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Committee weighs bill to extend appraisal-review protections to residential properties after appeals
Summary
House bill 26-44 would require county appraisers to take additional steps — including ordering independent fee-simple appraisals paid by the county — when a final appeal reduces a property’s valuation and year-over-year increases exceed 5%, expanding an existing commercial-only rule to residential properties for final determinations after Jan. 1, 2026.
House members heard an overview of House Bill 26-44, which would expand to residential properties an existing requirement that county appraisers review valuations after a successful appeal and order independent appraisals if year-over-year increases exceed 5%.
The reviser told the committee the bill would apply to final determinations made after Jan. 1, 2026, extend the review period from two years to five years and require a Kansas-certified real property…
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