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8 <br /> ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> IN ACCORDANCE WITH G.S. 105-321 <br /> State of North Carolina <br /> County of Orange <br /> ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> IN ACCORDANCE WITH G.S. 105— 373 and 105— 321 <br /> To: John T. Burgiss <br /> Acting Tax Collector of Orange County, Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and <br /> Mebane, City of Durham, and applicable Fire Districts <br /> You are hereby authorized, empowered, and commanded to collect the taxes remaining unpaid as set <br /> forth in the 2015 through 2025 tax records filed in the office of the Acting Tax Collector, and in the tax <br /> receipts herewith delivered to you in the amounts and from the taxpayers likewise therein set forth. You <br /> are further authorized, empowered, and commanded to collect the 2015 through 2025 taxes charged and <br /> assessed as provided by law for adjustments, changes, and additions to the tax records and tax receipts <br /> delivered to you which are made in accordance with law. Such taxes are hereby declared to be a first lien <br /> on all real property of the respective taxpayers in Orange County, Town of Carrboro, Town of Chapel Hill, <br /> Town of Hillsborough, Town of Mebane, City of Durham, Fire Districts of Orange Rural, Efland, South <br /> Orange, New Hope, Eno, Orange Grove, Greater Chapel Hill, Little River, Cedar Grove, Southern <br /> Triangle, Damascus, and White Cross, and Special Districts of Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools and Chapel <br /> Hill Downtown Service District, and this order shall be a full and sufficient authority to direct, require and <br /> enable you to levy on and sell any real and personal property, and attach wages and/or other funds, of <br /> such taxpayers, for and on account thereof, in accordance with law. <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 /> Within available funds in the budget ordinance and personnel positions established, the Acting Tax <br /> Collector may hire employees, and they shall have the authority to perform those functions authorized by <br /> the Machinery Act of Chapter 105 of North Carolina General Statutes and other applicable laws for <br /> current and previous years' taxes. County personnel presently in the Acting Tax Collector's office will <br /> continue to serve in their respective collection positions. <br /> Witness my hand and official seal, this 21 st day of April, 2026. <br /> Jean Hamilton <br /> Chair, Board of County Commissioners <br /> Attest: <br /> Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners <br />