Question: I sold my property and still received a tax bill. What should I do?

Answer: You are not responsible for paying taxes on property you do not own. By operation of law, the name of the owner of record as of January 1 will appear on the tax bill for the next fiscal year. If you sold your property on a date that is close to a tax due date, verify that your mortgage company did not make a tax payment on your behalf in addition to the closing attorney that handled the sale. The new owner should contact the Assessing Department to have his/her name and address “added” to the tax bill address database for the remainder of the Fiscal Year. You may return the bill to the City, forward it to the new owner, or discard the bill. The Treasury Department/Tax Collector’s Office does not maintain the tax bill address database as this is an Assessing Department function.