The purchaser, transferee or assignee of any State tax indebtedness and lien represented by a certificate of debt shall be entitled to exercise all the remedies and may take all of the proceedings for the collection of the indebtedness represented by the certificate that are available pursuant to the laws of this State to any judgment creditor, and shall be entitled to the same priority as the State may have respecting the certificate and underlying indebtedness and lien. Interest shall accrue at the rate provided by R.S. 54:49-3.
N.J.S. § 54:50-31