County treasurer to conduct annual tax lien sale

BUCYRUS – Crawford County Treasurer Gary Cole, will collect more revenue for the county and the schools. The No. 1 benefit of a tax certificate sale is that it allows the treasurer an opportunity to give taxpayers more time to pay their delinquent property taxes rather than the last resort of sending the file to the County Prosecuting Attorney to file an action against a taxpayer.

Notices will be sent to taxpayers to give them time and opportunity to pay the delinquent tax in full or enter into a payment plan, if you qualify, with the county treasurer’s office.

It is and has always been the treasurer’s policy to work with the taxpayers, when possible. At a time when budgets have been shrinking, a tax sale gives the county immediate access to some more revenue and a lower percentage of taxes will remain unpaid.

If the tax certificate is sold, the taxpayer still has an additional 12-18 months to pay their delinquent taxes. The county receives the tax revenue immediately with this process. The school systems will also get much needed revenue.

A tax lien sale is a tool that motivates property owners to come in and meet their obligations. In this tax lien sale, the treasurer sells past due taxes to Tax Ease Ohio LLC, and the property owner will have a 17.5 percent annual interest rate. Unique to this sale, property owners will make payments to Tax Ease and not to the county treasurer. They are taking on the administration costs instead of the county treasurer’s office. All correspondence is approved through the county treasurer.

The next scheduled tax lien sale is tentatively scheduled for mid October. Questions may be directed to the Crawford County Treasurer’s Office at 419-562-7861.