Scott City adopts new policy on property tax payments

Following the county’s lead, the Scott City Council has adopted a resolution that will aid the county in the collection of back taxes.
The city is joining with the county in forcing property owners who are delinquent in their tax payments to either pay their taxes in full or face the prospect of a tax sale in the near future.
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A common practice has been to make “partial” payments. In other words, paying only for those years which will keep property out of a sale, but still being delinquent for the most recent two years.
Under the charter ordinance, payments made by an individual will apply to the most recent tax year.
The individual can’t designate that payments be made to earlier years in order to avoid a foreclosure sale.