{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-17-16f-26","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 17:16F-26","heading":"Unpaid property taxes, mortgagor may sue mortgagee","body":"If a mortgagor's property taxes remain unpaid so as to subject the mortgagor's property to a tax sale pursuant to Article 4 of the \"tax sale law\" (R.S.54:5-19 et seq.), and if the mortgagor's property tax payments are made by a mortgagee or a servicing organization which receives the original tax bill, and a mortgagor's name appears in the notice which the collector of taxes is required to print pursuant to R.S.54:5-25 due to the failure of the mortgagee or the servicing organization to resolve the delinquency, the mortgagor may sue the mortgagee or the servicing organization in a court of competent jurisdiction for damages, including court costs and attorneys' fees and the cost of printing a correction in the same newspaper or newspapers in which the notice of tax delinquency appeared.\nL.1990,c.69,s.13.","path":["TITLE 17 CORPORATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR FINANCE \t\t\tAND INSURANCE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"11b0eadf44d5ee92e2b56a650deac49e52d17e097068877b5a92d9c617f7b6c2","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-17-16f-25","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-17-16f-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}