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Jones County assessors: board says state law bars late property assessment appeals
Summary
At a public meeting, the Jones County Board of Assessors said Georgia law prevents the board from accepting late appeals to the statutory appeal window; board members discussed adopting email/online submission policies for the future and then moved into executive session.
A Jones County Board of Assessors member said at a public meeting that Georgia law does not allow the board to accept exceptions to the statutory window for property assessment appeals, and the board will not reverse that legal interpretation.
The board member said, “Georgia law does not allow a board of assessors. It does not authorize the board of assessors assessors to make any exception to the window of appeal period. That appeal period is set, by statute, and we are simply not authorized to make an exception to that.” The member also said the…
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