The mayor is looking to halt liens filed against 2,600 city property owners this week. Author: Stacy Lange Updated: 10:14 PM EDT April 14, 2021
SCRANTON, Pa. About 3,500 Scranton residents received letters earlier this month telling them liens would be filed against their properties if they didn t make good on their 2020 taxes.
About 1,000 taxpayers paid up. The other 2,600 had liens filed against them this week.
The Lackawanna County Tax Claim Bureau collects delinquent taxes on behalf of the city of Scranton. City Hall, and many of the delinquent taxpayers, dispute the county s timing, saying that they normally would have two years to pay up before a lien.