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Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District Property Owners Receive Solid Waste Surcharge Tax Refunds

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Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District property owners attend a March 2018 public hearing in Berryville, hosted by a Bank OZK receiver, to learn why they were being charged an annual tax over the next thirty years to repay bondholders who lost millions of dollars investing in a failed district landfill.
J. Froelich

After years of litigation, Bishop Law Firm in Fayetteville prevailed in blocking a court-ordered property tax surcharge formulated to repay investors in a now-defunct landfill purchased by Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District. Over 65,000 property owners in the district are now receiving refunds in the mail.

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