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Bill to streamline mobile‑home distraint and refund timelines wins broad support from treasurers
Summary
Senate Bill 5221 would let county treasurers cancel distraint collections when collection costs exceed tax due for titled manufactured or mobile homes, align surplus funds procedures with real property sales, and allow new title certificates after distraint sales; county treasurers and county officials testified in favor.
Senator Bateman introduced Senate Bill 5221, proposing changes to personal property distraint procedures for titled mobile and manufactured homes and other personal property, and to the distribution and timing of surplus funds after distraint sales.
Why it matters: Testimony from county treasurers and the Washington Association of County Officials described the measure as a practical update to reduce administrative costs and to allow purchasers at distraint sales to obtain title sooner. Jeff Gadman,…
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