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Tulare County board deems Kelch assessment appeal timely after closed-session review

5780064 · September 18, 2025
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Summary

The Tulare County Assessment Appeals Board voted to accept a petition to deem an assessment-appeal application by Calvin Wayne and Bettina Marie Kelch timely after applicants presented a timeline showing the county delayed mailing a tax bill; the approval allows the Kelches to proceed with formal appeals tied to the 2022–23 base year.

The Tulare County Assessment Appeals Board voted to accept a petition to deem timely an assessment-appeal application filed by Calvin Wayne and Bettina Marie Kelch, allowing the Kelches to proceed with formal appeals tied to the 2022–23 base tax year.

The Kelches told the board they received a notice of supplemental assessment dated April 24, 2025, but did not receive the corresponding tax bill until July 17, 2025. They said they filed a completed assessment-appeal application with the clerk on July 30, 2025—13 days after receiving the tax bill—and asked the board to deem the application timely because the county’s delay prevented them from meeting the assessor’s 60-day filing deadline.

The petition matters because, the applicants said, the 2022–23 tax…

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