12/20/2018
The Marion County Treasurer’s Office, the county agency tasked with collecting property taxes and distributing them to units of government, is currently dealing with 50,431 tax delinquent properties.
Those tax property owners owe more than $85 million in taxes, records show.
New numbers show approximately 15 percent of real estate parcels in the county are currently considered delinquent.
Property taxes are the main source of funds for school systems, police agencies, fire departments and other units of government.
There are more than 50,000 tax delinquent properties in Marion County, the Call 6 Investigators found. Those property owners owe more than $85 million in taxes.