Help: City Complaint Against Property Tax Valuation?

Question

Hi All,

So my PM sent me a letter they received where "The Board of Education as filed a complaint against the County Auditor's valuation of your property for tax purposes". Then they go on stating I can contest this with instructions.

I asked my PM about it and he said its the first one he's ever seen.

Was wondering if anyone has had this before?

Michael M. · Answer

@Daniel Rivera I actually never ended up receiving a bill / fee for this. I believe the reason was since I had recently purchased the property and the year of dispute was during the prior owner's possession, they forwarded this to the previous owner to take care of.

I would maybe also reach out to the Title company or whoever is servicing your loan to ask about that as well.

Good luck!

Daniel Rivera · Answer

@Michael M. ah okay. Thanks for the reply and heads up on the titling company!

Daniel Rivera · Answer

@Michael M. curious to follow-up to see what the outcome of this was for you? I just received the same about 2-3wks ago. I've spoken to 3 attorneys and each has given me different responses (1 states its not worth the legal fees to dispute, 1 states it'll be 2500-5k to dispute but won't give me any information on the likelihood of winning the appeal, and the last attorney I'll be talking to on Monday seems to have a few strategies in place that he'll review with me during our call). Any insight/feedback would be really helpful. Thanks in advance!

Alex S. · Answer

Greedy bastards

Michael M. · Answer

@Daniel Kong Yep basically

David Woz · Answer

That is horrible.

Daniel Kong · Answer

Wow, so the BOE is saying that your valuation is too low? And they want your property value re-assessed to be higher?