Changes to Existing Law

Sheriff's Fees--Costs--Collection of taxes. The sheriff is allowed the following fees for collecting taxes the following fees: twenty-five dollars for making the sheriff's return on the sheriff's warrant of authority; fifteen fifty dollars for each levy; and ten dollars for each sale and necessary costs of the for each sale. The fees and costs shall be collected from the tax debtor or the tax debtor's property. If actual travel is made in collecting taxes, the sheriff shall also collect from the tax debtor or the tax debtor's property an additional penalty, in lieu of mileage, equal to fifteen six percent of the amount of tax and interest due. The fees and costs collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the county general fund. The sheriff shall receive from the county mileage for each mile actually and necessarily traveled at the rate provided by law. However, the sheriff is not allowed mileage for collecting taxes within the corporate limits of the county seat. 15