Couple fights loss of home over $1.63

[rpannier]

SLIDELL, La. - A $1.63 property tax bill that never reached its destination in 1996 has turned into a nightmare for Kermit and Dolores Atwood, who are now trying to keep from losing their home over the unpaid notice.

Dolores Atwood calls the events that followed the wayward bill, including the eventual sale of their home at a sheriff's tax sale, "seven years of emotional hell."

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The couple hope recent state court decisions, which say their home should never have been put up for sale, withstand appeals by a land company.

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The bill was sent to a defunct address and returned undelivered to the St. Tammany Parish sheriff's office. Atwood then complained to the sheriff's and assessor's offices that she never received the bill and knew nothing about it. The house, which the couple has owned mortgage-free since 1968, previously was totally state homestead exempt, meaning there was no tax bill, Atwood said.


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[babylonsister]

1. That really stinks. How often have I mailed something that never

reached its destination? Fairly often; it happens. And they filed a homestead exemption? Makes no sense.

[Kingshakabobo]

2. The fucking vulture should drop their case....

Sorry, Jamie Land Co, you DIDN'T find a suitcase full of money on a train.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. Another example of standing on a cement block to kick a duck's ass.

n/t

[razors edge]

4. Somewere there is a law that says

they have to pay that tax or have their home taken. And we all know there are no unjust tax laws or misapplications. Think of all the good that can be done for people who have no homes after the sheriff sells that home and distributes that money in a humane and caring fashion. :sarcasm:

[Toasterlad]

5. Shit Like This Scares the Fuck Out of Me.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

6. This is really ridiculous. Why didn't the Sheriff send copies of the bill to the HOUSE's

address?

Is Sheriff an elective office in Slidell? When's the next election?