[Adopted 4-26-1977 (Ch. 49 of the 1978 Code)]
The Tax Collector of the Township of Mantua,
by and with the specific approval of the Township Committee of the
Township of Mantua, shall bring an action in the Superior Court to
be appointed receiver ex officio of the rents and income of such real
property against which taxes or any installment thereof heretofore
or hereafter levied and assessed shall have been delinquent for more
than six months and remain due and unpaid.
The receivership of the Tax Collector shall
be for the purpose of collecting and satisfying out of such rents
and income as may be generated by such real property the delinquent
taxes against said real property, together with the penalties, interest
and costs and any costs and expenses of the receivership as may be
adjudged and allowed by the Superior Court.
No action shall be taken against any real property
used as a residence and from which the owner derives no rent, nor
farm property occupied by the owner thereof and from which the owner
derives no rent.