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ADDITIONAL DUTIES AS CHIEF ASSESSOR OF COUNTY
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Value and Assess New Construction - §5713.01
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Require Owner to Furnish Accurate Property Description -
§5713.02
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Employ Competent Surveyor to Prepare Property Description -
§5713.02
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Ascertain Mortgage Indebtedness Upon Each Tract or Parcel -
§5713.12
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Require Production of Surveys & Title Papers for Subdivisions
- §5713.14
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Require Owner to Make Survey or Auditor to Survey - §5713.15
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Receive Notice of Improvements - §5713.17
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Receive & Assess Plats of Subdivisions - §5713.18
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Add Omitted Property to Tax List - §5713.20
In addition to
conducting the reappraisal every six years, and updating the values
every three, the Auditor is required to inspect and appraise any
property changes the may occur. The most common of these changes are new
construction and new subdivisions. In order to properly appraise any
property in the County, the Auditor must have an accurate description of
the property. If the owner does not supply an accurate description, the
Auditor or his duly appointed assessor may cause a survey to be
conducted. The costs of the survey are charged against the property as
any other tax.
To assist the Auditor in determining the appraised value of all real
property in the County, the Auditor is to ascertain the amount of
mortgage indebtedness on each tract and lot in any district. This
information is also required to be supplied to the Auditor at the time
any property changes ownership, and is reported on the conveyance form
required by §319.20.
In areas where there is no system of building registration and
inspection, the owner must notify the Auditor of any new construction
that costs over $2,000. If no notice is given within sixty days of
starting the work, the Auditor is required to assess a penalty of fifty
per cent of the amount of taxes that would have been assessed. The
Auditor or his deputy, within reasonable hours, may enter and fully
examine all buildings and improvements that are either liable to or
exempt from taxation by Title LVII of the Revised Code. In areas where
there is a system of building registration and inspection, the Auditor
has the implied authority to obtain copies of building permits under
§5713.03, which reads in part, "The county auditor, from the best
sources of information available…".
When, in the course of appraising property or at any other time, the
Auditor is made aware of property that is not included on the list of
real property, he is required to add it to the list. This includes any
building, structure, tract of land or any lot or part of either. The
Auditor is required to compute the taxes due on the property, for up to
the five years previous. If the property has changed ownership during
the five year period, then the Auditor only calculates and charges the
taxes since the change of ownership. The Auditor may not charge any
interest or penalty. |