County officials are implementing changes to the upset tax sale process aimed at providing increasing public outreach.

An initial posting that occurs in May will be moved to June.

“The reason behind this change is to streamline the process and improve our outreach to property owners,” Tax Claim Director Phil Gilbert said. “Currently, in July, we conduct ‘additional notification efforts’ for notices that were undelivered in May. This requires additional research to find these individuals.”

Shifting the date may alleviate the need for some of that research.

“Property owners will have more time to receive the notice (the posting), become aware of the situation, and potentially gather the funds to settle their tax delinquencies before the sale,” Gilbert said. “We are hoping those that miss their mailings, will see the posting, thus giving that extra time.”

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