Why home owners should NOT fill out the “Decline in Value Reassessment Application (Prop. 8)
This “Decline in Value Reassessment Application” is something you can fill out and give to the Sacramento County Office of the Assessor at 3701 Power Inn Road. The form asks you to provide two comparable properties which will then be reviewed by the Assessor. The Assessor states on the form “If you do not agree with our decision (on the value), you may have formal appeal rights with the Sacramento County Assessment Appeals Board”. This sounds good and all, but the problem is that you may very well never hear back from the Assessor (especially in light of how busy they are these days). Ultimately, this form is basically meaningless and should therefore be avoided (in my opinion). Since the Sacramento County Assessment Appeals Board was set up to resolve differences of property value between the Assessor and property owners, they are the direct source to interact with when there are value issues to consider for your property. My suggestion to home owners is to bypass dealing with the Assessor and filling out their application and instead fill out the “Application for Changed Assessment” that is turned into the Sacramento County Appeals Board. This is the application that gets you what you are looking for – an opportunity to appeal your property taxes before the Appeals Board. The other form does NOT result in this opportunity.
Unfortunately many local home owners will file the Assessor “Decline in Value” form only and think that they have filed an appeal, but that is not the case. The correct application must be filled out if you are planning to appeal your property taxes. I can help you with this process and provide you with a solid and convincing opinion of value to be presented to the Sacramento County Appeals Board.
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