Queensland Council Rates Arrears and Sale of Land for Overdue Rates Record

Queensland local government records about overdue rates and charges and the sale of land to recover them under Local Government Regulation 2012 ch 4 pt 12: arrears ledgers and debt recovery referrals (s 132 overdue rates, s 133 interest on overdue rates), and notices of intention to sell land for overdue rates or charges (s 140), which must state the resolution date and terms, the land as shown in the land record, the overdue amount including the period unpaid, and the interest owing. Sale procedures follow in ss 141-146. These records tie a named owner, a rates assessment or property number and a land description to that owner's arrears. The auction notice that s 142 requires councils to publish is public and is a decoy.

Type: regex
Engine: boost_regex
Confidence: medium
Confidence justification: Medium: "notice of intention to sell land for overdue rates or charges" is the verified s 140 heading and "overdue rates or charges" is the statutory term, but the same words fill the Regulation, council revenue statements, debt recovery policies and the auction notices councils must publish (s 142(4)). Enforce tiers therefore need populated owner, property and arrears fields and a public-notice exclusion. Assessment and property number formats differ by council and are unverified, so values are loose and placeholder-guarded. 85/75 are heuristic evidence tiers, not measured accuracy; test values are synthetic.
Jurisdictions: au
Regulations: Local Government Regulation 2012 (Qld), City of Brisbane Act 2010 (Qld), Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)
Frameworks: QGISCF
Data categories: financial, pii, government
Scope: narrow
Risk rating: 6
Platform compatibility: Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Compatible, Macie: Compatible, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Degraded, Netskope: Unsupported

Pattern

(?i)\b(?:overdue\s+rates(?:\s+(?:and|or|&)\s+charges)?|(?:unpaid|outstanding)\s+rates(?:\s+(?:and|or|&)\s+charges)?|rates?\s+arrears|arrears\s+of\s+rates|notice\s+of\s+intention\s+to\s+sell(?:\s+(?:the\s+)?land)?|sale\s+of\s+land\s+for\s+(?:overdue|unpaid|arrears\s+of)\s+rates|rates?\s+debt\s+recovery)\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

notice of intention to sell, overdue rates or charges, interest owing, land record, interested parties, ratepayer, rate notice, assessment number

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL LAND FOR OVERDUE RATES OR CHARGES Registered owner: Casey Teston Assessment number: 40218877 Land description: Lot 14 on RP812334 Date of resolution: 18/08/2026 Overdue rates and charges: $14,882.40 Unpaid since: 2022 Interest owing: $2,311.07 This notice is given to all interested parties, including the mortgagee. — Populated s 140 notice with owner, assessment number, land, resolution date, overdue amount, period and interest (85 tier)
Rates arrears report - debt recovery referral Property number: 1022875 Owner: Jordan Testwell Property address: 27 Ironbark Crescent, Emerald QLD 4720 Arrears balance: $6,420.15 In arrears since: Jul 2023 Interest charged: $812.44 Rate notice reissued 01/09/2026. Council to consider sale of land under s 140. — Arrears ledger extract with property, owner, arrears and interest (85 tier)
Overdue rates follow-up call. Ratepayer: Morgan Teston. Discussed options; ratepayer to call back next week. — Contact note with a named ratepayer only (75 tier)
Unpaid rates and charges - amount outstanding: $3,105.60 as of today. Payment reminder letter to follow. — Arrears amount without a property or owner field (75 tier)

Should not match

SALE OF LAND FOR OVERDUE RATES - PUBLIC AUCTION The following land will be offered for sale by public auction under section 142 of the Local Government Regulation 2012. Land description: Lot 3 on SP204411 Property address: 12 Mulga Street, Longreach QLD 4730 Auction date: 14/11/2026, 10am, Council Chambers Reserve price applies. Bidders must register before the auction. — Published s 142 auction notice (public by law), suppressed by the public-notice exclusion (65 only)
140 Notice of intention to sell land for overdue rates or charges (1) This section applies if there are overdue rates or charges on land and some or all of them have been overdue for at least 3 years. (4) A notice of intention to sell is a document, signed by the chief executive officer, stating details of the interest that is owing on the overdue rates or charges. — Local Government Regulation 2012 s 140 text (legislation, 65 only)
Notice of intention to sell land for overdue rates or charges - blank template Registered owner: __________ Assessment number: __________ Overdue rates and charges: $________ — Blank notice form (65 only)
Council's debt recovery policy explains that overdue rates attract compound interest and that land may be sold where rates have been unpaid for three years. — Published revenue / debt recovery policy text (65 only)
Council will auction 12 properties over unpaid rates totalling $1.2 million, the mayor said on Tuesday. — News item about a rates auction (65 only)

Known false positives

Auction and sales notices that s 142 and s 144 require councils to publish on their website, in the council office and on the land. Mitigation: Public-notice exclusion group (auction notice, offered for sale, bidders, auctioneer, conditions of sale). A notice that uses none of these words and carries a lot on plan can reach 75.
The Regulation itself, council revenue statements and debt recovery policies. Mitigation: Enforce tiers need populated owner, property or arrears fields; policy and revenue statement text is also excluded.
Generic debt collection records from other sectors that use "outstanding rates". Mitigation: 85 needs council evidence as well as a property/owner field and an arrears field; au-top500-126-debt-collection-records covers generic debt files.