We received a list of the top Delinquent Property Taxpayers from the Auditor of Scioto County. There are legal remedies up to and including foreclosure and the sale of these properties. To make it easier to follow, we will break it down into lists of 25 Delinquent Property Taxpayers.
Here is the Third Batch of 25. As we move forward, the numbers continue to get bigger. The First Batch of 25 represented over $285,871 in back taxes. You can view that here. The Second Batch of 25 represented over $335,065 in back taxes. you can view that here.
Now, this Third Batch of 25 represents over $993,174 in back taxes.
The total delinquent taxes in our three reports represent over $1,614,110 in unpaid taxes.
NOTE: These three articles account for only half of the 150 top Delinquent Property Taxpayers received from the County Auditor. Land parcels with tax debts number in the thousands. It is estimated that the county is owed between 4 and 6 million dollars in taxes.
Note: If you have any questions concerning this, contact the Scioto County Auditor’s office and not SCDN.
$98,206.39
Owner Party
Blessed Realty LLC
Delinquency
98,206.39
Parcel Number
05-0856.000
$76,867.66
Owner Party
Homer Liston and Helen Hatton
Delinquency
76,867.66
Parcel Number
27-2694.000
$69,938.79
Owner Party
Heather Scaff
Delinquency
69,938.76
Parcel Number
27-3419.000
$68,521.16
Owner Party
WDSP LLC and Joseph Valli Revocable Trust
Delinquency
$68,521.16
Parcel Number
31-1042.000
$66,993.04
Owner Party
Scioto Sanitation, Inc
Delinquency
$66,9963.04
Parcel Number
25-0562.000
$51,504.09
Owner Party
Waller Brothers Partnership
Delinquency
51,504.09
Parcel Number
21-0944.000
$45,264.96
Owner Party
Tim and Cathy Justice
Delinquency
$45,264.96
Parcel Number
27-1685.000
$36,666.84
Owner Party
Darryl Nichols
Delinquency
36,666.84
Parcel Number
17-5156.000
$36,546.04
Owner Party
Michelle and Gregory Lawless
Delinquency
36,546.04
Parcel Number
24-1703.000
$35,292.96
Owner Party
Janet Gillum
Delinquency
35,292.96
Parcel Number
27-1029.000
$34,228.28
Owner Party
Betty Jane Davis
Delinquency
34,228.28
Parcel Number
17-1142.000
$33,863.15
Owner Party
Sherry and Paul Vernier
Delinquency
33,863.15
Parcel Number
15-1941.000
$31,263.37
Owner Party
Jodi Lynne Hanes
Delinquency
31,263.37
Parcel Number
02-1594.000
$30,006.86
Owner Party
Betty H and Willie R Stiltner
Delinquency
30,006.86
Parcel Number
16-0549.000
$28,329.39
Owner Party
Kenneth Carter
Delinquency
28,329.39
Parcel Number
17-1382.000
$26,752.99
Owner Party
Waller Brothers Partnership
Delinquency
26,752.99
Parcel Number
21-0090.000
$25,978.81
Owner Party
Jerry D Spires
Delinquency
25.978.81
Parcel Number
18-0191.002
$25,603.59
Owner Party
John D Wright
Delinquency
25,603.59
Parcel Number
17-0608.001
$24,973.62
Owner Party
Blessed Realty LLC
Delinquency
24,973.62
Parcel Number
31-1142.000
$24,235.66
Owner Party
Loretta Adkins
Delinquency
24,235.66
Parcel Number
07-2061.000
$24,067.31
Owner Party
Donnie R Smith
Delinquency
24,607.31
Parcel Number
27-2037.000
$24,052.32
Owner Party
Patrick J Sand
Delinquency
24,052.32
Parcel Number
13-0045.000
$23,892.94
Owner Party
Roberta and Howard Applegate Jr.
Delinquency
23,892.94
Parcel Number
06-3007.001
$23,746.97
Owner Party
Deborah and Stephen McHenry
Delinquency
23,746.97
Parcel Number
32-1303.000
Blame Game
Over the course of releasing these tax debts, many on social media have remarked on the release. Some have declared that property taxes should not be collected because “they already own the property.” Some have stated that the taxpayers are deceased. Others simply say this isn’t newsworthy.
The actual news story here is very simple. Why hasn’t the Auditor’s office not collected these taxes? Some of these have gone unpaid for more than 10 years. Are you happy with that?
Crucial services, including (but not limited to) township fire and EMS, Schools, CPS, Adult Protective Services, and the Scioto County Board of DD rely on these property taxes. The citizens voted on and passed levy items with an expectation that key services would receive the monies.
The Auditor’s office is not just a “bookkeeping service”, it is a collections agency. Every population will have its own debtors that will not pay. In this county, the Auditor’s office is in place to ensure that the money promised to those agencies is actually funded. Do they all just call J.G. Wentworth and say, “It’s my money, and I want it now,” Or, do we collectively hold the elected officials fully and utterly accountable for collecting the money?
