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Commissioners set $200 minimum for tax-certificate sale, weigh options to clear blight
Summary
Randolph County commissioners set a $200 minimum opening bid for an upcoming tax-certificate sale and discussed options — transfer, sale, or county possession — to return unsold properties to the tax rolls while protecting towns from predatory buyers.
The Randolph County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday voted to set a $200 minimum opening bid for a forthcoming certificate sale that offers another route to resolve properties that did not sell in the county's tax sale. The board also discussed ways to prioritize municipalities and neighbors in acquiring problem properties.
Chad Malecote of SRI Services told the commissioners “the certificate sale is the way the state has given you guys the option to sell off the properties that did not sell in the tax sale,” and explained three paths the county may take: the county can take possession of a parcel, transfer certificates to another public or nonprofit entity, or sell certificates to…
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