Mobile home owners who haven’t paid their taxes might want to consider doing so right away.
The county is preparing to hold a delinquent tax sales on mobile homes Tuesday, October 4 and continuing to Wednesday, October 5, if necessary.
The sales are in keeping with efforts by Tax Commissioner Terresa Davis to collect back taxes.
“I am keeping my commitment to taxpayers to hold tax sales regularly,” says Davis. “Collection of past due taxes are part of my duties and it is what the citizens elected me to do.”
A total of 55 mobile homes representing some $64,098.54 in delinquent taxes will be sold here on the courthouse steps next month. The past-due amounts range from a low of $370.44 to a high of $7,766.11.
The past due taxes date as far back as 2008.
Public notices describing each mobile home being planned for auction is published in today’s edition and will continue running throughout September.
Davis notes there is no right to redeem for mobile homes.
“(Mobile homes) are personal property, so, if someone purchases it at a tax sale, it becomes their personal property,” she said. “Pierce County assumes no responsibility for the transfer and delivery of mobile homes after purchase.”
The tax sale is the culmination of a three-month process for the mobile homes.
Once the tax commissioner’s office sends a delinquent/fi fa notice and the accompanying 30-day grace period expires, a fi fa is filed with the Clerk of Court. The tax commissioner then adds the fi fa cost to the tax bill.
In 2004, Pierce County contracted with Government Tax Solutions (GTS) of Carrollton to help collect the county’s back taxes. GTS has already sent warning letters, certified letters (to taxpayers and lienholders) and 10 day notices and has followed up with legal research. The parcels are now being advertised for sale.
GTS’s services come at no cost to county taxpayers at large. The company assesses its fee on the bill of the delinquent accounts. GTS collects a $51 service fee on the courtesy notice and receives $134 on the second notice to cover the title research. Public notice costs are added to the bill prior to advertising.
