after the delivery to the tax collecting officer of the city of a certified copy of the report and order or judgment, the assessment shall be payable immediately. The said officer shall immediately after delivery of the same to him, send out by mail or deliver bills for such assessment to the owners of property affected thereby. The collector shall enter the date and amount of each payment on his duplicate in the proper column opposite the item of the assessment on account of which payment is made, and shall also enter the same in a proper cash book credited to the taxpayer, and shall also enter therein a designation of the property on which the tax was paid, the total amount of the assessment and the interest and penalty charged. The cash book shall be provided by the collector at the expense of the taxing district, and shall be the property of the taxing district, and be open at all reasonable times for public inspection. The body controlling the finances may make additional regulations for recording, accounting for and collecting assessments.
Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 708, s. 200, eff. March 19, 1953.
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