How much information and access to my home am I required to supply? Can I refuse to let them inside?
Property tax/assessor question
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An appraiser probably goes inside a house during a sale/refi but what's the reason an assessor wants to come in? Remodel permit?
did you install an indoor pool in your basement? live in the KCMO metro area?
If you want to contest their assessment they may require or request a visit, most likely. If you just accept the assessment then I doubt they even bother.
We're finishing up and addition/remodel and they came by today asking about it and hinted that they wanted to come in but we just said it isn't finished yet. Wondering if I have to let them in when they come back. This is in Iowa outside of city limits.
No, you do NOT need to allow te Assessor to enter your house. But if you're contesting an assessment that's based upon interior conditions, it may be to your advantage to do so.
You didn't ask, but right to deny entry isn't applicable to all City/County officials. You DO need to allow building inspectors in, but only to the extent needed6inspect the new construction.
You didn't ask, but right to deny entry isn't applicable to all City/County officials. You DO need to allow building inspectors in, but only to the extent needed6inspect the new construction.
The State of Iowa requires that all real estate property be reassessed every two years on the odd numbered year. Studies of current market value, sales ratios, and economic trends of the local market will determine whether your assessment should change. If it is determined that your property value needs to be adjusted to reach market value, it may be reassessed more often.
You are being assessed because you pulled a building permit.
We asked this of the city assessor in Nevada when they came to the door and wanted to inspect. Their reponse was that we were not required to let them in, but they would assume the house condition was like-new and that the basement was completely finished when they did the reassessment. We invited them in....
I put up a building and was not looking forward to the tax increase and expected a visitation for measurements. On-site visit never happened but my tax went up anyway. I was curious and called down to the treasurer, she said they go off the sales tax which is reported to the county. It was outside city limits so a building permit was not required.
I'd like to see how they could figure that out on this project. It's been such a cluster **** I don't even know the total cost.
But how would they know the cost? You said you didn't pull a permit. There is no reporting mechanism that reports the cost of a project to the county or city if you don't tell them.
If I write a check for $50K to a builder to build me a building the county/city would have no idea if I paid him $10k, $50K or $100K.
