When a debt is proved against the estate of the decedent, after payment of legacies or distribution of property from which the tax has been deducted, or upon which the tax has been paid, and a refund is made by the legatee, devisee, heir or next of kin to pay such debt, a proportion of the tax so paid shall be repaid to him by the executor, administrator or trustee, if the tax has not been paid to the state tax commissioner, or, by the state treasurer if the same has been paid into the state treasury.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 54:35-11
Refund when debts proved after legacies and distributive shares paid
Known as the Uniform Transitional Utility Assessment Act
The act spans §§ 54:10A-1 to 54:8A-99 (2,083 sections).
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