A Sovereign Citizen couple bought a Hikurangi house in 2015 and stopped paying rates two years later.
Unsurprisingly, the Whangārei District Council took a dim view of the situation and sent numerous statements over the years, while penalties and interest accrued. The total debt is now over $40k.
"But the couple didn’t pay, and in early 2021 they sent the council’s chief executive a “proclamation of self-determination and individual sovereignty” as well as a notice of trespass."
Whoop whoop! SovCit alert!
The Council applied to sell the house and won, but the couple appealed the District Court decision to the High Court.
Representing himself (!) in Court, Timaru Davis claimed that the Rating Act did not apply to them.
Judge said "Nah!"
https://www.stuff.co.nz/home-property/360999843/couple-who-refused-pay-rates-10-years-may-lose-their-house
#Hikurangi #SovCit #NZ
Unsurprisingly, the Whangārei District Council took a dim view of the situation and sent numerous statements over the years, while penalties and interest accrued. The total debt is now over $40k.
"But the couple didn’t pay, and in early 2021 they sent the council’s chief executive a “proclamation of self-determination and individual sovereignty” as well as a notice of trespass."
Whoop whoop! SovCit alert!
The Council applied to sell the house and won, but the couple appealed the District Court decision to the High Court.
Representing himself (!) in Court, Timaru Davis claimed that the Rating Act did not apply to them.
Judge said "Nah!"
https://www.stuff.co.nz/home-property/360999843/couple-who-refused-pay-rates-10-years-may-lose-their-house
#Hikurangi #SovCit #NZ
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