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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 54, TAXATION

    Chapter 49: Tax a debt and lien; preference; proceeds paid to commissioner

      Section: 54:49-1: Tax a debt and lien; preference; proceeds paid to commissioner

           The taxes, fees, interest and penalties imposed by any such State tax law, or by this subtitle, from the time the same shall be due, shall be a personal debt of the taxpayer to the State, recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction in an action in debt in the name of the State. Such debt, whether sued upon or not, shall be a lien on all the property of the debtor except as against an innocent purchaser for value in the usual course of business and without notice thereof, and except as may be provided to the contrary in any other law, and shall have preference in any distribution of the assets of the taxpayer, whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or otherwise. The proceeds of any judgment or order obtained hereunder shall be paid to the commissioner.

Amended by L.1952, c. 169, p. 544, s. 1.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:56.






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