LOCK HAVEN – More than 300 properties in Clinton County are on the tax sale list, as those property owners are waiting until the last minute to fulfill their obligations, according to county Assistant Treasurer Michelle Kunes.

The deadline looms, the official notification has been made, the legal advertisement has been dispatched and the properties will be offered at a public sale commencing at 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 30.

The complete tax sale list will be published in this coming Monday’s edition of The Express community newspaper.

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Clinton County Treasurer Michelle Kunes, left, and Assistant Tax Claim Director Kim Phillips update the tax sale list.
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The total amount of back real estate taxes due on all the properties – from municipal, county and school taxes – approaches the $1 million mark, according to the treasurer’s figures.

And the reality?

If past practic is any indication, very few of the hundreds of properties upon which taxes are owed will actually be sold and in almost every circumstance, back taxes will be paid.

See the weekend print edition of The Express for the full story.