BURRILLVILLE – An auction held last month for the purpose of collecting funds from unpaid sewer and property tax bills brought in nearly $47,000.
Liens on 18 properties were placed up for tax sale, and only a few failed to attract bidders. Investors who buy the liens collect interest over the course of one year, at which time they have the opportunity to foreclose on the property via a petition in Superior Court if the debt has not been paid off.
The main purpose of the sales, held primarily by municipalities and fire districts throughout Rhode Island, is to prompt delinquent taxpayers to come forward. Legal ads listing the properties must be published 30 days in advance by state law, and 41 properties in Burrillville were originally headed to the auction, with more than half of the owners taking care of the bills in advance.
Those who failed to pay saw liens on their lots auctioned at an event held at The Assembly Theatre on Thursday, June 16.
One frequent bidder at the June sale was Cranston-based Roosevelt Associates RIGP, submitting the highest offers for claims to titles on five Burrillville properties totaling $17,281.
Property owners can now exercise their right to redemption – as one already has. Ischia Inc. paid past due taxes and fees on a property at 0 Wallum Lake Road just days after the tax sale.
Others will be on the hook to pay the liens and fees – plus interest – or risk losing the property.
Below are the remaining liens from the June 16 tax sale, which brought in a total of $46,725.
992 Victory Highway
- Owner: Richard & Stephanie Jalette
- Originally due: Sewer bills from 2019 through 2021 totaling $1,739
- Purchased by: Civil Process RIGP of Cranston for $1,780
505 Buxton St.
- Owned by: Stephen & Patricia Madden
- Originally due: 2021 taxes totaling $4,968
- Purchased by: Patrick Conley of East Providence for $4,588
0 Bronco Highway
- Owner: Irene Stockwell
- Originally due: Taxes dating back to 2016 totaling $5,479
- No bidder
0 Bronco Highway
- Owned by: Harvest Time LLC
- Originally due: 2021 taxes totaling $587
- Purchased by: Menocar Investments of Slatersville for $1,135
0 Fawn Drive
- Owned by: John Shwartz & the Estate of Dorothy Wilson
- Originally due: Taxes dating back to 2016 totaling $2,514
- Purchased by: Jaime Vazquez of Pascoag for $4,023
63 Spring Lake Road
- Owned by: Peter & Many Shaw
- Originally due: Sewer bills of $2,711 dating back to 2020
- Purchased by: AJ Properties, LLC of Providence for $3,157
0 Deer Run Drive
- Owned by: Robert Walker, David & Lisa Palardy
- Originally due: Taxes of $110 dating back to 2011
- Purchased by: Paul Carbone of Pascoag for $783
0 Fairbanks Ave.
- Owned by: Raymond & Madeline Hopkins & Mary Shekarchi
- Originally due: Taxes of $69 going back to 2016
- No bidder
0 Wilson Drive
- Owner: Robert & John Daskiewicz, & Ronald Wood
- Originally due: Taxes dating back to 2016 totaling $2,892
- Purchased by: Thomas Danti of Pascoag for $4,695
105-107 Laurel Hill Ave.
- Owner: Augusta Laporte & Jutonus, LLC
- Originally due: Sewer bills of $614 dating back to 2021 and taxes of $2,830
- Purchased by: Roosevelt Associates RIGP of Coventry for $4,105
69 Kennedy Lane
- Owner: Alice & Brian Buckless & Jordan Realty, RIGP
- Originally due: 2021 Sewer bill of $614 and 2021 taxes of $2,088
- Purchased by: Post, LLC of Warwick for $3,276
116-118 Sayles Ave.
- Owner: Erin Golden, Blackrock Investments, LLC & Steven Giarusso
- Originally due: Sewer of $1,229 dating back to 2021 and taxes of $3,142
- Purchased by: Roosevelt Associates of Coventry for $4,948
42-44 Park Place
- Owner: Thomas & Linda Hunt
- Originally due: Sewer bills from 2020 & 2021 totaling $2,411
- Purchased by: Da Xiang Zheng of Pascoag for $2,214
165-167 Pascoag Main St.
- Owner: Howard Hopkins
- Originally due: Sewer bills from 2020 & 2021 totaling $3,617
- Purchased by: Stephen Greene of Barrington for $3,929
36 Mill St.
- Owner: Refinement LLC
- Originally due: Sewer bills from 2020 & 2021 totaling $1,205
- Purchased by: Thomas Conley of Manville for $1,603
112 South Main St.
- Owner: John Mitchell
- Originally due: Sewer bills from 2020 & 2021 totaling $1,205 and 2021 taxes of $2,878
- Purchased by: Roosevelt Associates for $4,594
24 Casino Ave.
- Owner: Charlotte Barnhart & Kristeena Pouliot
- Originally due: Sewer bills from 2019 through 2021 totaling $1,739
- Purchased by: Roosevelt Associates for $1,895
