Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 02-04-20 8-e - Advertisement of Tax Liens on Real Property 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 4, 2020 Action Agenda Item No. 8-e SUBJECT: Advertisement of Tax Liens on Real Property DEPARTMENT: Tax Administration ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1) Order of the Board of County Nancy T. Freeman, Tax Administrator, Commissioners in Accordance with (919) 245-2735 G.S. 105-369 2) Advertisement Headers 3) Contents of the Advertisement: On File in the Clerk to the Board of Commissioner's Office PURPOSE: To report the amount of unpaid taxes for the current year that are liens on real property as required by North Carolina General Statute (NCGS) 105-369 and to request March 18, 2020 as the date set by the Board for the tax lien advertisement. BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statute 105-369 requires the Tax Collector to report to the governing board the total amount of unpaid taxes for the current year that are liens on real property. This report is available in the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners' office. Upon receipt of this report, the governing board must order and set a date for the lien advertisement. Tax liens may be advertised any time between March 1 and June 30. All properties that were sold during the year of 2019 will be advertised in the new owners' names. The process includes that a notice alerting property owners to the pending advertisement must be mailed at least 30 days in advance of the date of advertisement. This mailed notice will state that the last day to pay 2019 taxes in order to avoid being advertised is February 28, 2020. Between the mailed notice and the advertised notice, property owners are advised that collection efforts are underway. North Carolina General Statute 105-369 mandates both these notices. In addition, the Tax Collector will post the list of advertised delinquent property owners, using the same information and a similar format, on the Tax Office website. There will be a link on the Tax Office home page to view the list of advertised delinquent property owners: http://www.orangecountync.gov/728/Tax-Administration. The list will be posted on March 18, 2020 and remain posted for 30 days. North Carolina General Statute 105-369 (d) requires the Tax Collector to determine the actual cost of the advertisement and to set a fee to cover the actual costs. The cost for advertisement will be $5.75 per parcel to cover the costs to advertise all tax liens in The News of Orange and The Herald Sun. 2 FINANCIAL IMPACT: There will be no net financial impact to the County. SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated with this item. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal impact associated with this item. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board accept the report and approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Order setting the lien sale advertisement date for March 18, 2020. 3 Attachment 1 ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH G.S. 105-369 State of North Carolina County of Orange To: Nancy T. Freeman,Tax Collector of Orange County You are hereby authorized, empowered, and commanded to advertise tax liens on real property for failure to pay 2019 taxes. You shall advertise said liens by posting a notice of the liens at the county courthouse and by publishing each lien at least one time in one or more newspapers having general circulation in the taxing unit. Advertisement of the tax liens shall be made on Wednesday,March 18, 2020. This order shall be a full and sufficient authority to direct,require, and enable you to advertise said tax liens in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 105-369. Witness my hand and official seal,this Penny Rich Chair, Board of County Commissioners Attest: Donna Baker Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners 4 Attachment 2 (Advertisement to appear in The News of Orange) NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT OF TAX LIENS ON REAL PROPERTY ORANGE COUNTY AND TOWNS OF CARRBORO, CHAPEL HILL, HILLSBOROUGH AND MEBANE Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 105-369 of the North Carolina General Statutes and pursuant to an order of the Board of Commissioners of Orange County dated February 4, 2020, I am hereby advertising tax liens for the year 2019 upon the real estate described below. The amount advertised will be increased by interest and cost. The omission of interest and cost from the amount advertised will not constitute a waiver of the taxing unit's claim for these items. The real estate subject to the lien, the name of the taxpayer (owner as of January 7, 2020), and the amount of taxes due are set out below. If the taxes remain unpaid the lien will be foreclosed by the taxing unit and the property sold to satisfy the claim for the taxes. These collection procedures do not apply to taxpayers under a current US Bankruptcy plan. When a parcel was subdivided after January 1, 2019 and the ownership of one or more of the resulting parcels was transferred, the amount of the tax lien on each parcel is the amount of the lien on the original parcel as it existed on January 1, 2019, as shown in this advertisement. This list includes all properties in Orange County. This, the 18,h day of March, 2020. Nancy T. Freeman Orange County Consolidated City-County Tax Collector 5 (Advertisement to appear in The Herald Sun) NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT OF TAX LIENS ON REAL PROPERTY ORANGE COUNTY AND TOWNS OF CARRBORO, CHAPEL HILL, HILLSBOROUGH AND MEBANE Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 105-369 of the North Carolina General Statutes and pursuant to an order of the Board of Commissioners of Orange County dated February 4, 2020, I am hereby advertising tax liens for the year 2019 upon the real estate described below. The amount advertised will be increased by interest and cost. The omission of interest and cost from the amount advertised will not constitute a waiver of the taxing unit's claim for these items. The real estate subject to the lien, the name of the taxpayer (owner as of January 7, 2020), and the amount of taxes due are set out below. If the taxes remain unpaid the lien will be foreclosed by the taxing unit and the property sold to satisfy the claim for the taxes. These collection procedures do not apply to taxpayers under a current US Bankruptcy plan. When a parcel was subdivided after January 1, 2019 and the ownership of one or more of the resulting parcels was transferred, the amount of the tax lien on each parcel is the amount of the lien on the original parcel as it existed on January 1, 2019, as shown in this advertisement. This list includes all properties in Orange County. This, the 181h day of March 2020. Nancy T. Freeman Orange County Consolidated City-County Tax Collector