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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000905148-01-501500
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	497J
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20011113

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MUNIASSETS FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000901243
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 []
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		497J
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-65446
		FILM NUMBER:		1785005

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS MILL RD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6092822800

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MUNIINCOME FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930517
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<TEXT>
                                                     November 13, 2001


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Division of Investment Management

     Re:  MuniAssets Fund, Inc.
     Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
     Registration Statement on Form N-14
     (Securities Act File No. 333-65446 and
     Investment Company Act File No. 811-07642)
     ------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), MuniAssets Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") hereby certifies that:

(1)  the form of prospectus that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(b)
     under the 1933 Act would not have differed from that contained in
     Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Fund's Registration Statement on
     Form N-14; and

(2)  the text of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Fund's Registration
     Statement on Form N-14 was filed electronically with the Securities and
     Exchange Commission on September 10, 2001.


                                            Very truly yours,

                                            MuniAssets Fund, Inc.


                                            By:   /s/ Bradley J. Lucido
                                               ------------------------------
                                                  Bradley J. Lucido
                                                  Secretary

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