54:5-30.1. Bidding by municipal officers at tax sales Whenever the governing body of a municipality shall by resolution determine that a particular parcel or parcels of real estate, scheduled to be sold at public auction pursuant to the tax sale law, would be useful for a public purpose, it may authorize and direct a municipal official to attend the auction and bid for such parcel or parcels at such sale on behalf of the municipality in the same manner as any other bidder. L.1962, c. 161, s. 1, eff. Aug. 24, 1962.
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