JASPER, Tenn. – When Marion County commissioners were asked to sell several parcels of land for back taxes this month, the request stirred a lengthy discussion on the rules governing those proceedings.
Commissioner Mack Reeves said he is asked frequently about when delinquent tax sales are going to occur in the county, and that the standard answer is: “We don’t have enough [properties] to have one.”
County Mayor David Jackson said officials try to package available properties together to cut down on the advertising costs.
Marion should adopt a procedure for delinquent tax sales, Reeves said. He recommended Hamilton County’s policy as a model.
At the last two board meetings, he said, nothing was said about any back-tax sale, even though that sale took place Nov. 15.