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Attorney presents Angelina County tax‑collection report: sales from mall payment drove higher collections
Summary
An attorney from Linebarger Goggin Blair & Sampson presented the city with a delinquent tax‑collection summary, reporting higher collections in 2024–25 largely due to a mall account, pending and resolved lawsuits totals, and explaining procedures for resales and redemption periods under state law.
John Thomas, an attorney with Linebarger Goggin Blair & Sampson, briefed the Lufkin City Council on the firm’s work on delinquent property‑tax collection for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Thomas said the firm received the county tax roll turnover in July and reported the new accounts and base tax amounts passed to the collection firm, telling the council the base tax on the most recent turned‑over accounts was $465,623.76 and noting there were “18 fewer accounts than ’23 and $55,000 less, available to collect than 2023.” He reported an analysis showing 2,327 accounts on the delinquent…
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