54:5-17.Ā  Liens and outstanding certificates of tax sale not shown by search;Ā  persons protected
A bona fide purchaser, lessee or mortgagee who shall acquire for a valuableĀ  consideration an interest in lands covered by an official tax search and inĀ  reliance on said search shall hold such interest free from any municipal lienĀ  and any outstanding certificate of tax sale held by the municipality and anyĀ  outstanding certificate of tax sale not held by the municipality and not yetĀ  recorded within the three months period from date of sale allowed by sectionĀ  54:5-51 of the Revised Statutes and not shown on that search, and it shall beĀ  the duty of the municipality to obtain at its own cost and expense theĀ  discharge of any such outstanding certificate of tax sale not held by theĀ  municipality not shown on that search.

Amended by L.1947, c. 356, p. 1157, s. 2.
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