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Saturday, July 4. 2009

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All Madison County property owners will receive a property tax assessment notice this year. And those notices could come late this week or early next week.

“We’re hoping for Thursday,” said Madison County chief appraiser Robin Baker.

Madison County’s board of assessors agreed to mail notices to all property owners, even though members voiced concern about setting the tax digest behind schedule if everyone receives a notice.

In recent years, only property owners whose values had changed received a notice. But assessors agreed that every property owner should have the opportunity to review their property values annually.

Property owners have 45 days to appeal their values. If more than three percent of Madison County’s 15,995 parcels are under appeal, the county cannot submit its digest to the state.

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#1 SpratlinMill on 07/04/09 at 07:15 PM [Reply]

EVERYBODY APPEAL!!! Virtually everyone on my road is appealing. Together we can win and make 'me get it right.

#2 Brush_Creek on 07/05/09 at 12:07 PM [Reply]

Most of us over here are filing appeals. I agree. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

#2.1 NeeseCommerceRd on 07/07/09 at 12:40 PM [Reply]

We are filing appeals over here on Neese-Commerce Rd. Practically all my neighbors, and we're spreading the word on down the road. Most are filing appeals.

#2.1.1 Colbertian on 07/07/09 at 02:38 PM [Reply]

I can vouch for many appeals being filed here in Colbert!

#3 Lester on 07/05/09 at 01:56 PM [Reply]

I want to thank the BOA for giving us the chance to appeal. Without assessment notices we would not have been able to. I got mine Friday and will appeal next week.

#3.1 louise on 07/06/09 at 09:11 AM [Reply]

You have every right to appeal and CAN APPEAL even if you receive no assessment notice! That is a common misconception that you cannot appeal without a notice. You CAN and SHOULD APPEAL even if you receive no notice if you feel your value is wrong, and most of them are!

The BOA counts on you not appealing and just paying the bill. IT COSTS NOTHING TO APPEAL AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND YOU CAN'T SHOW UP FOR THE HEARING THERE IS NO PENALTY SO YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE AND NO REASON NOT TO APPEAL.

And as home values have crashed, your value should have GONE DOWN significantly. If it didn't; went up or stayed the same, YOU NEED TO APPEAL. FILE YOUR APPEAL WITHIN 45 DAYS.

#3.1.1 Bob on 07/06/09 at 03:32 PM [Reply]

Louise, in order to be able to appeal you must do one of two things. 1st, you can file a return by April 1st or if your value has changed you will get an assessment notice. If you don't file a return or get an assessment notice, you do not have a right to appeal.

#3.1.1.1 Anonymous on 07/06/09 at 06:32 PM [Reply]

Bob is putting out false info. You ABSOLUTELY CAN APPEAL even if you receive no notice, for a myriad of reasons: your notice could get lost in the mail, your assessment could stay the same or go down, and you think it should have gone down more. Bob is an idiot.

#4 Hullian on 07/05/09 at 02:17 PM [Reply]

HOMEOWNERS IN HULL ARE ON BOARD...FILE THOSE APPEALS.

#5 Doug Kirkpatrick on 07/06/09 at 09:28 AM [Reply]

If your property is valued more than you can expect to get for it in today's market, you should appeal. However, the mindset displayed by Brush_Creek is wrong because you do have something to lose by filing frivolous appeals. Frivolous appeals cost taxpayer money to process; the more taxpayer money that is spent, the higher your tax bill goes, regardless of what happens to your assessment. Frivolous appeals also take away resources that should be directed towards correcting those properties with real value issues.

I want to reiterate that I am not trying to discourage anyone who thinks their assessment is too high from appealing. A good analogy for the mass appraisal process is painting. In mass appraisal the first painting is done with a "wide brush". The appeals process is where the "overlap" is corrected and the appraiser can paint with the "fine brush". The appeals process is a very important part of the overall process and works best when not abused.

#6 Anonymous on 07/06/09 at 11:06 AM [Reply]

I am thinking the same thing. Without the BOA deciding to send out all notices, I would not have the opportunity to appeal. The April 1 deadline came and went and I totally forgot. Thanks!

#6.1 Anonymous on 07/06/09 at 02:43 PM [Reply]

Whoa..Hold on. If the BOA was doing their job, we all wouldn't have to appeal! Isn't that why they have been fired? I'm filing my appeal this week.

#6.1.1 Anonymous on 07/06/09 at 05:13 PM [Reply]

If that is the case every BOA member in the state would be fired. Why is it when someone says something positive about the BOA there are people just waiting in the wings to shoot their comment down.
I am not appealing my values based on the BOA, I am appealing my values because of the market going south. Values are going down, the BOA can't control that, they only approve/deny what is brought before them by staff appraisers. This is my experience anyway.

#6.1.2 Taxed on 07/12/09 at 01:28 PM [Reply]

Whoa. Hold on. Anonymous, haven't you read and understood that the APPRAISERS (the ones who APPRAISE your property) are under the control of the Board of Commissioners and Mr. Dove's hand picked chief appraiser? I don't think the Board of ASSESSORS deserves your scorn for your tax appraisals, since the Board of Commissioners has pretty much denied them the ability to do their job for some time now.

#6.1.2.1 Eddiethedude on 07/13/09 at 08:13 AM [Reply]

You are so right Taxed. Most people don't understand that the APPRAISAL STAFF are under direct control of the CHIEF APPRAISER and of course that leads to CHAIRMAN DOVE. Remember he told the Board of Assessors to stay out of their OWN(BOA)office, that he (Chairman Dove) was totaly in charge now. Talk about an ego trip and lust for power.

#6.1.2.1.1 Anonymous on 07/13/09 at 11:56 AM [Reply]

If Dove is totally in charge now then he should be the one handling the appeals. Maybe the BOA should let the appraiser's send the appeals to Dove and let him approve the digest. Sounds sensible to me.....

#6.1.2.1.1.1 Taxed on 07/13/09 at 06:56 PM [Reply]

Well, except for one small thing -- the Department of Revenue would not be the slightest bit impressed with Mr. Dove's signature, and will not accept the digest unless it is signed and presented by the Board of Assessors. And while this matter plays itself out in the courts, it seems that Mr. Dove is going to have to depend on the present Board of Assessors. Just like when the BOA recommended Interim Chief Appraiser Stacey Rubio to be Chief Appraiser and the BOC would not accept her... then Mr. Dove had to swallow his pride and get her to stay on because, as he told the Athens Banner Herald, "commissioners needed to act quickly because Rubio is the only employee qualified to run the office."

#7 ComerRez on 07/08/09 at 11:46 AM [Reply]

A lot of us in Comer are filing - values hardly dropped. Assessors don't have a clue.

#8 ken on 07/11/09 at 08:40 PM [Reply]

I'm going to appeal my assessment. With the economy going south and property values going south the assessment should have also been lowered. This is just another way of indirectly raising our taxes. If the BOC needs more money let them sign their names to an millage rate increase or get the budget in line with what is available with the current millage rate.

#9 Jim on 07/22/09 at 09:34 AM [Reply]

I hope most of the propert tax payers in Madison County will file an appeal. Your home and property values have fallen a great deal. Yet here in this county along with so many others,it's business as usual. They can't continue to come to the well until it is dry. Tax payers of Madison County you must unite and stop this greed of our county. We are being taxed to death and for what. Most of our citizens get NO county services. Yet we pay as if we expect to receive something in return. We need only 3% to stop this madness. If you elect to send a letter to the assessors you might want to send it certified mail. Not saying anything could happen to your letter, it would sure be easy if the numbers go against their plan. It will cost a few dollars but they have to sign and you have proof they received it.

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