February 3, 2002

WHAT:      News Conference: Tax Collector and Sheriff's Office Announce 
                  Partnership to Seize Registered Motor Vehicles for Delinquent
                  Taxes  

WHEN:     Wednesday, February 5, 2003 -   10 a.m.

WHERE:  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center
                  Lobby 600 East Fourth Street, Charlotte

WHO:       Neal Dixon, Mecklenburg County Tax Collector
                Sheriff Jim Pendergraph, Mecklenburg County

WHY:        Under a new partnership between the Mecklenburg County Tax Collector and the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office, any registered vehicle owner who fails to pay his or her registered vehicle tax bill will now risk losing that vehicle.  Mecklenburg County Tax Collector Neal Dixon and Sheriff Jim Pendergraph will announce details of the partnership.