A class action lawsuit filed in state Superior Court this week challenges the constitutionality of a longstanding New Jersey law on tax sales that allows governments and private lienholders to foreclose on properties worth many times more than the debt.
The suit — which names Gov. Phil Murphy and Maria Sciarrotta, acting director of the state Division of Taxation, as defendants — points to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that, in a similar case originating in Minnesota, found such seizures violate constitutional protections.
The New Jersey plaintiffs — South Dennis resident Ronald Trout and Cape May Court House residents William Gaston and Christina Lazicki — argue the federal decision extends down to New Jersey’s Tax Sale Law, alleging they suffered unconstitutional takings when lienholders foreclosed on them, stripping them of home equity worth many times more than their debt.
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