(A) Effective September 5, 2012, all payments must be by cash, money order or certified or cashier’s check to the County Treasurer for real estate taxes:
(1) For the purpose of bringing the taxes current to avoid the real estate being sold at tax sale or commissioner’s sale;
(2) Submitted in the 30-day period immediately preceding the date of the tax sale or commissioner’s sale; and
(3) For the purpose of redeeming any real estate previously sold at tax sale or commissioner’s sale.
(B) During the periods set forth above, the Treasurer shall not accept or be required to accept any personal checks in payment for the taxes or redemption nor shall the tender of any personal checks constitute the payment of the taxes or a valid redemption.
(Ord. O-C-98-8, passed 12-7-1998; Ord. O-C-12-10, passed 9-5-2012)