New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 18 - TREASURY - TAXATION
Chapter 17 - ASSESSOR QUALIFICATION LAW
Subchapter 4 - ASSESSOR DUTIES
Section 18:17-4.1 - Administrative and enforcement duties and procedures

1. Make appraisals of real property upon which assessed values are based;

2. Review and determine applications for property tax exemptions and property tax deductions;

3. Represent the assessing office to the public, the governing body, and other municipal officials;

4. Represent the assessing office and the taxing district to the respective county board of taxation and personally and directly report to and receive instruction from the county board of taxation;

5. Represent the assessing office and the taxing district at formal tax appeal hearings; and

6. Not later than five business days following a written request from the municipal search official for the same, the assessor shall, on a form prescribed by the Director, notify the said municipal tax search official of his or her intention to place, or the existence of, an added, omitted, rollback, or other assessment respecting subject property, setting forth the nature of the assessment and the exact lot and block designations of the property to be affected by such additional assessment.