COUNTY RATES.
DIFFICULTY OF COLLECTION, A LEGAL OPINION. A legal opinion solicited by the Inglewood County Council regarding the payment of rates in arrears is interesting new that the collection of rates is a problem exercising all local bodies. The opinion stated inter alia: “We are of opinion that an acknowledgment in writing from a ratepayer will not extend the time within which effective proceedings can be taken to recover rates, or give a fresh right of action if the two years have already elapsed. If legal proceedings are not taken against defaulting ratepayers, and judgment obtained, within two years from the date on which the rates which are in arrears became due and payable, then the right to take such proceedings is absolutely lost. The taking of a promissory note from the defaulting ratepayer would not alter the position. We think, therefore, that the council would be well advised to institute proceedings in every case of default in sufficient time before the expiry of the two years.” It was reported at yesterday’s meeting of the council that a number of summonses had been served on ratepayers for rates for the 1920-21 season, but the unpaid rates for last year were not yet being sued for.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1922, Page 4
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206COUNTY RATES. Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1922, Page 4
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