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<br />1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />February 3, 2015 <br />Meeting Date: <br />Action Agenda <br />6-e <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: <br />Advertisement of Tax Liens on Real Property <br />No <br />DEPARTMENT:PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br />Tax Administration <br />ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1) Order of the Board of County Dwane Brinson, Tax Administrator, <br />Commissioners in Accordance with (919) 245-2726 <br />NCGS105-369 <br />2) Advertisement Headers <br />3) Contents of the Advertisement:On <br />File in the Clerk to the Board of <br />Commissioner’s Office <br />PURPOSE: <br />To receive a report on the amount of unpaid taxes for the current year that are <br />liens on real property as required by North Carolina General Statute (NCGS) 105-369 and to <br />approve a request thatMarch25,2015 beset by the Board as the date for the tax lien <br />advertisement. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />North CarolinaGeneral Statute 105-369 requires the Tax Collector to report <br />to the governing board the total amount of unpaid taxes for the current year that are liens on <br />real property. This report is available in the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners’ office. <br />Upon receipt of this report, the governing board must order and set a date for the lien <br />advertisement. Tax liens may be advertised any time between March 1 and June 30. All <br />properties that were sold during the year of 2014 will be advertised in the new owners’ name. <br />The process includes that a notice alerting property owners to the pending advertisement must <br />be mailed at least 30 days in advanceof the date of advertisement.This mailed notice will <br />state that the last day to pay 2014 taxes in order to avoid being advertised is March2, 2015. <br />Between the mailed notice and the advertisednotice, property owners are advisedthat <br />collection efforts are underway. North CarolinaGeneral Statute 105-369 mandates both these <br />notices. <br />North Carolina General Statute 105-369 (d) requires the Tax Collector to determine the actual <br />cost of the advertisement and to set a fee to cover the actual costs. The cost for advertisement <br />is $3.75per parcel tocover the costs to advertise all tax liens in both The Herald SunandThe <br />News of Orange. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: <br />There will be no net financial impact to the County. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): <br />The Manager recommends that the Board accept the report and set <br />the lien sale advertisement date for March 25, 2015. <br /> <br />