New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 18 - TREASURY - TAXATION
Chapter 12A - COUNTY BOARDS OF TAXATION
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 18:12A-1.20 - Appeals; late filing

(a) Where a petition or cross-petition of appeal to a county board of taxation is actually received by the board after April 1 of the tax year (except if April 1 shall fall on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, then after the first business day immediately thereafter), the county board of taxation or the county tax administrator, if authorized by the board by resolution, shall not accept said petition or cross-petition of appeal for filing but shall forthwith return the same to the person filing it, together with the filing fee, if the filing fee accompanied said petition or was otherwise paid. The petition or cross-petition to be returned shall have endorsed thereon the date of receipt and a statement "Petition or cross-petition is returned by reason of late filing" and shall be accompanied by a judgment of dismissal by the county board of taxation for late filing.

(b) Where a cross-petition of appeal to a county board of taxation is actually received by the board after the 20th day following the date of service noted on the petition of appeal (except if the 20th day shall fall on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, then after the first business day immediately thereafter), the county board of taxation or the county administrator, if authorized by the board by resolution, shall not accept said cross-petition of appeal for filing but shall forthwith return the same to the person filing it, together with the filing fee, if the filing fee accompanied said cross-petition or was otherwise paid. The cross-petition of appeal to be returned shall have endorsed thereon the date of receipt and a statement "Cross-petition is returned by reason of late filing" and shall be accompanied by a judgment of dismissal by the county board of taxation for late filing.