u/GrassSlow9919

Hey everyone! I recently remodeled my home that was originally built in the 1990s. When I bought the home, it only had the wooden structure and cement poured.

I hired a contractor, who has now "ghosted" me and will not respond, he's completed 90% of the work. The county says that I can't get my certificate of occupancy until a $30,000 impact fee has been paid. There are two prior owners.

Any suggestions on how I can find out if the impact fee was paid by one of the two? A fire happened in the early 2000's of the specific records department and I suspect it was burned in that.

(I know litigation is probably the go to answer, but that's costly and time consuming)