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Special magistrate hears more than 20 Hernando County property-value appeals; decisions pending
Summary
A special magistrate conducted dozens of hearings where the county property-appraiser’s office and petitioners presented competing market-value analyses for single-family homes; repeated disputes centered on which comparable sales to use and how to calculate size, time and condition adjustments. The magistrate will review evidence and send recommendations to the value adjustment board in the coming weeks.
Robert Hicks, the special magistrate overseeing the hearings, opened the session and told participants he is an independent, impartial hearing officer who will consider only evidence presented on the record. "I do not work for the property appraiser or tax collector," Hicks said as he explained the courtroom procedures.
Representatives of the Hernando County property-appraiser’s office repeatedly presented sales-comparison reports and field-review dates for each parcel. In one packet the appraiser described a field review and a sales-comparison analysis that produced a weighted mean and a resulting just value; the appraiser repeatedly told the magistrate the office believes it has "the preponderance of evidence that the subject's value represents just value." Those statements were made by property-appraisal staff during…
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