FIRST INVESTORS MULTISTATE INSURED TAX FREE FUND, 497J, 1998-05-04

FIRST INVESTORS MULTISTATE INSURED TAX FREE FUND
497J, 1998-05-04

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FIRST INVESTORS MULTI-STATE INSURED TAX FREE FUND
95 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 858-8126



                                                     May 4, 1998




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

                  Re:  First Investors Multi-State Insured
                           Tax Free Fund
                           File Nos. 33-4077 and 811-4623

Gentlemen:

         Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"),  First Investors  Multi-State  Insured Tax Free Fund (the "Fund") hereby
certifies:

         (1) The form of Prospectuses  and Statements of Additional  Information
that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) of the Act would not have  differed
from  that  contained  in   Post-Effective   Amendment  No.  22  to  the  Fund's
Registration Statement,  the most recent Post-Effective Amendment filed with the
Commission; and

         (2)  The  text  of   Post-Effective   Amendment   No.   22  was   filed
electronically with the Commission.

                                             Very truly yours,

                                             FIRST INVESTORS MULTI-STATE
                                             INSURED TAX FREE FUND


                                             By:/s/C. Durso
                                             -------------------------------
                                                    C. Durso, Vice President