(a) Municipal records dealing with assessment, valuation, or taxation may be inspected by the state assessor or a designee. (b) If a municipality’s assessment and valuation has been done by a private contractor, records concerning the municipality’s valuation and assessment shall be made available to the state assessor or a designee on request. (c) Upon […]
(a) If a municipality receives a notice from the state assessor that major errors have been found in its assessment, valuation, or taxation procedures, the municipality shall correct its procedures before the beginning of the next fiscal year or file an appeal under (b) of this section. (b) A municipality may appeal a notice from […]
(a) The assessor shall assess property at its full and true value as of January 1 of the assessment year, except as provided in this section, AS 29.45.060, and 29.45.230. The full and true value is the estimated price that the property would bring in an open market and under the then prevailing market conditions […]
(a) The municipality may require each person having ownership or control of or an interest in property to submit a return in the form prescribed by the assessor, based on property values of property subject to an ad valorem tax existing on January 1, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (b) The assessor may, […]
(a) The assessor is not bound to accept a return as correct. The assessor may make an independent investigation of property returned or of taxable property on which no return has been filed. In either case, the assessor may make the assessor’s own valuation of the property subject to an ad valorem tax and this […]
For knowingly failing to file a tax statement required by ordinance or knowingly making a false affidavit to a statement required by a tax ordinance relative to the amount, location, kind, or value of property subject to taxation with intent to evade the taxation, a municipality may by ordinance prescribe a penalty not to exceed […]
A systematic reevaluation of taxable real and personal property undertaken by the assessor, whether of specific areas in which real property is located or of specific classes of real or personal property to be assessed, shall be made only in accordance with a resolution or other act of the municipality directing a systematic reevaluation of […]
(a) The assessor shall prepare an annual assessment roll. The roll must contain (1) a description of all property subject to an ad valorem tax; (2) the assessed value of all property subject to an ad valorem tax; (3) the names and addresses of persons with property subject to an ad valorem tax. (b) The […]
(a) The assessor shall give each person named in the assessment roll a notice of assessment showing the assessed value of the person’s property that is subject to an ad valorem tax. On each notice is printed a brief summary of the dates when taxes are payable, delinquent, and subject to penalty and interest, and […]
(a) A person receiving an assessment notice shall advise the assessor of errors or omissions in the assessment of the person’s property. The assessor may correct errors or omissions in the roll before the board of equalization hearing. (b) If errors found in the preparation of the assessment roll are adjusted, the assessor shall mail […]
(a) A person whose name appears on the assessment roll or the agent or assigns of that person may appeal to the board of equalization for relief from an alleged error in valuation not adjusted by the assessor to the taxpayer’s satisfaction. (b) The appellant shall, within 30 days after the date of mailing of […]
(a) The governing body sits as a board of equalization for the purpose of hearing an appeal from a determination of the assessor, or it may delegate this authority to one or more boards appointed by it. An appointed board may be composed of not less than three persons, who shall be members of the […]
(a) If an appellant fails to appear, the board of equalization may proceed with the hearing in the absence of the appellant. (b) The appellant bears the burden of proof. The only grounds for adjustment of assessment are proof of unequal, excessive, improper, or under valuation based on facts that are stated in a valid […]
The assessor shall include property omitted from the assessment roll on a supplementary roll, using the procedures set out in this chapter for the original roll.
(a) The municipality may by ordinance provide for assessment or reassessment and reduction of taxes for property destroyed, damaged, or otherwise reduced in value as a result of a disaster. (b) An assessment or reassessment under this section may be made by the assessor only upon the receipt of a sworn statement of the taxpayer […]
(a) The power granted to a municipality to assess, levy, and collect a property tax shall be exercised by means of an ordinance. The rate of levy, the date of equalization, and the date when taxes become delinquent shall be fixed by resolution. (b) A municipality shall annually determine the rate of levy before June […]
(a) A penalty not to exceed 20 percent of the tax due may be added to all delinquent taxes, and interest not to exceed 15 percent a year shall accrue upon all unpaid taxes, not including penalty, from the due date until paid in full. A municipality may impose a penalty not to exceed 20 […]
