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Property assessment services

Tax Assessor

The Tax Assessor values real property, maintains assessment records, and reviews applications for eligible property-tax deductions and exemptions.

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Contact the Tax Assessor

Office availability

Email is the best and most responsive way to reach the Tax Assessor.

The Assessor is in the office Thursday afternoons. You may call and leave a message at any time. Confirm availability before visiting.

Common requests

Assessment records and assistance

Use these official Borough, County and State resources for common assessment tasks.

Appeal deadlines are strict: An appeal challenges the property assessment, not the amount of tax billed. A conversation, voicemail or email with the Assessor does not file an appeal or extend a deadline. Review the current County and State instructions before filing, and continue paying taxes as billed while an appeal is pending.

Required New Jersey posting

Property Taxpayer Bill of Rights

New Jersey property taxpayers are entitled to fair and equitable treatment, clear information about assessments and appeal rights, and responses to questions within a reasonable time.

Read the Bill of Rights
Office responsibilities

What the Tax Assessor handles

  • Valuation and records

    Determines taxable value as of October 1 for the following tax year and maintains property record cards, tax maps, and assessment ownership information from recorded deeds and approved subdivision documents.

  • Property changes

    Assessment review for new construction, demolition, fire damage and other property changes that may affect taxable value.

  • Applications

    Reviews deduction and exemption applications assigned to the municipal Assessor under current New Jersey law.

  • Assessment questions

    Questions about assessed value, added or omitted assessments, assessment notices, property records and the formal appeal process.

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Tax bills and State property-tax relief

  • Tax Collector

    Tax bills, payments, receipts, delinquencies, liens, and water or sewer billing.

    Tax Collector services

  • State property-tax relief

    New Jersey programs such as ANCHOR, Senior Freeze and Stay NJ are separate from the municipal assessment process.

    NJ property-tax relief programs
Official guidance

Forms and legal authority

Use the current State forms and instructions for any filing. The Tax Assessor performs the duties assigned by New Jersey law and the Borough Code.

The Assessor determines and maintains assessments. The Assessor does not issue tax bills, collect payments, set municipal budgets or decide a formal tax appeal. Formal Borough records requests go through the Borough Clerk's public records process.