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Consultant outlines county tax-foreclosure process, fees and timelines
Summary
A consultant walked Dickinson County commissioners through the county tax-foreclosure workflow, explaining timeline expectations, how redemption costs stack, and coordination steps with treasurer and title companies; she urged counties to finalize parcel lists before contracting.
A consultant who helps counties manage tax-foreclosure cases described how the process works and what counties should expect. She told commissioners the firm typically moves cases from list receipt to final accounting in roughly eight to 18 months, depending on parcel volume and title work.
The presenter said counties do not pay the firm up front. Instead the firm charges a per-parcel attorney fee that is attached to each parcel and held by the county treasurer in an account earmarked for tax-foreclosure proceedings. She said redemption costs commonly include the per-parcel attorney fee, title-company charges and,…
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