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Hearing officer accepts assessor’s apportioned aircraft values, sustains penalty; owner argued aircraft had Utah situs

5594550 · August 18, 2025
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A Ventura County hearing officer on Aug. 18 accepted the assessor’s apportioned aircraft valuations and sustained a 10% non‑filing penalty after reviewing flight logs, FAA/Utah registration papers, and correspondence; the owner had argued the aircraft had taxable situs in Utah.

A Ventura County hearing officer on Aug. 18 sustained the assessor’s apportioned valuations for an aircraft and upheld a 10% penalty for failure to timely file the aircraft property statement, after a contested hearing over where the aircraft had taxable situs.

Nancy and Timothy McCarron (applicants) told the hearing the aircraft’s operational base and corporate title were in Hurricane, Utah, the aircraft paid Utah registration/fees and was maintained in Utah, and that the family had long personal ties to Utah. The McCarrons said they had not received earlier county mailings and had relied on Utah registration and payments; they asked the board to consider that due process required…

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