Unpaid real estate taxes skyrocket to $332 million

A record number of property tax bills remain unpaid across the Tampa Bay area this year, one more casualty of tough economic times. In April, 114,000 properties had overdue bills totaling $332.1 million in taxes in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco and Hernando counties. Final warnings to property owners for unpaid real estate taxes spiked 10 percent this March on top of record high delinquencies in 2008. The unpaid taxes come in a year when declining property values and state-mandated tax relief measures lowered many bills.

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