ARTICLE I. PROPERTY TAXATION
Newest change 2019
Plain English: what this chapter covers
This chapter covers city property taxes: billing, due dates, interest, penalties, and what happens if they go unpaid, up to a tax sale. It also covers taxes on insurers, banks and hotel rooms, the monthly E-911 charge, and the 2022 Blighted Property Ordinance, which raises taxes on officially blighted, non-owner-occupied property and gives a tax break once it's fixed.
What's in here
- Sec. 78-1 Administration1
- Sec. 78-2 Due date; payment; interest on past due taxes1
- Sec. 78-3 Penalties
- Sec. 78-4 Executions on delinquent taxes and assessments
- Sec. 78-5 Levy of executions; sale of property
- Sec. 78-6 Bidding by city at tax sales; disposition of property acquired
- Sec. 78-7 Accounting by marshal; final return or settlement
- Sec. 78-8 Garnishment by city; reduction of executions to judgment
- Sec. 78-9 Redemption rights of defendant in fi.fa.; vesting of title in grantee
- Sec. 78-10 Costs1
- Sec. 78-11 Ad valorem tax1
- Secs. 78-12—78-30 Reserved
This is a plain-English guide, not legal advice. The official code is on Municode and at City Hall. Our copy is from April 30, 2026.
Online: https://jamesburgessleads.com/city-code/PTIICOOR_CH78TA_ARTIPRTA
Official version: https://library.municode.com/GA/Ashburn/codes/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH78TA_ARTIPRTA
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