Legislation
SECTION 1506
Penalty and interest payments in cities and towns in Rensselaer county
Real Property Tax (RPT) CHAPTER 50-A, ARTICLE 15
§ 1506. Penalty and interest payments in cities and towns in
Rensselaer county. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or
special law to the contrary, the following scale of penalties is hereby
prescribed for the neglect to pay the county, or town taxes, special ad
valorem levies or special assessments in cities and towns in Rensselaer
county: if not paid on or before or during the period of thirty days
after the mailing of the tax bills by the collecting official or
February fifteenth, whichever date shall be the earlier after the notice
required by section nine hundred twenty of this chapter, one per centum
except in towns of the first class and those towns in which a town clerk
acts as collecting officer, in which towns there shall be no penalty or
interest; if paid thereafter and before the last day of March, two per
centum in all cities and towns; if paid thereafter and before the last
day of April, three per centum in all cities and towns; if paid
thereafter and before the last day of May, four per centum in all cities
and towns; if paid thereafter and before the last day of June, five per
centum in all cities and towns; if paid thereafter and before the last
day of July, six per centum in all cities and towns; if paid after the
first of August and before the last day of September, eight per centum
in all cities and towns and if paid thereafter after the first day of
October and the last day of November, ten per centum in all cities and
towns, together with expenses of publication of tax sale advertising as
now allowed by law.
Rensselaer county. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or
special law to the contrary, the following scale of penalties is hereby
prescribed for the neglect to pay the county, or town taxes, special ad
valorem levies or special assessments in cities and towns in Rensselaer
county: if not paid on or before or during the period of thirty days
after the mailing of the tax bills by the collecting official or
February fifteenth, whichever date shall be the earlier after the notice
required by section nine hundred twenty of this chapter, one per centum
except in towns of the first class and those towns in which a town clerk
acts as collecting officer, in which towns there shall be no penalty or
interest; if paid thereafter and before the last day of March, two per
centum in all cities and towns; if paid thereafter and before the last
day of April, three per centum in all cities and towns; if paid
thereafter and before the last day of May, four per centum in all cities
and towns; if paid thereafter and before the last day of June, five per
centum in all cities and towns; if paid thereafter and before the last
day of July, six per centum in all cities and towns; if paid after the
first of August and before the last day of September, eight per centum
in all cities and towns and if paid thereafter after the first day of
October and the last day of November, ten per centum in all cities and
towns, together with expenses of publication of tax sale advertising as
now allowed by law.