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County rescinds abatement approval after discovering outstanding tax certificates
Summary
Minnehaha County rescinded prior approval of an abatement for Parcel ID #35328 after the State’s Attorney’s Office discovered outstanding tax certificates for the levy years; statute prevents abatement while tax certificates exist, the county said.
The Minnehaha County Commission voted July 14 to rescind a previously approved abatement for Parcel ID #35328 after county staff discovered outstanding tax certificates for levy years 2018 and 2019.
Senior Deputy State’s Attorney Drew DeGroot told the board that on April 15 the property owner applied for abatement of the 2018 and 2019 levy years and Equalization recommended approval. The State’s Attorney’s Office later found tax certificates had been taken by the Treasurer’s Office for those levy years. DeGroot said state statute does not allow abatements when an outstanding tax certificate exists and that the county’s software did not flag the certificates during the original review.
The commission rescinded its prior approval by motion and noted the property owner has since brought the taxes current; the owner may reapply for abatements in the future. County IT was asked to investigate a software fix to flag outstanding tax certificates during abatement reviews. The motion to rescind carried on a roll call vote (4 ayes).
