Nuts and bolts of tax certificates explained

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Property owners who failed to pay their 2023 real estate taxes as of the March 31 deadline were consequently declared delinquent on April 1 and now run the risk of having tax certificates sold on their properties, with the possibility that they may eventually lose their homes or lands if they don’t make good on the owed taxes. It’s all part of an annual process that unfolds each spring and that is currently underway. It begins with the advertisement in the newspaper by the tax collector’s office of the list of properties whose taxes are delinquent. At this point in the process, property owners can still pay their taxes and avoid heavier costs lat