New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A3237: Property registration fee-exempt from paying, prop subject to automatic stay
Status: Passed one chamber, September 28, 2026
Exempts creditor from paying municipal property registration fee if property is subject to automatic stay under federal Bankruptcy Code.
What the bill says
An Act concerning imposition of certain fees under property registration ordinances and amending P.L.2021, c.444.
From the introduced text, January 13, 2026:
An Act concerning imposition of certain fees under property registration ordinances and amending P.L.2021, c.444. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. Section 3 of P.L.2021, c.444 (C.40:48-2.12s3) is amended to read as follows: 3. a. The governing body of any municipality may adopt ordinances to: (1) create a property registration program for the purposes of identifying and monitoring residential and commercial properties within the municipality for which a summons and complaint in an action to foreclose on a mortgage has been filed; (2) regulate the care, maintenance, security, and upkeep of the exterior of vacant and abandoned residential and commercial properties for which a summons and complaint in an action to foreclose has been filed; and (3) impose property registration fees on the creditor of residential or commercial properties on an annual or semi-annual basis. b. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall: (1) require that the creditor filing a summons and complaint in an action to foreclose shall, in addition to the notice provided to the municipality pursuant to section 17 of P.L.2008, c.127 (C.46:10B-51) or section 2 of P.L.2021, c.444 (C.40:48-2.12s2), register the residential or commercial property with the municipality's property registration program as a property in foreclosure and, as part of that registration: …
Sponsors
- Dan Hutchison (D, 4) · primary sponsor
- Sterley S. Stanley (D, 18) · primary sponsor
- Shama A. Haider (D, 37)
Latest actions
- : R/S REF SCU
- : PA (71-1-0)
- : REP 2RA
- : REP REF AAP
- : INT 1RA REF AHO
Votes
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE - Property registration fee-exempt from paying, prop subject to automatic stay (September 24, 2026): 71 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Assembly Appropriations Committee: Reported favorably (September 17, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Housing Committee: Reported favorably (May 14, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: PROPERTY
Common questions
- What is A3237?
- A3237 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Property registration fee-exempt from paying, prop subject to automatic stay.
- What does A3237 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning imposition of certain fees under property registration ordinances and amending P.L.2021, c.444.
- What is the status of A3237?
- Passed one chamber as of September 28, 2026. Latest action: R/S REF SCU (September 28, 2026).
- Who sponsored A3237?
- Dan Hutchison (D, 4), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A3237?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A3237
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