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Dickinson County hears pitch for outsourced tax-foreclosure services; treasurer to coordinate next steps
Summary
A private tax-foreclosure vendor outlined how it charges per-parcel attorney fees, redemption costs and an expedited "skeleton petition" filing process; Dickinson County commissioners and Treasurer Leah discussed timing, partial payments and next steps for a possible contract.
A private firm that handles county tax-foreclosure proceedings told Dickinson County commissioners on Thursday it charges a per-parcel attorney fee — typically attached to each parcel and held by the county treasurer — and seeks to move cases to resolution within about eight to 12 months.
The presenter said scale matters: larger parcel lists can reduce per-parcel fees because of efficiencies. "We charge a per-parcel fee that gets attached to each parcel," the presenter said, adding that those fees are collected by the treasurer and held in a designated account until the court…
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