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Farmland assessment

A preferential assessment program for qualifying actively devoted agricultural or horticultural land, subject to statutory requirements and possible rollback taxes after disqualifying changes in use.

New Jersey example

A low farmland assessment should not be treated as ordinary residential market-value evidence.

Official source

https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/lpt/farmlandassessment.shtml

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