SSB 5221 — Simplifying processes and timelines related to personal property distraint.

What this bill does

Authorizes a county treasurer to waive personal property taxes if the cost for the county to collect and distrain the property is more than the tax due. Establishes a process for an owner of property in a notice of distraint to apply for a refund of the excess distraint sale proceeds. Allows a person to have a new certificate of title created if certain property is purchased in a county's foreclosure or distraint sale where no title can be found.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 10, 2025
  94 yea · 2 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 2025
  49 yea · 0 nay

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