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Real and
Personal Property Taxes
09-30-2009
posting: The 2009 Tax Rates have been set by the City Commissioner as
11.8 cents per $100 assessed valuation for Real Estate and 18.8 cents
per $100 assessed valuation for Tangible/Personal Property.
The bills are being printed and mailing to property owners is expected
no later than October 12. Taxes may be paid at face amount
through November 16, 2009 with a 10% penalty being incurred after that
date.
CITY OF
FRANKLIN, KY PROPERTY TAX OFFICE
(Information Updated 8-2009)
ADDRESS: 117 W CEDAR (Physical zip code 42134)
P O BOX 2805 FRANKLIN KY 42135
PHONE: (270)586-4497
FAX: (270)586-9419
Office hours are 8 AM until 4:30 PM CST, Monday through Friday
Franklin City
property tax bills are mailed and due one time per year, usually in
October. Assessments are prepared by the Simpson County Property
Valuation Administrator (270-586-4261) and per Kentucky Revised
Statutes (KRS) the owner for a particular tax year is determined by
owner of record as of January 1 of the tax year per the records in the
county clerk deed office (270-586-. If property is sold and
recorded on January 10, the owner of record will be the seller who will
be ultimately responsible for payment.
Subsequent to the
Kentucky Revenue Cabinet certification of the assessments (usually in
August) the Franklin City Commission determines the various rates for
each that tax year. The issue, penalty and delinquent dates vary
each year. The face amount of the tax is due immediately upon
issue of bill, with penalty being added approximately thirty days after
the bills are mailed. We DO accept postmark when assessing penalties. Our
office does NOT furnish original tax bills to anyone other than to the
addressee as furnished to us by the PVA (270-586-4261). Escrow holders may wish to request the property owner
forward their bill directly to them. Escrow holders are welcome
to send their representatives to our office to research the tax books
for any information needed. Please contact us to arrange
appointments. At this time, our office can only access properties by
the name of the owner of record. The
City Finance & Accounting offices are currently in the process of
installing new software that will give us the capability of searching
by other means. At this time automated request are not available.
Duplicate tax bills may be requested as an open record; the current commercial charge is $1.00
per image and research costs may apply; homeowners can request
additional copies at 10 cents per image. Please contact our
office for the appropriate forms. Our office staff will be glad
to assist, as office work allows, with payoff information as
follows: information requests for five
or fewer bills may be handled over the phone. Information
requests for six or more bills; please fax the information to us and we
will respond as soon as possible. Large requests will be filled
as soon as staff hours allow. Our policy is to receipt all
payments on open bills, and a refund check will be returned to the
payer for any unapplied balances over $5.00. Duplicate payments will be returned to the payer, which may or may not be the taxpayer, and not applied to any other account than those indicated. Payments for multiple accounts must be limited to no more than five accounts per check
and should include our tax bill number, amount being paid, owner of
record, description of property if available, and if a receipt is
desired include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Include a
current contact telephone number and return address to be used in the
event of overpayment or unidentified payment. Our office will
accept substitute bills with appropriate information at no extra fee.
Further
information may be obtained by contacting Franklin City Hall at
(270)586-4497. We appreciate your cooperation with our efforts to
keep the City of Franklin, KY tax office operating efficiently for all
customers.
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