Lordstown Motors Corp. missed its real estate property tax payment in the first half of 2020.

The company's spokesperson tells 21 News it was an administrative mistake.

"This was an unfortunate administrative error and we are in the process of paying all property taxes, fees and any assessed penalties that are due," Ryan Hallett said, spokesperson for Lordstown Motors.

21 News obtained documents from the Trumbull County Treasurer for the six parcels that the company owns. It owed taxes on five of the parcels as of Tuesday. The total bill due on March 3 was $628,958.

The company will soon have to pay that much, plus the second half of the year's taxes totaling up to $1.2 million by August 6.

Lordstown Motors must also pay a penalty of about $57,178 for missing the March 3 payment.

While the company is not considered delinquent on its taxes at this point, a second missed payment would require the county deem the company delinquent.

We reached out to Lordstown Motors Corp. CEO Steve Burns who said "of course we plan on paying our taxes on time".

Burns would not comment on the latest allegations filed last week in a civil suit in federal court by Karma Automotive.

LMC LEGAL DRAMA

The lawsuit alleges Lordstown Motors pretended to be working with them to development the system, but then quote: "secretly poached and on boarded key Karma employees and started stealing Karma's secrets".

A U.S. District Court Judge is giving Lordstown Motors until late June to respond to the complaint.

Meanwhile, LMC CEO Steve Burns has said he is cooperating with a SEC investigation into claims made about pre-orders of the Endurance.

Lordstown Motors is also facing a class-action civil suit filed by investors who allege the company executives fraudulently inflated the value of the company's stock.