What does the Tax Office do with delinquent tax bills? What does the City of Durham Finance Department do with delinquent special improvement assessment bills?
When a property tax bill becomes delinquent, the Tax Office tries various methods to notify the taxpayer and potential owners about the delinquent bill to see if the bill can be collected without the extreme remedy of foreclosure. Sometimes the Tax Office will set up a payment plan with a taxpayer, but the Tax Office is not required to do so, and can terminate payment plans at any time. The final step in the collection procedure is a pre-foreclosure letter sent by the Tax Office to the last known address of an owner and/or taxpayer. If these pre-foreclosure methods still fail, the Tax Office may assign parcels to private attorneys to commence foreclosure proceedings. The collection procedure for delinquent special improvement assessments due the City of Durham is very similar. The City of Durham Collector of Revenue sends out bills and other collection letters, and also sends out a final pre-foreclosure letter. If these collection efforts fail, the City of Durham Collector of Revenue m
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