A. No later than the last day of February of a tax year, any owner of property subject to valuation by the county assessor who believes that the value of his property has decreased in the previous tax year may file with the county assessor a signed statement describing the property affected, the cause and nature of the decrease in value and the amount by which the owner contends the valuation of the property has been decreased. Prior to determining the value of the property, the county assessor or an employee of the assessor must view the property described in the statement. The county assessor shall note on the back of the statement the date the property was viewed, by whom it was viewed and any action taken or to be taken as a result. The provisions of this subsection include a decrease in valuation of property due to a change in ownership, location or existence of personal property subject to local valuation, and in those cases the assessor or his employee shall verify the alleged change and make an appropriate notation of the date of verification, the person who made it and any action taken or to be taken as a result.

B. Reports required or authorized under this section to be filed by the owner of property may be filed by the owner's authorized agent.

History: 1953 Comp., § 72-31-13, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 258, § 53; 1991, ch. 213, § 2.

The 1991 amendment, effective January 1, 1992, deleted "Statement of improvements to real property subject to local valuation" in the section heading; deleted former Subsection A, relating to filing a statement of improvements to real property subject to local valuation; designated former Subsections B and C as Subsections A and B; and made minor stylistic changes in Subsection A.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 72 Am. Jur. 2d State and Local Taxation §§ 765, 766.