Delinquent Tax List for the City of Seattle

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 8004-02

Scope and Contents note

Lists of delinquent City taxes turned over to the King County Treasurer for collection. Once collected, proceeds were returned to the City Clerk. Includes name of delinquent individual or business, description of property, assessed valuation, and taxes owed. One volume (1876-1877) includes a list of collections returned to the City.

Dates

Creation: 1873-1878

Creator

Seattle (Wash.). Office of the Treasurer (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access note

Records are open to the public.

Historical Note

The position of City Treasurer was created in Seattle's first City Charter in 1869. The Treasurer administered the ca_collections.idno, management, and disbursement of all City monies, invested temporary surplus cash, kept accounts of all funds received and expended, and administered Local Improvement District assessments. The Treasurer, like the Comptroller, was an elected official until 1992, when a City Charter amendment abolished the two positions and consolidated the two departments into an executive agency, the Department of Finance.