Lucas County officials are moving ahead with a tax certificate sale, the county's first in roughly 20 years, according to WTVG. The auction covers 407 parcels carrying about $3.6 million in unpaid taxes.
County Treasurer Lindsay Webb told the station the offering is aimed at owners whose properties lie outside Lucas County, and that the certificates will go to a single purchaser as one package. She described the effort as a pilot that addresses only a fraction of the county's delinquent tax total, telling WTVG that roughly $200 million is owed while about $4 million is being sold now. Webb also said delinquency is a significant local issue and that she relied on data and analysis in deciding to revive the program.
Owners on the list can keep their property out of the sale by clearing what they owe. The county's deadline for those payments is Nov. 12, the station reported.
Because the sale is described as a pilot, its scope is limited relative to the overall delinquency figure Webb cited. The source did not specify which parcels are included, how the single buyer would be selected, or when the sale itself would occur.