(A) The Treasurer of the town shall issue, on or before May 1, to any applicant, a certificate setting forth the entire amount of unpaid taxes assessed against any real estate within the town, by or on behalf of the town, up to and including the last day of the calendar month preceding the date of the certificate. A separate certificate shall be issued for each separate piece of property as it appears upon the current tax records of the town. A fee of $1 shall be charged for each certificate.
(B) The facts as set forth in each certificate shall be binding upon the town. No taxes other than those reported as unpaid in the certificate shall thereafter constitute a lien upon the real estate referred to in the certificate.
(C) The certificate provided for in this section shall be designated “Certificates of Unpaid Taxes” and shall be substantially in the following form:
I hereby certify that the records in the office of the Treasurer for the Town of Occoquan, Virginia, show that all town taxes due against the following property known as lot __________, block ________, and currently assessed in the name of _________, are paid in full to ________, with the exception of the following: ______________ Treasurer |
(1998 Code, § 58-4) (Ord. O-2023-15, passed 9-19-2023)