Sewickley Works to Resolve Issue of $335,000 in Tax Liens
Many of the 35 properties with outstanding liens either don’t have a physical address or sit vacant and abandoned.
Sewickley borough, school and tax collection officials plan to meet later this month to address property liens that add up to more than $335,000 in unpaid taxes. Councilman Stan Ference said officials would decide at the Jan. 26 meeting how to handle the $335,636 in outstanding liens for 35 borough properties, many of which either don’t have a physical address or have been sitting vacant and abandoned. A tax lien is a legal claim filed against a property to collect a debt. “We’re meeting to figure out what we want to do with these 35 properties that have no valid owner or address where essentially people have walked away,” Ference said at Monday night's council meeting. Sewickley has been cracking down on delinquent properties in recent …
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