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Bel Air tweaks tax‑sale fee schedule after state and county changes
Summary
The board approved Resolution 1263-26 to amend the town’s fee schedule for tax sales. Staff said the change is mainly housekeeping after state/county timing and law changes; a prior tax‑sale redemption fee was removed because state law no longer permits collecting outstanding amounts at redemption.
Bel Air’s Board of Town Commissioners on April 6 adopted Resolution 1263-26 amending the town’s fee schedule to reflect recent state and county changes to tax‑sale procedures.
Town staff attorney Miss Moody told the board the revisions are “basically housekeeping in nature.” She said municipalities previously advertised tax‑sale notices in April individually and then sent information to the county in May; the three jurisdictions in the county decided to advertise together in May moving forward. Staff also said the county moved the tax sale earlier in June to avoid end‑of‑fiscal‑year conflicts.
Miss Moody said one substantive change required by law was removal of a tax‑sale redemption fee the town previously charged. "The law took that away," she said, and as a result the town can no longer collect certain delinquent amounts at the point of redemption, which may lead to the same properties appearing repeatedly on tax‑sale lists.
Commissioner Hanley moved the resolution and the board approved it by unanimous roll call. No public testimony was offered during the brief hearing on the resolution.
The change will be published with the town’s fee schedule updates and implemented per the town’s administrative timetable.
