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Board of Equalization Read →
An assessor’s representative will review your petition and may contact you at your daytime phone number. If you are able to reach an agreement on the true and fair value of the property, you will be offered a form to sign that establishes the new value and withdraws the petition, and no hearing will take place.
Appraisal Department Read →
State law requires assessors to value property at 100% of its true and fair market value in money, according to the highest and best use of the property. All real and personal property is subject to tax unless specifically exempted by law. Helpful Information Real Property: Real property is land and any improvements, such as buildings, attached to the land.
Filing a Petition Read →
From: Board of EqualizationIn determining true and fair value, the assessor may use the sales (market data) approach, the cost approach, or the income approach, or a combination of the three approaches to value. The provisions of (b) and (c) of this subsection, the cost and income approaches, respectively, shall be the dominant factors considered in determining true and fair value in cases of property of a complex nature, or property being used under terms of a franchise granted by a public agency, or property being operated as a public utility, or property not having a record of sale within five years and not having a significant number of sales of comparable property in the general area.
WHAT INFORMATION IS REQUIRED WITH EACH BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION? Read →
From: Community Dev FAQTax parcel number of property being developed (copy of assessor’s map showing subject property and surrounding properties.) Site address (may be applied for at the Lewis County Permit Center). Septic and water approval from the Environmental Services Division or, if utilizing a city connection(s), written authorization from the respective City (forms provided by the Permit Center).