NRS-19875 | Rate notice books [Junee Shire Council]

Each year the local council was required to set the level of, and collect rates in respect of all rateable properties within the municipal or shire district.For each rateable property, a record was created which generally identified the property and person rated, and includes details of: the annual value of the property; the amounts due; amounts paid; arrears; and when rates were abandoned. Office copies of notices were bound and retained as evidence that notice had been served and in any dispute over unpaid rates the council had to prove that these notices had been sent. This series consists of the Council's copy of notices sent at least yearly to ratepayers. Information recorded on the notices includes the name, address, assessment number of the ratepayer and amount due. The notice gave the amount of the annual valuation, which was based on the information recorded in the rates and valuation books.