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Council authorizes advertising delinquent property taxes and writes off long‑uncollectible accounts
Summary
The council approved advertising for delinquent real-estate taxes (2023–2024), authorized write-offs of uncollectible personal-property taxes from 2020 and real-estate from 2005, and heard the treasurer explain collection steps and statutory limits.
Jeff Shaver, Harrisonburg City Treasurer, described the city's collection protocol and cited Section 4,129 of the Harrisonburg City Code and state statute as the basis for advertising properties two years or older as delinquent. "We advertise anything that's basically 2 years or older in the daily news record and publish it on our website," Shaver said, and noted that delinquent notices are sent first and judgments and liens can follow.
Council moved to authorize advertising delinquent real-estate taxes for years 2023 and 2024 and approved removing certain accounts as uncollectible under the statute of limitations (real estate 2005; personal property 2020). The motions passed on roll call. Shaver reported high collection rates for those years (approximately 99.99% for the 2005 real-estate levy and 99.06% for the 2020 personal-property levy) and emphasized ongoing collection work by staff.
