Franklin County Treasurer Description of Duties
Tax Collecting: The County Treasurer collects real and personal property taxes. The tax collection sends notices to the taxpayers of the amount due on real and personal property before the fourth Monday of November. The first installment is due December 20 of the year and the second installment is due June 20 of the following year. If December 20 or June 20 falls on Saturday or Sunday the payment is due the next working day. If each installment is not paid on or before the 20th, a penalty of two percent of the amount of tax due on the delinquent installment and intersted at one percent per month as added and calculated as of January 1. Scheduled payments can be applied to each installment. After personal property or manufactured home taxes become delinquent, the County Treasurer has the responsibility of issuing warrants of distraint. The warrants are directed to the County Sheriff and contain the name and mailing addresses of the delinquent taxpayer. If the taxes are uncollected, the tax collector may take legal action against the delinquent taxpayer.
Tax Notices: Tax notices are sent out the first part of November.
Ex Officio Public Administrator: Acting as public administrator, the County Administrator, the County Treasurer, takes charge of the estates of the following groups of people.
1. The estates of decedents for whom no personal representatives are appointed.
2. The estates of decedents with no known heirs.
3. Estates ordered into his/her hands by the court and estates to which the State of Idaho is an heir.
Investments: The Treasurer is authorized and empowered to invest surplus or idle funds of the depositing unit in investments by Idaho Code.
