There are two impending deadlines that may interest both the discretionary and delinquent taxpayers of Liberty County.
Since assessments were mailed out in early May, property tax owners have until June 18 to file an appeal of their assessments, Tax Commissioner Virgil Jones said.
Jones advises if property owners question their assessments or want them to be lowered, then it is in their best interests to appeal before the deadline.
Mobile home taxes were due Friday and Jones’ office will be mailing out delinquent notices at the end of the week to those who failed to pay them, he said.
These late notices will give the owners of mobile homes an extra 30 days before they are penalized with a tax lien that negatively affects a person’s credit report for an extended time, he said.
“There are typically 10 percent of mobile home owners who are delinquent each year. If they ignore the lien penalty, then they will be taken to magistrate court where they will be forced to pay, and the next step after that is repossession,” he said.
But Jones’ office has never repossessed a mobile home, and people typically pay before they are forced to arrive to magistrate court, he said. Also, roughly 4 percent of the delinquency notices are questionable due to the fact of the property tax records being out of date.
Since assessments were mailed out in early May, property tax owners have until June 18 to file an appeal of their assessments, Tax Commissioner Virgil Jones said.
Jones advises if property owners question their assessments or want them to be lowered, then it is in their best interests to appeal before the deadline.
Mobile home taxes were due Friday and Jones’ office will be mailing out delinquent notices at the end of the week to those who failed to pay them, he said.
These late notices will give the owners of mobile homes an extra 30 days before they are penalized with a tax lien that negatively affects a person’s credit report for an extended time, he said.
“There are typically 10 percent of mobile home owners who are delinquent each year. If they ignore the lien penalty, then they will be taken to magistrate court where they will be forced to pay, and the next step after that is repossession,” he said.
But Jones’ office has never repossessed a mobile home, and people typically pay before they are forced to arrive to magistrate court, he said. Also, roughly 4 percent of the delinquency notices are questionable due to the fact of the property tax records being out of date.