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TAX FORECLOSURE ATTORNEY AGREEMENT
<br /> This agreement, made and entered into this the day of , 2017, by
<br /> and between Cabarrus County, hereinafter referred to as County, and Mark D. Bardill, P.C., a
<br /> North Carolina professional corporation,trading as Zacchaeus Legal Services, hereinafter
<br /> referred to as Attorney, shall be for the legal services to be provided for foreclosure actions on
<br /> delinquent real property taxes due to the County, and to this end, the parties hereto make the
<br /> following recitals:
<br /> WITNESSETH:
<br /> WHEREAS, Attorney has in excess of thirty years of experience serving as Special Tax
<br /> Attorney for the Counties of Onslow, Jones, Craven, Lenoir, Beaufort, Wilson, Warren,
<br /> Chatham, Lee, Cabarrus, Scotland, Tyrrell, Forsyth, Iredell, Yancey, Yadkin, Gates, Dare,
<br /> Richmond, Washington, Catawba, Chowan and Guilford and the Towns of Jonesville, Wallace,
<br /> Columbia, Rose Hill, Yadkinville, Dobbins Heights, Gibsonville, Plymouth, Hoffinan, Farmville
<br /> and the City of Lumberton; and
<br /> WHEREAS,tax foreclosure is a certain and special area of practice and any attorney who
<br /> serves as a Special Tax Attorney must provide specially trained staff, must advance thousands of
<br /> dollars in costs and must dedicate other resources in order to successfully complete the
<br /> foreclosure assignments made to it; and
<br /> WHEREAS,to support these specially trained staff, advanced costs and other dedicated
<br /> resources, Attorney needs to extend the contract with County to serve as its special tax attorney
<br /> for a term of two (2)years;
<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, and upon the agreements,
<br /> conditions, and covenants found herein,the parties hereto agree as follows:
<br /> 1. The Attorney shall initiate foreclosure actions for all parcels with delinquent taxes
<br /> to be assigned in one batch made on or before the 1st day of every Quarter during the
<br /> term of this agreement, or in more frequent intervals,upon mutual agreement of the parties
<br /> hereto.
<br /> 2. The Tax Collector shall provide to the Attorney the name of the delinquent
<br /> taxpayer,the most recent address on file, the total delinquent taxes, including interest and
<br /> penalties by year and a map of the parcel with its identification number. This information shall
<br /> be in the form of a computer printout and GIS Map,with other information provided as
<br /> available.
<br /> 3. All related work and filing of foreclosure actions shall take place within one
<br /> hundred eighty (180) calendar days from the date that the Tax Collector transmits the initial
<br /> information outlined in Paragraph 2 above and the request for foreclosure to the Attorney;
<br /> however, if for some reason,the foreclosure action is not filed within one hundred eighty(180)
<br /> calendar days from the date of transmittal, Attorney shall submit a written statement to the Tax
<br /> Collector as to the reason why the action has not been filed. If a Taxpayer tenders payment in
<br /> full prior to the filing of the complaint, the Tax Collector must accept payment and no attorney
<br /> fees are due from the Taxpayer. Provided, however, should the Tax Office fail to inform the
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