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.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 54:5-18
Failure to issue search or disclose official when demanded; effect
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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