6-10-101
Section 6-10-101 Proceedings to set apart exemptions when administration not granted on decedent's
estate within 60 days after death - Vesting of title to real property in surviving spouse
and minors and right to possession thereof. If no exceptions are filed and sustained to such
report of the commissioners setting apart the homestead exemption, the title to the real property
so set aside shall vest in the surviving spouse and minors, share and share alike, but only
during the life of the surviving spouse and minority of the children. If all the real property
left by the decedent in this state does not exceed in area and value the homestead allowed
by law as exempt, title to all such real property shall vest absolutely in the surviving spouse,
the children (minors and adults) and the descendants of deceased children, or, if there is
no surviving spouse, in the children and the descendants of deceased children, or, if there
are no children or descendants of deceased children, in the...
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40-21-17
Section 40-21-17 Determination of value; assessment of property; penalizing delinquent taxpayer;
apportionment of assessed value; report to tax assessor. The department shall proceed forthwith
to examine the returns made by all persons, firms, and corporations required by law to make
the same and also such information as the department may have obtained in addition thereto,
shall determine the valuation of the different items of property required to be returned to
it and shall assess such property for taxation at 30 percent of its reasonable value; and,
in case no return has been made by or on behalf of such person, firm, or corporation on or
before March 1 in each year, the department may add to the assessment which it makes against
such person, firm, or corporation a penalty not exceeding 10 percent of the assessment as
made therefor. The assessment herein required to be made shall be completed on or before July
1, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and reported to the tax...
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40-7-31
Section 40-7-31 Assessment to "owners unknown." Whenever the tax assessor knows or
learns of any property, real or personal, subject to taxation in his county, the owner of
which he does not know and which is not embraced in any tax return made to him on or before
the third Monday in January by any taxpayer, he shall list and make upon the proper blank
a return describing said property according to the best information he can obtain and assess
the same "owner unknown" at the amount specified by law on a fair and reasonable
market value, and in any notice or advertisement or motion for judgment of sale it shall be
described as so returned; and he shall also note the failure of the owner to make such return
and shall also note the accrual of the penalty of 10 percent of the taxes to be assessed thereon.
No lands shall be returned to "owner unknown" until the assessor shall have made
a demand upon the person, if resident in the county, or by certified or registered mail, if
nonresident,...
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6-10-37
Section 6-10-37 Contest of exemption claim - Garnishment of money, choses in action or personal
property. When money, choses in action or personal property are garnished and the defendant
claims the same, or any part thereof, as exempt, he shall file his claim thereto in writing,
verified by oath, in the court in which such proceedings are pending, accompanied by a statement
setting forth the personal property, choses in action, and money and the location and value
thereof, as required in the statement to be filed under the provisions of Section 6-10-29.
Such claim the plaintiff, in person or by his agent or attorney, may contest as in cases of
contest after declaration filed, and such contest shall be tried and determined as other contests
of claims of exemptions are tried and determined. If the defendant has notice of the garnishment,
the claim of exemption must be interposed before judgment of condemnation, but if not, such
judgment shall not operate to impair or affect his claim of...
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40-7-14
Section 40-7-14 Taxpayer to give estimated values; preceding year's valuation entered by assessor.
The person giving in property for taxation shall enter upon said list his estimated value
of every item of personal property listed, for the information of the official or officials
whose duty it is to fix the assessment valuation of taxable property, but nothing in this
title shall be construed as requiring the taxpayer to make oath as to the value of the property.
It shall be the duty of the tax assessor to enter upon the tax return in the column provided
the next preceding year's valuation for assessment of real estate and improvements and also
to note on the tax return list whether there has been any physical change, such as in improvements,
etc., since the preceding year's assessment was made. Every person shall enter upon the assessment
list his occupation and post-office address. (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51,
§45.)...
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45-9-242.20
Section 45-9-242.20 Granting of exemptions. (a) Chambers County may henceforth grant county
ad valorem exemptions, including real estate, equipment, and supplies for any manufacturing
firm or facility that purchases or leases property for site location in the county, as that
location is defined by the county tax assessor, and upon the terms and conditions as hereinafter
provided for. (b) There shall be a five-year period of exemptions from payment of county ad
valorem taxes for any manufacturing firm or facility that purchases or leases property for
site location in Chambers County. (c) In order to qualify for the ad valorem tax exemptions,
including real estate, equipment, and supplies, provided for in subsection (a), the manufacturing
firm or facility must file an application with the county tax assessor. The application shall
be subject to the approval of the Chambers County Commission and recorded by the tax assessor
upon approval. (d) The exemption period shall be measured from...
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6-10-2
Section 6-10-2 Homestead exemption - Amount; area. The homestead of every resident of this
state, with the improvements and appurtenances, not exceeding in value fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000) and in area 160 acres, shall be, to the extent of any interest he or she may have
therein, whether a fee or less estate or whether held in common or in severalty, exempt from
levy and sale under execution or other process for the collection of debts during his or her
life and occupancy and, if he or she leaves surviving him or her a spouse and a minor child,
or children, or either, during the life of the surviving spouse and minority of the child,
or children, but the area of the homestead shall not be enlarged by reason of any encumbrance
thereon or of the character of the estate or interest owned therein by him or her. When a
husband and wife jointly own a homestead each is entitled to claim separately the exemption
provided herein, to the same extent and value as an unmarried individual....
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40-5-34
Section 40-5-34 Assessment and collection of escaped taxes - Procedure. It is the duty of the
collector, when engaged in the collection of taxes for any year, if he discovers that any
person or property within his county has not been assessed with the tax or taxes lawfully
chargeable to such person or property for that year, or any preceding year, not more than
five years before that time, forthwith to assess and collect the taxes due on the same and
in writing to notify the assessor of the fact so discovered, in order that proper assessment
of unassessed taxes may be made, and the collector has the same authority to administer oaths
and propound questions as the assessor has, and any party failing or refusing to answer such
questions or to give in his property shall be liable to the same penalties as provided in
cases where parties fail or refuse to return their property to the assessor or answer the
questions required to be propounded by the assessor. In such assessments of escaped...
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45-23-240.43
Section 45-23-240.43 Charge and collection of fees. Except as hereinafter provided, the tax
assessor shall be entitled to charge and collect the same fees that are now provided for by
law. For the performance of duties relative to the recording of the transfer of the ownership
of motor vehicles as prescribed in this code, the tax assessor shall charge and collect a
fee of one dollar twenty five cents ($1.25). All such fees shall be the property of the county
and shall be paid to the general fund of the county. Refunds for licenses issued by mistake
or fact of law shall be made under the conditions and in the manner prescribed by this code.
(Act 87-111, p. 156, §4.)...
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45-25-240.23
Section 45-25-240.23 Charge and collection of fees; refunds. Except as herein provided, the
tax assessor shall be entitled to charge and collect the same fees that are provided by law.
For the performance of duties relative to the recording of the transfer of the ownership of
motor vehicles as prescribed in this code, the tax assessor shall charge and collect a sufficient
fee to cover the actual reasonable cost thereof. All such fees shall be the property of the
county and shall be paid to the general fund of the county. Refunds for licenses issued by
mistake of fact or law shall be made under the conditions and in the manner prescribed by
this code. (Act 87-322, p. 438, §4.)...
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