If you build a house yourself

[Hotzcatz]

Nope, someone from the tax office actually goes out and puts an eyeball on each property once a year. I was chatting with my tax agent several years ago and she mentioned the new window box with flowers in it which we'd put on one of the front windows. When I asked her if she went past the house often she said they were required to go look once a year. If they can't see the structure from the road, then the structure could go untaxed for awhile, but with Google Earth and other satellite maps available, I'm sure those buildings will get taxed real soon if they have already been put on the tax rolls.

I don't know if they would have access to Post Office or Census data since those are both Federal agencies and it is the County who does the land taxes.

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Kurt Wilson

[Kapohocat]

Call me crazy, but we called the tax office as their records were incorrect on ours. The reason for doing this is the SF listed was less than the residence is. The MLS listing must reflect the tax records. (John R or D correct me if I am wrong?)

Since we have the property for sale, we wanted the MLS to reflect the correct SF. I asked if this will be changed with the new building permit we are pulling to correct the unpermitted deck, and the reviewer almost audibly sniffed "we do not rely solely on THEIR records"... lol... it was kinda funny!

(In this case, the error on SF was made way back in 1975 - we dont know if the Bldg Inspector missed the extra 130+ SF or what? It was not a remodel on that portion. )