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Board of Equalization sustains assessor’s removal of senior exemption after residency finding
Summary
The Okanogan County Board of Equalization sustained the assessor’s removal of a senior citizen property tax exemption for parcel BOE24-136 after the assessor’s office reported the petitioner was residing in Electric City and therefore did not meet the six‑month residency requirement.
The Okanogan County Board of Equalization voted to sustain the assessor’s removal of a senior citizen exemption for parcel BOE24-136 after hearing that the petitioner no longer met the residency requirement for the exemption.
The board, convened as a quasi‑judicial panel, heard the assessor’s presentation that the property owner had been receiving mail in Electric City and that the county’s review showed the owner did not occupy the property “six months or greater in the prior year,” a measure the assessor said the county uses to determine senior exemption eligibility. Terry Flanagan, serving as vice chair and acting chair for the…
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