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Stedman board directs county to advertise 2025 tax liens after report lists $27,749.77 delinquent
Summary
The board unanimously accepted Cumberland County's delinquent‑tax report and instructed the Tax Administrator to advertise liens for 2025 unpaid real-property taxes totaling $27,749.77, as allowed under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-369.
The Stedman Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Feb. 5 to accept the Cumberland County Tax Administrator’s report of 2025 delinquent real‑property taxes and to have the Tax Administrator advertise liens for those properties.
Commissioner Lee moved to accept the report and instruct the Tax Administrator to advertise the liens; Commissioner Wood seconded and the motion passed unanimously. The County’s TR‑452 report provided to the board lists total delinquent real‑property taxes for the Town of Stedman at $27,749.77.
The Tax Administrator’s memorandum in the meeting packet cites North Carolina General Statute 105‑369, which requires the county tax official to report unpaid real‑property taxes and authorizes advertisement of liens during a March 1–June 30 window; the memo explains parcels may be withdrawn during the advertising period by payment of taxes, interest and a proportionate part of the advertising fee.
Why it matters: advertising tax liens is the standard step counties take to begin foreclosure-by-advertisement procedures on unpaid property taxes. The board’s vote instructs the county official to proceed with the legally prescribed advertisement; the decision does not itself foreclose property nor specify subsequent enforcement actions, and the minutes record no exceptions or parcels withdrawn at the time of the vote.
The minutes do not record a roll-call tally by name beyond noting the motion passed unanimously.
