Augusta to Conduct Business License Checks

At a budget retreat last week, city officials discussed bringing in a bounty hunter to find businesses that haven’t been paying their Augusta business license fees.

"Be prepared," said Commissioner Jerry Brigham, quoted by WRDW-TV News 12. "Somebody will be knocking on your door to check your business license.”

The financially strapped city is missing the funds necessary to demolish 200 abandoned homes that have created an eye-sore in the city. City officials feel that there are many businesses in Augusta who haven’t filed for their business licenses and haven’t paid the fees owed to the city. They hope a bounty hunter will help them recover some of the much-needed cash.

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