More lawsuits will be filed as soon as they are prepared by County Tax Collector-Assesor Sylvia Romo.  Her office consistently collects about 98% of back taxes.  She urges delinquent property owners to make partial payments and make payment arrangements to avoid collection efforts and lawsuits.

The properties in the first batch of lawsuits are mostly commercial, and will be foreclosed and sold by the Sheriff if taxes owed, court costs and associated fees are not promptly paid.

For more information on delinquent tax suits, please call (210) 403-8600.

U.S. banks and businesses honor these matricula consulares, as the cards are known, for all transactions.  Over 12,000 of the cards have been issued in San Antonio alone in 2002.

The continued issuance and growing acceptance of the cards nationwide demonstrate our appreciation and value for the Mexican community.

In addition to obtaining case-specific information, a service already available to custodial parents, callers to the Attorney General's automated voice response system can get basic information about child support and apply for services. The telephone system receives more than two million calls a month from custodial and non-custodial parents, the general public, and employers of parents who pay child support through income withholding.

Parents can also obtain specific information about their child support case by visiting Child Support Interactive accessed from the Attorney General's Web site at www.oag.state.tx.us. The general public can visit the site to learn about the child support program and apply for services. In the last 12 months, visits to Child Support Interactive have increased by 125 percent from 267,000 customer visits in March 2002 to 601,000 customer visits in March 2003.

The Attorney General's Child Support Division is directed by state and federal law to assist families who currently receive or have received public assistance and families who request child support services. Services include locating absent parents; establishing paternity for children born to unmarried parents; establishing, enforcing, and modifying child and medical support orders; and collecting and distributing child support payments. The Child Support Division handles more than 955,000 cases involving 1.2 million children.