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Court ruling on orchards prompts county push to clarify agricultural valuation statute
Summary
Cochise County officials told the Board of Supervisors that an appellate court ruling has created a valuation outcome treating permanent orchard trees and vineyard vines as part of irrigated cropland, excluding capital investment in the trees and vines from taxable value.
Cochise County officials told the Board of Supervisors that an appellate court ruling has created a valuation outcome treating permanent orchard trees and vineyard vines as part of irrigated cropland, excluding capital investment in the trees and vines from taxable value. County officials said that reading would undercount the real market value of mature orchards.
Phil Meinecker, the county assessor (identified in the meeting), explained that the court interpreted the agricultural valuation statute in a way that does not distinguish land from permanent crop improvements. “The…
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