Delete Initial Tax Title

A Tax Title in Initial status needs to be deleted.

• Property Tax Billing 
• MA Delinquent Processing
• Select New Titles (ttnewtit)

A title with a status of Initial needs to be deleted, either so that it is not titled or so that it can be re-taken with different parameters (like a different taking date). 

1. If a title simply needs to not be taken, it is easier to just add a Remove code instead of deleting the record. Follow the steps outlined here to add a Remove code and prevent the title from being taken: Add a Hold or Remove Code to a Title
2. If the title needs to be re-taken with different parameters (like a different taking date), then the current title record with a status of initial will need to be removed. To start this process: navigate to Titles by searching or following the path Property Revenues > Property Tax Billing > Northeast > Massachusetts > Tax Title Processing / Reports > Titles 
3. In Titles, click Search
4. Enter the Year of the title(s) to be deleted
5.  Select the INITIAL from the Status dropdown
6. Click Accept (This will pull up all the records in Initial status for the year that was in the search)
7. Click Browse to view a list of all records
8. Click on a record that needs to be removed
9. Once viewing the record, click Bills to bring up the bills associated with the record
10. Click Delete to remove the link between the bill and the record. This does not delete the bill. It deletes the link between the title and the bill. Only delete a bill from a title if it is Category 20 and if the whole title will be deleted afterward
    1. Enter the Year and Bill Number of the bill to be deleted
11. Once all necessary bill(s) have been deleted, click Back to view the title record
12. Click Delete to remove the title
13. Repeat steps 7-12 for each Title record that needs to be deleted
14. Once all records are deleted, close and re-enter Titles (Step 1) and repeat Step 2-5 to ensure records have been removed

For further assistance, please contact Northeast tax support.