The legislature must provide, by law, for: (1) interest on the delinquent taxes and other impositions not to exceed 1% per month on a non-compounding basis; (2) a penalty not to exceed 5% of the delinquent taxes and other impositions; (3) a period of time during which the lien cannot be enforced; (4) a procedure for claiming the excess proceeds from the sale of the property as a result of the enforcement of the lien; and (5) the authority of the tax collector to waive penalties for good cause.

But that's why I'm here :-) Hey Travis I am in a similar situation to the author of this post and would love to get your advice about the market as well. 

You have no authority to force him to let her in.  

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For the most part, they should pay for any penalties from the tax authority but at the end of the day, if you weren't paying for the taxes through escrow, and they weren't disbursing to the tax authority, but now you are and now they have, it makes sense the payment went up because they are covering the shortage for the period you weren't paying.

The state has far more money, time and authority to pursue these kinds of matters.

In the second state, the municipality by law had no authority to change anything and the one meeting with them was advisory only. 

If someone connected with you has signing authority, you can be found via that connection. 

I have been charged twice for the same repair, had repairs done that I did not authorize, had them fail to actually do repairs I did authorize in a timely manner and then blame me for it, had people just forget to respond to me, all kinds of problems.