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New Wasatch resident protests secondary-home tax classification; council directs staff and assessor to investigate
Summary
A recent homebuyer who moved from California said county records listed her primary residence as secondary, triggering higher taxes. She asked the council for relief; staff and the assessor's office said they will put the matter on a future agenda and review notification processes.
Kathy Graff, a recent Wasatch County homebuyer who said she closed on a house in September, told the council she was surprised to find her newly purchased primary residence was officially classified as a secondary home and that she received no clear notice of the classification process. "I just feel, to be honest, that I was cheated and scammed and lied to," Graff said during public comment.
Graff described repeated attempts to get guidance from the title company, realtor and mortgage company and said she received forms and notices she did not understand. She said the classification produced an unexpected…
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