244.36605 - Delinquent charges for financial assistance or for the provision of certain services related to water; election by county to collect delinquencies on tax roll.
244.36605 Delinquent charges for financial assistance or for the provision of certain services related to water; election by county to collect delinquencies on tax roll.
1. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 400,000, if the county provides financial assistance through a program established pursuant to NRS 244.3651 or 244.3653, the board of county commissioners may elect by ordinance to have delinquent repayments of loans, including, without limitation, charges, fees, interest and penalties, collected on the tax roll, or collected with the property taxes due on mobile or manufactured homes that do not meet the requirements of NRS 361.244, in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time as, together with and not separately from, the county’s general taxes. If the board makes such an election, the board shall cause:
(a) A description of each lot or parcel of real property or each mobile or manufactured home with respect to which the charges are delinquent on May 1; and
(b) The amount of the delinquent charges,
Ê to be prepared and submitted to the tax receiver of the county, in a form approved by the tax receiver, not later than June 1.
2. In a county whose population is less than 400,000:
(a) The board of county commissioners of a county which provides sewerage, storm drainage or water service, or any combination of those services, may elect by ordinance to have delinquent charges for any or all of those services collected on the tax roll, or collected with the property taxes due on mobile or manufactured homes that do not meet the requirements of NRS 361.244, in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time as, together with and not separately from, the county’s general taxes. If the board makes such an election, the board shall cause:
(1) A description of each lot or parcel of real property or each mobile or manufactured home with respect to which the charges are delinquent on May 1; and
(2) The amount of the delinquent charges,
Ê to be prepared and submitted to the tax receiver of the county, in a form approved by the tax receiver, no later than June 1.
(b) The powers authorized by this section are alternative to all other powers of the county for the collection of such delinquent charges or repayments.
(c) The real property may be described by reference to maps prepared by and on file in the office of the county assessor or by descriptions used by the county assessor.
(d) The amount of any such delinquent charge or repayment constitutes a lien against the lot or parcel of land or mobile or manufactured home against which the charge has been imposed as of the time when the lien of taxes on the roll or on mobile or manufactured homes attach.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (g), the tax receiver of the county shall include the amount of the delinquent charges or repayments on bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land or mobile or manufactured homes, as applicable. Thereafter the amount of the delinquent charges or repayments must be collected at the same time and in the same manner and by the same persons as, together with and not separately from, the general taxes for the county.
(f) All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of general taxes of the county, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to the matters of delinquency, correction, cancellation, refund, redemption and sale, are applicable to delinquent charges or repayments that are collected in the manner authorized by this section.
(g) The tax receiver of the county may issue separate bills for delinquent charges or repayments that are collected in the manner authorized by this section and separate receipts for collection on account of those charges.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2561; A 2003, 820; 2009, 1431)