From:
Lawmen@googlegroups.com
Date:
05/17/06 13:58:53
Subject:
Dealing with IRS Liens
I cannot from my own research vouch
for the below information on handling IRS liens, but it seems worthy of our
attention and study. I am posting it here to make it part of the group’s
archives at http://groups.google.com/group/Lawmen.
If it asserts accurately, then
citizens suffering from IRS liens against their names at the county courthouse
should have three recourses:
I know of one Lawman who
discovered such fraudulent liens filed against his name in the county where he
lives as well as in the surrounding counties two or three counties away.
If you do not know whether the IRS has
filed such liens against you, go to the County records web site and search for
your name or the name of any company you own or trust to which you have
connections. You can find the site by Googling County Public Records as in
“Pinellas County Records” of “Hillsborough County Records.” In the
case of Pinellas, Hillsborough, or Manatee County Florida, you will find the
records here:
Pinellas - http://www.pinellascounty.org/public_records.htm
Hillsborough - http://publicrecord.hillsclerk.com/
Manatee - http://www.clerkofcourts.com/
Florida County
access (free) - http://www.myfloridacounty.com/
Clickable Florida Map showing county
web sites http://www.myfloridacounty.com/countyportals/
Other Florida Records (fee) - http://www.publicrecordfinder.com/states/florida.html
I am presenting this document to my
state legislators so as to impel them to enact legislation that imposes
horrendous felony penalties upon IRS or other federal agents who wander outside
the federal jurisdiction granted by Article 1 Section 8 Clause 17 of the U.S.
Constitution and attempt to file baseless liens against state citizens.
Bob
Hurt
From B. Burgess:
DECLARATION OF FACT & MEMORANDUM 0F LAW
Notice of Lien
(1) Notices of Liens are being
filed in violation of the Federal Tax Lien Act of 1966. Public Law 89--719, 80
Stat. 1125, Exhibit A, in conjunction with the Legislative History, Senate
Report No. 1708, which states, in part, at the very beginning of the Senate
Report:
"Since the adoption of the Federal income tax in 1913, the nature of
commercial financial transactions has changed appreciably. * * * In an
attempt to take into account these changed commercial transactions, and to
secure greater uniformity among the several states, a Uniform Commercial Code
was promulgated somewhat over 10 years ago by the American Law Institute and the
national Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State laws. * * * This
bill is in part an attempt to conform the lien provisions of the internal
revenue laws to the concepts developed in this Uniform Commercial Code. It
represents an effort to adjust the provisions in the internal revenue laws
relating to the collection of taxes of delinquent persons to the more recent
developments in commercial practice (permitted and protected under State law)
and to deal with a multitude of technical problems which have arisen over the
past 50 years."
(2) Any Liens filed by the Internal Revenue Service agent or officer must
meet the Uniform commercial Code practices, hereinafter UCC, in Section 9.
Within Section 9 there are three criteria that have to be met when filing a
Notice of Lien. If the three criteria are not met, there is a violation of the
statute law. Filing false and fraudulent documents violates Title 18 USC 1001
and the various companion State laws. The Senate Report and the Public
Law listed above, makes it clear the matter has to be contested in the State
where the situs of the property lies, both Real and personal property, as it
does not lie in the venue of the United States, 28 USC 3002 (15).
(3) The three required criteria are:
(1) There must be a valid UCC-l Form
filed, upon which is shown the alleged debtor's signature and the creditor's
signature. Without these two signatures on this instrument, there is an invalid
Notice of Lien filed.
(2) There must be a financing
statement/security agreement signed by the alleged debtor and the secured party,
the IRS agent, as specified in Section 9--402 of the UCC. This financing
statement is also mentioned in Section 9--403 of the UCC. Without this any
Notice of Lien filed, is invalid and a dolus.
(3) There must be a valid court order,
based on a court judgment wherein the alleged debtor has had due process
opportunity to contest the alleged debt. Without this instrument and due
process, there is no lawful authority and the Notice of Lien is invalid.
(4) Lack of any one of the above
is sufficient cause for the recording officer to immediately reject any attempt
to file a Notice of Lien by any IRS agent. There is no actual Lien placed upon
any debtor until a court hearing and due process is afforded, otherwise it is an
attempt of taking of property in violation of the 5th amendment as stated in 26
CFR Part 600 at Section 601.106 (f) (1) I,.
(5) One of the main and least
understood problems is that the IRS has authority only over certain distinct
class of people, which is those involved in Alcohol Tobacco Firearm (ATF)
Mfg., Government employees, Law enforcement, Law enforcement officers and those
private people who have a contract with any Federal or State government to do
business with those legal entities, to actually place a Notice of Lien and not
an actual Lien, provided they follow the UCC procedures meeting the three
criteria above. This is found in the Federal Register. The Federal
Register of Wednesday, November 14, 1990, Vol. 55. No 220 reveals proof of the
only people the IRS has the authority to Lien/Levy upon.
(6) Noting on page 47604, under
BACKGROUND, the IRS has the power as the collecting agent for the Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), since all of these provisions under 26 CFR were
transferred to Title 27 CFR part 70. Notice in the Administrative Procedure Act
it was not necessary to publish this Decision as it was a mere transfer within
the Bureau of Internal Revenue as agents of the IRS can still collect for other
agencies but not for their agency itself.
(7) One might think that this is
the only class of people that the IRS has authority to place a Notice of Lien/of
Levy upon. This is not the case. In column 3 of page 47604, please note the list
of subjects in 27 CFR Part 70. There you will find subjects listed which also
includes Government employees, Law enforcement and Law enforcement officers. If
you continue to read all the parts which continue on to page 47605, you will not
find the private man listed, as he is not in the list of subjects, to which any
Notice of Lien or Notice of Levy applies.
(8) Please look in column 3 on
page 47605 and observe the amended Part 70. The authority is listed as Title 5
USC 301 and 552 and then the parts of Title 26 that were moved to Part 70. Title
5 Sections concerns itself with Government Employees only and the penalties,
criminal sections, lien and levy sections in 26 USC that apply to this class of
"persons" and the AFT "persons" who are the
"taxpayers." No private man is listed.
(9) We now have to move to page 47622 to section 70.161, to see "to
whom' the entire Part 70 will apply. Section 70.161 continues to page 47623
under (4) (i) (A) & (B), (ii) & (iii). Please note when reading (4) (i)
that the employee is only a federal government employee... The last sentence of
(i) states, "As used in this paragraph, the term "employer"
means: And then it lists the U.S. Government Only. (ii) Then lists State and
Municipal employees only and finally, (iii) lists Seamen only, with the
attendant section of 26 USC.
(10) Moving to page 47624 to
column 3, Section 70.163 (d), to see to whom the designation in tax law that the
term "person" applies only to those Government employees and Law
enforcement officers, listed as "subjects" because the
"person" is the "taxpayer." Please note that at the
beginning it states, "In addition to the definition given in Section 70.11
of this part, * * *." Part 70.11 is only the definition of person found in
26 USC 7701(a) (1) and 26 USC 7343 which supports the fact that only "legal
entities" having a contract with the Federal or State governments, such as
Law enforcement officers and Law enforcement found on page 47604 who are the
"individuals", List of subjects, are the subject of Part 70, Notices
of Liens and Levy. The provisions for these "persons" of Section 70.11
and 70.163 are related to "subtitle E and (and subtitle F as relates to
subtitle E)." Section 70.163 (d) also refers to Section 70.161(a) (4) (i)
defining who is the "employee."
(11) The law states very clearly
the "subjects" to whom the Notice of Lien/Levy apply. There is not one
mention of the private sector man, unless that private sector man has a contract
with any State or United States government in doing a "Trade or
Business" with the governments. The Lien process must follow Section 70.143
(as found on page 47616. This is one of the three criteria and that is the
Financing Statement/security agreement, which is explained. Very clearly it
states "contract." There must be a "holder of a security
interest" at (a) (4). At (d) it defines "security."
(12) This means that the IRS
agent must produce the supporting document when filing a Notice of Lien under
the UCC, adopted by the Congress to allow the IRS to file. This is to prove the
validity of the Notice of Lien because the alleged debtor's signature MUST be on
the document. A mere statement, even certified, that the alleged debtor owes a
certain amount is not sufficient to overcome the requisites of the UCC and the
Pub. Law mentioned, much less the requirement of due process
(13) Page 47619 at section 70.148
(a) (i) (ii), (2) and (3) ((b) (1) & (2), states where the Notice of
Liens/Levy are to be filed. Within the same section at (c), is the absolute
proof that the private man cannot have a Notice of Lien Filed upon him under the
UCC by the IRS agent.
(14) (c) Is stated here to
clearly show the IRS agents are using a discontinued Form of a Notice of
Lien in violation of promulgated regulations. (c) Specifically states that,
"The notice referred to in Section 70.145 of this part SHALL be filed on ATF
Form 5651.24 "Notice of federal Tax Lien under Internal revenue
Laws…" Such notice is valid NOTWITHSTANDING any provision of law
regarding the form or content of a notice of lien. * * *." (Emphasis
added.) The Notice is also
referenced in section 70.205.
(15) ATF F 5651.2 (2—91) , available from the Office of Management
and Budget when requesting a copy of the 668 '1 Notice of Lien, notes on page
three at F 668 (Y): "See explanation #23." On page four it states at
#23, "The item you requested is a computer generated form and is not
available to the public from the Internal Revenue Service." Mr. Johnson
also stated, Forms 668Y, 4340, and 4907 are not mentioned in IRS' list of
administrative forms currently in use." It is not available because the
Office of Management and Budget did not approve the Form for use against
the public, therefore, it cannot be used on the public as it does not meet the
requirements of Title 44 USC for a Form to be used. Plus the fact that
the OMB office has no idea what IRS is using the 668Y Form otherwise they
would not have asked for a copy. Therefore, it can be used only on those subject
in Part 70 of 27 CFR that are not the public, and that is "Government
employees and Law enforcement officers," as they are not subject to the
public Notice requirements of Title 44 as it is an in house Form and
cannot be used on the people in general they are "Not properly subject to
lien." Please note that the Form ATF 5651.2 was received marked
numerous times with canceled so nobody could use it.
(16) Proceeding, page 47644 Section 70.232, confirms the validation that
the IRS agent needs in filing a Notice of Lien, in that, it mentions two of the
criteria, the court ordered judgment and the security interest document as it
refers to 70.148, 70.143 (a), (e) & (g). The IRS MUST follow this because
the IRS is not exempted from UCC Section 9-302 and must comply with Section
9--303, and all other sections of the UCC as dictated by the Public Law 89-719.
(17) The officer recording any
Notice of Lien, MUST require of, regardless whether it is a private man, private
corporation or any State or Federal government agency, as it is mandatory under
the UCC, as adopted by Congress in 1963, P.L. 88--243 and put under the Federal
Tax Lien Act of 1966, to have one of the three instruments to validate that
the Notice of Lien is not bogus. Without this safeguard the IRS officer can
freely, wantonly, and with no regards for the truth create a bogus Notice of
Lien with no authorizing document, other than his word that a debt is due and
owing on a "computer generated notice" as quoted by the OMB.
(18) Since only those involved in ATF, Government employees, Law
enforcement and Law enforcement officers are subjects to the Lien/Levy under
Part 70 and as stated in 26 USC 6321,6322,6323, & 6331 (a), those
provisions of the USC do not pertain to private people, in respect of any
Notice of Lien/Levy. Thus a lien on a private person by the IRS constitutes
dolus by omission, by the agent signing the bogus Notice of Lien-or Levy, as 26
USC 6331 (a), which states that it applies only to federal employees, is
missing. This would alert any recorder that the one lien or levied must be a
federal or state employee as listed in 27 CFR Part 70. One must remember the
word "taxpayer," and "person" in the legal context of this
process is NOT the private man or private corporation, because neither is
involved with a "trade or business" as defined in 26 USC 162 and 26
USC 7701 (a) 26 nor the "person" as defined in 26 USC 7343, who are
all 26 USC 7701(a) (14) Taxpayers.
(19) Clearly, no "IRS agent" may file a lien, nor has he the
authorization. This evidence is found on page 4760e at 70.11, meaning of terms.
Laced throughout the entire Federal Register is the reference that only BATF
officers from the Chief, Tax Processing Center are authorized to file liens and
their signatures must be on the Notice of Lien, Sale, Seizure and so forth i.e.
sections, but not limited to, 70.34, 70.42, 70.64, 70.71, 70.144c, 70.150,
70.161, 70.165, 70.182, 70.204, 70.211, 70.231, 70.232, 70.242 and continuing to
the end at 70.487. These sections are all highlighted for your edification.
Further evidence is on page 47633 at 70.191, wherein it states that no action of
any kind will take place without the authorization of the Director Bureau of
ATF or the Chief Counsel for the BATF. Not one mention of an IRS
agent is found to have authorization to initiate or participate in a Lien/Levy
process.
(20) This Notice is produced with
the intent to inform those officials and offices that are recording Notices of
Lien, that certain procedures of the law are not being followed by agents of the
Internal Revenue Service. Failure to follow the required procedures would be
cause for concern that damages are occurring because the IRS agent/official is
in willful violation of 26 USC 6103, 7213, and 7214 and Title 18 USC 1001, 241,
872, 1341, 1962, 1963 and a variety of State criminal laws as well. The IRS
agent is filing unsubstantiated Notices of Liens and levies in the county
recorder's office and the Secretary of States office or the Clerk of the Court,
within each of the several States. The unverified Notices are filed by custom
rather than by following the law.
(21) The IRS is not above the law
and is not exempted from the procedures laid out by the Public Law of Congress. That
is an irrefutable fact. The recorders or takers of property (credit is the
same as property if it is destroyed), should carefully look at Section 70.167,
Page 47624 wherein it states at (c), "Any person who mistakenly
surrenders to the United States property or rights to property not properly
subject to levy is NOT relieved from liability to a third party that owns the
property." Emphasis added. This is also substantiated at page 3750
wherein the District Directors of the IRS can be sued. So can any other
person aiding in the illegally placed invalid Notice of liens.
(22) It appears the phrase "Not
properly subject to levy" is meant to be, two things, One is the lack
of any of the three criteria to file a lien/levy. Secondly, there is never a
fact presented that the one being lien is one who is the "subject"
defined in Part 70 of 27 CFR on page 47604 as a "government employee"
(State or Federal), "Law enforcement officer," or engaged in the
business of "Alcohol, Tobacco or Firearms" or a "Seaman"
defined in Title 46. Therefore, it is clear exhibits A through G, ONLY pertain
to those "subject to Lien/Levy" as defined to be those people
mentioned above and not the private sector man/woman. Those who aid and abet in
this, even innocently, are supposed to have superior knowledge of the law, be
well trained to use it, or should have known the law regulations, Rules,
Statutes and procedures of the UCC, that they deal in everyday. Failure to
follow these requirements means they could suffer tort damages and criminal
damages. Especially after reading the revision notes Title 18 USC Sections 4,
then 3 and finally 2 in that order.
(23) This Notice is to provide notice and prevent those in the filing and
recording of these Notices of Liens, from being enmeshed into these violations
of the law that are routinely being done by IRS agents everyday. It is very
easily to be misled when reading the P.L. 89-719 and the Senate Report 1708,
into thinking that the Federal Tax Lien laws apply to the private sector people
because of the fraud by omission of certain key factors, namely, those "not
properly subject to Lien/Levy)." The law requires an agency that uses this
Public Law to promulgate regulations and they are required to be published in
the Federal Register. This Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms promulgated
the regulation so that it becomes clear as to whom the Lien/Levy process
applies, thereby taking the private sector man and corporation out of the
"taxpayer" status as they are "NOT PROPERLY SUBJECT TO
LIEN."
A caveat for those who want to use this is the wording in all the 27 CFR Part 70
Regulations has been amended to read "the appropriate ATF officer".
PART 301_PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION
--Table of Contents
Collection
Sec. 301.6323(h)-1 Definitions
(a) Security interest--(1) in general. The term ``security interest'' means any
interest in property acquired by contract for the purpose of securing payment or
performance of an obligation or indemnifying against loss or liability. A
security interest exists at any time-- (i) If, at such time, the property is in
existence and the interest has become protected under local law against a
subsequent judgment lien (as provided in subparagraph (2) of this paragraph (a)
arising out of an unsecured obligation; and (ii) To the extent that, at such
time, the holder has parted with money or money's worth (as defined in
subparagraph (3) of this paragraph (a).
For purposes of this subparagraph, a contract right (as defined in paragraph (c)
(2) (i) of Sec. 301.6323(c)-1) is in existence when the contract is made. An
account receivable (as defined in paragraph (c)(2)(ii) of Sec. 301.6323(c)-1) is
in existence when, and to the extent, a right to payment is earned by
performance.
[[Page 253]]
A security interest must be in existence, within the meaning of this paragraph,
at ... For example, to be afforded priority under the provisions of paragraph
(a) of Sec. 301.6323(a)-1 a security interest must be in existence within the
meaning of this paragraph before a notice of lien is filed.