[Amended 2-10-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-2]
A. From
and after passage of this article, all persons or entities, including
but not limited to title insurance companies, title abstract companies,
attorneys and others engaged in the business or practice of holding
real estate settlements and/or closings, who contact the Treasurer
or Tax Collector of the Township of Marple or his or her agent for
the purpose of obtaining a certification as to the status of real
estate taxes for real property situated within Marple Township, shall
be required, in consideration for the providing of such a service,
to pay to the Township of Marple and to the Tax Collector such fee(s)
as shall be established by resolution of the Board of Commissioners
of Marple Township.
B. All persons
or entities, including but not limited to title insurance companies,
title abstract companies, attorneys and others engaged in the business
or practice of holding real estate settlements and/or closings who
or which either contact the Tax Collector or his or her agent and
request the Tax Collector or his or her agent to provide duplicate
bill(s) and/or receipt(s) for real estate taxes for real property
situated within Marple Township or submit to the Tax Collector payment
of real estate taxes, which payment is not accompanied by a copy of
the tax bill being paid, shall be required, in consideration for the
providing of such a service, to pay to the Tax Collector such duplicate
tax bill fee(s) as shall be established by resolution of the Board
of Commissioners of Marple Township, which such fee for 2014 shall
be $10 per property or folio for each duplicate Township tax bill.
The Tax Collector may charge and be entitled to receive a reduced
fee for bulk submissions (being the combined payment of real estate
taxes for 20 or more properties or folios at one time and including
electronic submissions containing appropriate and compatible data
in form and content acceptable to the Tax Collector), such fee(s)
as shall be established by resolution of the Board of Commissioners
of Marple Township, which such bulk duplicate tax bill fee for 2014
shall be $5 per property or folio included in such bulk payment. The
Tax Collector shall retain all such fees collected.
The Tax Collector of Marple Township shall have the duty to provide all certifications requested pursuant to §
274-107 of this article.
Upon failure of any person or entity as set
forth above, to whom tax certification information has been provided,
to make payment as required by this article, the Tax Collector shall
have the right and power to proceed with all legal remedies available
to it to effectuate collection of the tax certification fee. If legal
action is required to effectuate such collection, the person or entity
to whom the tax certification information has been provided shall
be responsible for the payment of court costs and attorneys' fees
incurred by the Tax Collector.