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Council debates property appraisals and whether point-of-sale checks could improve fairness
Summary
Council members and the law director debated whether the city can require sellers to report interior details at point of sale to aid tax assessments; the law director warned such a requirement could expose the city to civil action and recommended working with the county auditor instead.
A lengthy council exchange examined how to improve the accuracy of property appraisals and whether the city could require point-of-sale inspections or seller-submitted information about bedrooms and bathrooms.
The presiding member raised the issue as a way to address perceived inconsistencies in assessments, saying homeowners who follow permitting rules ‘‘are about to get screwed’’ when neighbors skirt rules and are assessed…
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