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Cochise County assessor explains valuation methods, warns mobile-home revaluation may raise assessments
Summary
The county assessor described the office’s valuation process, use of Marshall & Swift/CoreLogic costing, a planned revaluation of commercial properties and mobile homes, and disputed orchard/vineyard valuations in Arizona Tax Court.
During the same March 20 meeting, the county’s assessor gave a summary of the office’s property-valuation methodology and said the office is undertaking several large projects, including converting commercial properties to a new costing system and revaluing mobile homes.
The assessor described the county’s two-part valuation approach: separate values for land and for structures. The office uses a nationwide costing system (Marshall & Swift/CoreLogic) as a starting point for replacement-cost-new estimates, applies location and regional adjustments and then depreciates structures for age and condition. The assessor said staff divide…
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