{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-54-5-51","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 54:5-51","heading":"Disposition of certificate of sale; permanent record.","body":"When the certificate of sale is not made to the municipality, it shall, unless so recorded within three months of the date of sale, be void as against a bona fide purchaser, lessee or mortgagee whose deed, lease or mortgage is recorded before the recording of the certificate.  After recording the tax sale certificate, the lien holder shall deliver a copy of the recorded certificate showing the book, page, date, and cost of recording to the tax collector.  The tax collector shall maintain the information as a permanent record.\namended 1997, c.190, s.4; 2009, c.320, s.9.","path":["TITLE 54 TAXATION"],"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":"179541c6d2f36fe1affa5961a40e3e4fa5ebaf1ff6ad4a1613bd1b27a9d07817","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-54-5-50","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-54-5-52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}