In municipalities operating under forms of government where the municipal tax assessor served at the pleasure of the appointing authority for an unlimited term of office, receipt of a tax assessor certificate and continuance in service as assessor after completion of four consecutive years of service is deemed the equivalent of reappointment.
N.J. Admin. Code § 18:17-3.5
See: 48 N.J.R. 1358(a), 49 N.J.R. 130(a).
Section was "Reappointment of assessor serving unlimited term".