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Treasurer: County Collected More Than $17 Million; Court Costs for Tax Redemptions Rose to $450
Summary
Treasurer Mandy Hargis reported more than $17,000,000 collected across tax types, upcoming tax distribution by June 5, and that county court costs for property-redemption now total $450; vehicle-tag payments now accept cards with a 2.5% processing fee.
Treasurer Mandy Hargis told commissioners that the county collected more than $17,000,000 across tax types for the second half of the property-tax cycle, noting that the second half was due May 11 because May 10 fell on a Sunday. She said the next tax distribution work is scheduled and that the office prepares five distributions a year; the next distribution is due by June 5.
On tax-sales and redemptions, Hargis said court costs associated with redemption have risen to $450 from the prior abstract fee of $140. "If they come to redeem their property, they have to pay $450 now instead of the $140 for the abstract fee," she said. Hargis described the redemption window (through the day before the tax sale) and explained that tax-sale proceeds pay associated costs first, then remaining proceeds apply to taxes owed.
Hargis also said the treasurer's office has moved bookkeeping and motor-vehicle functions into Comtech software and added the ability for customers to pay by credit or debit card at tag offices in Coffeyville and Independence; she noted a 2.5% processing fee for card transactions. Commissioners asked whether delinquent-property counts were falling; Hargis said court summonses tend to prompt more redemptions.
