St. Paul homeowner says he is still waiting for his property tax refund

A St. Paul homeowner says he is still waiting for a property tax refund he counts on to help pay a large tax bill.

Steve Jones said he paid his property taxes by Oct. 15 out of pocket while he waited for the refund. 

He told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the money usually arrives earlier and helps cover the second half of his taxes.

“It’s normally arrives around the end of September, early October and it helps to pay the second half property taxes and this year it didn’t come,” Jones said.

He said he bought his St. Paul house in 1986 and paid it off by 2006. 

He added that his 4,000-square-foot home in the city’s Highland neighborhood no longer has a mortgage, so he doesn’t have an escrow account to cover taxes.

Why the delay?

Jones said his property tax bill is about $6,400 a year and his refund is about half that. 

He cont...