Summer is here and we are almost midway through 2009.
Without looking at a calendar we can always tell when summer is approaching because we begin to have inquiries about the annual Land Tax Sale.
The annual sale is held the fourth Monday of August in every county in the state as mandated by Missouri State Statutes; the fourth Monday this year falls on August 24 and that will be the date of the 2009 Land Tax Sale.
Last year, we used the new tax sale software and were extremely pleased with the results; it provides greater efficiency in service and sale documentation for our records and tax sale participants.
The first published list of properties will appear in the Daily Guide beginning July 17 and updated lists will run the next three Fridays. The web site, www.pulaskicollector.com, also provides a link to the daily updated list until the sale date.
In light of current national news, we have had many inquiries concerning the sale of “foreclosed” properties.
The purpose of the Land Tax Sale is to pay delinquent real estate taxes only and has nothing to do with the delinquency of mortgage payments and the sale of property due to nonpayment of mortgages.
Neither does the collector’s office have information from banks, mortgage companies, nor attorneys representing financial entities concerning the dates and locations of the sale of foreclosed properties.
That information is published in the legal sections of local newspapers but is not provided to us.
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