Courthouse News - January 16, 2005
UNION COUNTY RECORDER - Paula White, 641-782-1725.
You will need to supply length, width, capacity and hull I.D. numbers before we can register/renew your boat. Boats in Iowa renew by April 2005 and owners will need to supply this information, if it isn’t already on your registration. All boats must be current before they can be transferred to a new owner.
ATV/SNOWMOBILE registrations expired December 31, 2004. Please stop by to renew unless you use it strictly for farm use. If you buy an Atv/Snowmobile, the registration must be current and you will need the title.
UNION COUNTY AUDITOR - Sandy Hysell, 782-1701
The Auditor’s Office is finishing the end of the year procedures. We are working on fiscal year 2006 budgets, valuations, and W-2s.
January 21, 2005 is the last day for Cities in Union County to file their ballot language for the March 29, 2005 Local Sales and Service Tax Election. The ballot language will be published in the Creston News Advertiser on January 26, 2005 and in the Afton Star on January 27, 2005.
UNION COUNTY TREASURER - Linda Marley, 782-1710
Drivers License (hours 8:30-4:00)
January 3, 2005 marked the unveiling of the new statewide Motor Vehicle Software System. The office was closed to the public on January 3rd so that we could get our entire title and plate inventory entered into the system. We also spent the majority of the day doing transactions that we had received in the mail from the previous week. There have been a few bugs to work out but overall things are going well. Please continue to be patient with us as the process with be slower until we get accustomed to where to find the information we need. Please remember to bring in your renewal notice or plate number when you come in to renew and it will go quicker.
The Disabled and Senior Low Income tax credit forms arrived in our office this week. To qualify for this credit you must be totally disabled or 65 years of age or older and your income for 2004 must have been lower than $18035.00. These forms need to be filled out and returned to our office before June 1, 2005. Also we have a few rent reimbursement forms. These forms can also be downloaded off the website www.state.ia.us/tax <http://www.state.ia.us/tax> . Click on tax forms and then property tax.
Delinquent tax notices will be going out from our office at the end of the month. Anyone that had prior year delinquents or did not pay your September 2004 taxes will receive one of these notices. The notice will list the delinquent taxes and any amount due for March 2005.
UNION COUNTY ASSESSOR - Gene Haner, 782-1735
All Union County residents who have purchased a home and moved should stop in and sign a New Homestead and Military Exemption, if eligible.
If you have made any building changes, please notify this office.
Family Farm Credit is now a one-time sign up and can be signed at any time for qualifying ground.
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