新墨西哥州举行史上最大欠税地产拍卖：Luna County 约800宗地块在 Deming 开拍
位于新墨西哥州 Luna County 的 Deming 市10月22日举行该州历史上最大的一次欠税地产拍卖。新墨西哥州税务局（Taxation and Revenue Department）当天上午9点在 Luna County 行政办公楼（700 S. Silver Ave., Deming）开拍，约800宗拖欠房产税的地块被打包成120个拍卖标的，每个标的包含2至15宗地块。竞买登记当天上午8点开始、9点截止，中标者须在拍卖结束前全额付款。
拍卖是该州追缴房产税的法定程序，针对的是拖欠税款至少三年的地块。税务局表示，业主此前已收到多次欠税通知和拍卖预警。10月21日下午1点至5点，税务局在同一地点举行公开预展，参观者可查阅待拍地块的地图并向工作人员咨询。拍卖所得将先用于抵缴拖欠的税款，如有结余，退还给原业主。
州税务局长 Stephanie Schardin Clarke 在新闻稿中表示：“在穷尽一切催缴欠税的努力之后，税务局才会进入拍卖程序。这种大型欠税地产拍卖是州政府高效追回欠税的一种方式，多数情况下还能把多余款项送回原业主手中。”
New Mexico Holds Its Largest Tax-Delinquent Property Auction: About 800 Luna County Parcels Offered in Deming
The New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department held the largest delinquent property tax auction in its history on Oct. 22 in Deming, Luna County. About 800 tax-delinquent parcels were grouped into 120 auction items, each containing between two and 15 parcels. The sale began at 9 a.m. at the Luna County Administration Office, 700 S. Silver Ave. in Deming, with bidder registration from 8 to 9 a.m. and a public preview held the previous afternoon.
The auction is part of the state's process for recovering property taxes unpaid for at least three years. The department said owners received multiple notices about their overdue taxes and the planned sale before their properties were offered. Proceeds will be used to pay the delinquent taxes, with any excess returned to the former property owners.
“After exhausting all efforts to collect overdue taxes, the department proceeds to auction properties,” Taxation and Revenue Secretary Stephanie Schardin Clarke said in a news release. “This large delinquent property tax auction is an efficient way for the state to recover overdue taxes and even, in most cases, send excess revenue to the former property owners.”
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