File #: 2026-0024    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: In Committee
File created: 2/17/2026 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the manager of treasury operations of King County to cancel the attached list of uncollectible personal property taxes in the amount of $1,218,769 for the years 2018 through 2025.
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski
Indexes: King County, personal property, Taxes, treasury
Attachments: 1. A. 2025 Write-off List, 2. B. 2025 Personal Property Write-off Report for Accounts in Excess of $5,000, 3. C. Affidavit, 4. 2026-0024 Transmittal Letter, 5. 2026-0024 Fiscal Note, 6. 2026-0024 Legislative Review

Drafter

Clerk 02/02/2026

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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the manager of treasury operations of King County to cancel the attached list of uncollectible personal property taxes in the amount of $1,218,769 for the years 2018 through 2025.

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

1.  The duly appointed manager of treasury operations of King County, Washington, has made an affidavit pursuant to the terms of RCW 84.56.240 and 84.56.260 to the King County council relating to the manager's or staff's diligent search and inquiry for goods and chattels of the persons appearing on the list of delinquent taxpayers and the manager's or staff's inability to find any such property from which the taxes could be collected.

2.  The duly appointed manager of treasury operations of King County, Washington, has requested that the King County council cancel the taxes consistent with RCW 84.56.240.

                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  The taxes in the amount of $1,218,769, as indicated in Attachments A, B, and C to this ordinance, from the records of treasury operations for the years 2018 through 2025, shall be canceled, but the obligation to King County is not forgiven.  The

manager of treasury operations of King County is hereby authorized to cancel the taxes on the tax rolls.