The Cowlitz County commissioners Tuesday approved including a portion to the county code to explain the method of advertising tax title homes.
Tax title properties are parcels that went by way of foreclosure auction but didn’t sell for a bare minimum bid. The county holds the parcels in have confidence in till it can offer them and distribute the money among the the taxing districts, stated Treasurer Debra Gardner. Under state law, the least bid for a tax title parcel is foreclosures charges and taxes owed at the time of foreclosure.
Selling the houses also gets them back again on the tax rolls, making income for the county and other taxing districts.
The Cowlitz County Property Administration Committee encouraged incorporating the new segment just after finding for the duration of a periodic review that the code doesn’t specifically deal with the administration of tax title homes.
The new language references the point out legislation and delegates duty of management and disposition of the attributes to the treasurer. Gardner explained her office and the committee are developing a tax title property coverage, which will appear again to the commissioners for approval, prior to the county commences to sell its tax title properties.
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Anna Lunday, ideal of way agent, mentioned she has discovered 92 tax title parcels in the county. Cowlitz County, like many other counties, has neglected dealing with these properties for the final 30 several years, she stated.
Doug Jensen, main civil deputy prosecuting legal professional, said the update intends to “get these houses moving” more efficiently.
If a property can’t be sold for the minimum amount cost of foreclosures expenses and taxes owed, there are some techniques to provide it for significantly less, Jensen mentioned. For modest slivers of property, state law specifies how the county can method adjacent landowners who may well be far more fascinated in the land, he claimed.
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In other business, the commissioners held a community listening to on changes to the Commissioners’ Districts adopted in December, immediately after staff uncovered a couple discrepancies in between the maps and the written descriptions. The error created a tiny “island” precinct that would have compromised voter secrecy, stated Auditor Carolyn Fundingsland. The listening to was ongoing to subsequent Tuesday to meet up with the prerequisite of posting the draft program at least just one 7 days ahead of adoption.