Anderson County Commissioners have approved a resolution for an upcoming foreclosure and forced sale of county delinquent property, which will hopefully take place before the retiring county treasurer leaves office this coming January. A resolution setting up the next tax sale was adopted recently, defining the county’s intent to pursue the next phase in the ongoing effort to get delinquent properties back on the county tax rolls by seizing them and selling them off to new owners. The complicating factor this time around is that Presumptive County Treasurer Ida McClelland, who won the Republican primary in August and faces no declared opposition in the November general election, hasn’t handled a tax sale from the office before. The hope is that outgoing County Treasurer Dena McDaniel can provide training for the mechanics of the sale before she leaves office.
Tax sales require an extensive notification and legal filing process to allow the present owner to redeem the property by paying the back taxes and penalties. Over the past decade or so Anderson County has scheduled a delinquent tax sale about every three years. The most recent sale was held in 2022, when 18 parcels totaling some $46,000 in back taxes, interest and fees delinquencies were sold at auction.
