Appeal your NJ property taxes? Still time, as deadline extended.

Too late to meet the April 1 deadline to appeal your property taxes and challenge your home's assessment? Not in this surreal year of COVID-19.

Gov. Phil Murphy this week signed legislation that temporarily extends the deadline to file to July 1 and the deadline for a decision by county boards of taxation to September 30.

"The current pandemic has no doubt strained the processes individuals would need to navigate to successfully file an appeal on their property tax assessment,” said Assembly members Raj Mukherji (D-Jersey City) and Gordon Johnson (D-Teaneck) in a joint statement. They were primary sponsors of the bill.

“Giving homeowners and counties time, by extending deadlines, is therefore critical to ensure properties can be fairly assessed and appeals adequately processed. And for families it provides an opportunity to generate savings on tax payments, particularly when many have lost income and become financially vulnerable,” they said.

» MORE: Burlington County's tax appeal information.

» MORE: Camden County's tax appeal information.

» MORE: State guide to filing appeals.