Tax Collector

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Balance cash and all accounts collected on a daily basis.
  • Balance all accounts on a monthly basis and year end basis. Prepare year-end reports for the City and the Department of Revenue.
  • Process NH Motor Vehicle Registrations and all related reports and inventories.
  • Process and mail property tax bills.
  • Prepare and mail delinquent notices for property taxes, sewer fees, current use, timber, excavation and special warrants.  Notice includes all prior years’ liens.
  • Coordinate and prepare all remaining unpaid accounts for impending lien notices to be mailed via certified mail. If the accounts are not paid by the due date, a tax lien is executed against the property, with a copy sent to the Registry of Deeds to be recorded. When the tax lien is paid in full, a redemption report is mailed to the Registry of Deeds so the lien can be released.
  • Prepare deeding notices for tax lien accounts that are approaching the due date. These are sent via certified mail.  
  • Initiate tax deeds to the City for not-payment of tax liens; deeds then sent to the Registry of Deeds for recording. Preparing Opportunity to Repurchase letters and processing payments received.
  • Daily telephone calls from banks, mortgage companies, attorneys, real estate offices and the general public requesting tax information pay off figures and other information.
  • Prepare paperwork on bankruptcies and foreclosures in order to keep an accurate record of outstanding taxes due.
  • Prepare electronic files for banks and tax service companies for payment of property taxes.

Staff Contacts

Name Title Phone
Jan Gagnon Assistant Comptroller
Kristia Davis Senior Collections Clerk
Holly Larsen Finance Director 603-752-1610
Sherry Young
Jennifer Douglass Collections Clerk