The Property Taxpayer Bill of Rights

(Chapter 128, P.L. 2017, approved July 21, 2017)

Every property taxpayer has the right to:

• understand his/her real property assessment;
• appeal an assessment that a taxpayer believes is too high.

The property taxpayer has the following rights under State law to:

• understand the real property assessment process;
• understand the requirements of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey concerning the assessment of real property;
• understand the assessment calculation on his/her real property;
• detailed information about how to appeal a real property assessment; and to
• view the real property assessment of any other parcel of real property in the municipality in which the taxpayer’s property is located.