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<br /> <br />ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />IN ACCORDANCE WITH G.S. 105-321 <br /> <br />State of North Carolina <br />County of Orange <br /> <br />ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />IN ACCORDANCE WITH G.S. 105 – 373 and 105 – 321 <br /> <br />To: Nancy T. Freeman <br />Tax Collector of Orange County, Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Mebane and <br />Hillsborough, and applicable Fire Districts <br /> <br /> <br />You are hereby authorized, empowered, and commanded to collect the taxes remaining unpaid <br />as set forth in the 2011 through 2020 tax records filed in the office of the Tax Collector, and in <br />the tax receipts herewith delivered to you in the amounts and from the taxpayers likewise <br />therein set forth. You are further authorized, empowered, and commanded to collect the 2011 <br />through 2020 taxes charged and assessed as provided by law for adjustments, changes, and <br />additions to the tax records and tax receipts delivered to you which are made in accordance <br />with law. Such taxes are hereby declared to be a first lien on all real property of the respective <br />taxpayers in Orange County, Town of Carrboro, Town of Chapel Hill, Town of Hillsborough, <br />Town of Mebane, Fire Districts of Orange Rural, Efland, South Orange, New Hope, Eno, <br />Orange Grove, Greater Chapel Hill, Little River, Cedar Grove, Southern Triangle, Damascus, <br />and White Cross, and Special Districts of Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools and Chapel Hill <br />Downtown Service District, and this order shall be a full and sufficient authority to direct, require <br />and enable you to levy on and sell any real and personal property, and attach wages and/or <br />other funds, of such taxpayers, for and on account thereof, in accordance with law. <br /> <br />You are further authorized to call upon the Sheriff to levy upon and sell personal property under <br />execution for the payment of taxes. <br /> <br />Within available funds in the budget ordinance and personnel positions established, the Tax <br />Collector may hire employees, and they shall have the authority to perform those functions <br />authorized by the Machinery Act of Chapter 105 of North Carolina General Statutes and other <br />applicable laws for current and previous years’ taxes. County personnel presently in the Tax <br />Collector’s office will continue to serve in their respective collection positions. <br /> <br />Witness my hand and official seal, this 1st day of September, 2020 <br /> <br /> ____________________________________________ <br />Penny Rich <br />Chair, Board of County Commissioners <br /> <br />Attest: <br /> <br /> <br />____________________________________ <br />Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners <br />9