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Kootenai County commissioners reinstate homeowner exemption, remove duplicate assessment and approve exemptions under state bill
Summary
Kootenai County commissioners on Aug. 26 voted to reinstate a 2025 homeowner exemption for a parcel whose exemption was removed in error, remove a duplicate assessor ID for a converted mobile home, and add homeowner exemptions for a group of parcels authorized under a recent state bill.
Kootenai County commissioners on Aug. 26 voted to reinstate a 2025 homeowner exemption for a single parcel, remove a duplicate assessor identification number tied to a mobile home converted into real property, and approve a batch of homeowner exemptions allowed by state legislation.
The board moved quickly through assessor items at the start of its 11 a.m. session. Dyson Savage, chief deputy assessor, told commissioners that a homeowner exemption “fell off when it shouldn't have” after a transfer and recommended reapplying the exemption to the parcel identified in county records as AIN 254219, owned by Shireman. The board voted to reinstate the exemption.
Savage also described a separate case in which a mobile home had been converted to real property and was being billed under two assessor identification numbers. "We need to take the value away from that mobile…
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