79-2018. Employment of persons to assist collection of unpaid personal property taxes in counties; contingency fee compensation; disposition of taxes; costs. The board of county commissioners of any county may employ attorneys or other persons to assist the county in the collection of personal property taxes remaining unpaid from and after the date the same became a judgment. The employment of such attorney or other persons shall be in writing and shall be on a contingent fee basis, but in no event shall the fees and charges for such collections exceed the sum of 50% of the amount collected. Any taxes so collected shall be credited ratably to the funds for which such taxes were levied and the cost of collecting shall be apportioned and charged ratably against the funds for which such taxes were collected.
History: L. 1972, ch. 369, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 200, § 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 20 - Collection And Cancellation Of Taxes
79-2002 Tax receipts by county treasurer; contents.
79-2003 Warrants to be received in payment of taxes, when.
79-2004a Time for payment of personal property taxes; interest, when.
79-2005a Same; invalidity of part.
79-2005b Taxes paid under protest; disorganization of taxing district; no-fund warrants; tax levies.
79-2009 Highway or railroad bridge; appointment of receiver upon failure to pay tax.
79-2010 County commissioners to certify list of claims allowed.
79-2014 Abatement and cancellation of unpaid taxes upon certain mineral interests or royalties.
79-2015 Actions for debt to collect taxes, fees, interest and penalties, when; remedies.
79-2016 Same; liabilities imposed by other states; comity.
79-2017 Collection of delinquent taxes in certain counties; tax lien.
79-2019 Same; bond of contract collectors; report and accounting of taxes collected.
79-2020 Voluntary transfer of personal property before tax paid; lien, exception; collection.
79-2022 Contingent fee based employment to audit personal property tax returns prohibited, when.
79-2023 Wyandotte county accumulated interest amnesty program.
79-2024 Partial payment or payment plan for delinquent or nondelinquent property taxes authorized.