BEAUMONT — Jefferson County is suing a Port Arthur property owner, alleging he owes more than $18,000 in taxes.
Jefferson County filed a lawsuit Sept. 28 in Jefferson County District Court against Thomas Michael Flanagan, alleging failure to comply with the Texas Tax Code.
According to the complaint, Jefferson County has suffered monetary damages for not collecting tax payment on Flanagan's property, at 2600 Los Palmas Drive, in the total aggregate of $18,046.12, penalties and interest included. The plaintiff alleges Flanagan has failed to make payments for his real property taxes for the years 2014 and 2015.
Jefferson County seeks trial by jury, foreclosure of lien against Flanagan's property securing the total amount of delinquent taxes, penalties and interest, attorney fees and court costs, and all other relief. He is represented by attorney Clayton E. Mayfield of Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP in Beaumont.
Jefferson County District Court Case number A-199105