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WATCHDOG · 2026 NJ DEADLINES

New Jersey property tax calendar

The dates homeowners, buyers and professionals repeatedly need in one place: quarterly property-tax installments, assessment appeals, and the current State property-tax-relief filing deadline.

Municipal property tax
Feb. 1 · May 1 · Aug. 1 · Nov. 1

New Jersey law provides four property-tax installments during the year. Municipal billing and statutory/local grace-period administration can affect when interest begins, so use the tax bill and local collector as the payment authority.

NJ DCA / DLGS source
Assessment appeal
April 1

General County Board of Taxation / Tax Court filing deadline. New Jersey says petitions must be filed and received by April 1.

Revaluation/reassessment exception: where a municipal revaluation or reassessment has been undertaken, the deadline is May 1. Confirm your municipality's current status and county instructions before relying on a date.
NJ Division of Taxation appeal guidance
Property tax relief
November 2, 2026

The current filing deadline for the 2025 property-tax-relief application season. Seniors and qualifying disability recipients use PAS-1 for ANCHOR, Senior Freeze and Stay NJ. Most eligible under-65 homeowners and renters may be auto-filed for ANCHOR, but changes or non-auto-filed cases can require action.

NJ Division of Taxation relief portal
Watchdog tools
Check before you file

Use the public appeal savings estimator, senior benefit estimator, property tax estimator, and town reports for transparent planning context.

Deadlines are high-stakes and can change through legislation, budget action, court orders, municipal revaluation status, or agency extensions. The official agency/county notice controls.

County appeal coverage

The general April 1 / revaluation-or-reassessment May 1 rule is statewide. Filing goes through the applicable County Board of Taxation unless the matter qualifies for direct Tax Court filing. Watchdog therefore does not invent different standard deadlines for counties that share the same State rule.

Atlantic
Bergen
Burlington
Camden
Cape May
Cumberland
Essex
Gloucester
Hudson
Hunterdon
Mercer
Middlesex
Monmouth
Morris
Ocean
Passaic
Salem
Somerset
Sussex
Union
Warren