[Adopted 6-20-1989 by Ord. No. 957 (Ch. 24, Part 6, of the 1999 Code of Ordinances)]
[Amended 3-16-1999 by Ord. No. 1094]
A fee in the amount as established from time to time by resolution of Borough Council is to be collected by the Tax Collector of the Borough of West Mifflin for the issuance of a certification of payment of real estate taxes. The fee is applicable to each request, regardless if there are two different requests on the same property.
The aforesaid fee is based on cost incurred by the Tax Collector in preparing and issuing the said certification of payment of real estate taxes, and, from time to time, the Council of the Borough of West Mifflin may increase or decrease said fee by motion to reflect the cost incurred in preparing and issuing the certification of payment of real estate taxes.
The elected Tax Collector shall do the following:
A. 
Review the tax receipt book or tax duplicates to determine the payment status of the realty tax.
B. 
Prepare and draft a tax receipt certification, which shall indicate the realty tax year, the amount paid and the date paid.
C. 
Any year upon which realty taxes were not paid will be clearly marked or indicated that realty taxes for said year are due and payable, together with penalty and interest.
D. 
The elected Tax Collector shall sign the tax receipt certification, and said signature shall act as a verification that the information contained thereon is an accurate reflection of the tax duplicates on record with the Borough of West Mifflin.
E. 
Tax certification shall be given by the elected Tax Collector for only a period of three prior years from the date of request. Unpaid realty tax for years prior to said three years are recorded in the Prothonotary's office of Allegheny County.
In the event that the elected Tax Collector's services are utilized, then the elected Tax Collector shall keep the hard costs incurred by the elected Tax Collector in collecting the data and issuing said certification, which may include reimbursement of salaries and wages paid by the elected Tax Collector to employees of the elected Tax Collector's office for time expended in collecting said data; provided, however, the elected Tax Collector shall not be entitled to any additional compensation other than actual costs incurred, nor shall said reimbursement of costs be in excess of the fee imposed by the Borough, regardless of the amount of costs incurred by the Tax Collector.