Columbus Consolidated Government
Referrals From Mayor and Council-08/22/2006
Subject Property Ownership
Description Have the staff to get with the Tax Assessor to determine if some
kind of an alert could be put on the tax system on properties where the
ownership is not clear so when someone comes to pay the property taxes, the
City could determine the ownership. (Request of Councilor Turner Pugh)
Received From
Assigned To Betty Middleton
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Response 08/24/06 Property ownerships/updates were delayed due to the software
change in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court. As a result of the
software transition deeds were not available for five (5) months. We have had
an inordinate number of calls and tax bills returned that the property has been
sold. As these sold properties are brought to our attention we immediately
research and update our records accordingly. This enables the Tax
Commissioner's Office to bill the appropriate owner quickly. Simultaneously we
are working to bring all property ownerships up to date and close the gap. The
staff of the Clerk of Superior has worked to help us access these deeds and we
appreciate their efforts.
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